My floor standers have spikes, but we have a new wooden floor..

[Stevie9]

Hi,

I used to have the speakers sitting on concrete slabs when we had carpet.. but we will have a wood floor soon.

Any tips on what widgets I can get to protect the wood floor but will provide a good isolation? I was thinking of sticking rubber under the concrete slabs, but there must be a simpler way around it.

thanks

 

[his dudeness]

Hi,

I used to have the speakers sitting on concrete slabs when we had carpet.. but we will have a wood floor soon.

Any tips on what widgets I can get to protect the wood floor but will provide a good isolation? I was thinking of sticking rubber under the concrete slabs, but there must be a simpler way around it.

thanks

i use spike cups like these work well http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251803854683?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&chn=ps&device=c&rlsatarget=&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0

 

[MickyBlue]

place some coins under the spikes in the mean time until you get some proper spike shoes.

 

[peterpan]

Soundcare superspikes. Expensive, but great.

 

[matt49]

Any tips on what widgets I can get to protect the wood floor but will provide a good isolation? I was thinking of sticking rubber under the concrete slabs, but there must be a simpler way around it.

Are you sure you want to isolate the speakers? Is there a void under the floorboards? If so, isolation can be a good idea.

If you want proper isolation from the floor, then only an engineered solution will work, e.g. Townshend seismic bars. But they're very expensive.

You can get a modicum of isolation by sitting your speakers on stone slabs (available cheap from Argos) with something like a Draper absorption mat between the stone and the floor.

 

[tino]

I had the same problem with the Cyrus Hark stand I bought. It turns out that the screw thread used by Ikea furniture feet is a perfect match, so the spikes got replaced with circular screw on furniture feet *smile*

 

[spiny norman]

so the spikes got replaced with circular screw on furniture feet *smile*

 

[tino]

This kind of thing might work for you ....

 

[tino]

so the spikes got replaced with circular screw on furniture feet *smile*

See above *crazy*

 

[Covenanter]

I have Audioserenity spike shoes which are very well made. You can get them through Amazon or direct. They make a range of isolation products. (My Kefs come with their own spike shoes but I already had the Audioserenity ones.)

Chris

 

[matt49]

I'd have thought the effect of spikes in a shoe would be to couple the speaker to the floor, not isolate it. Spikes work by reducing that contact area and therefore increasing the pressure on the contact area between speaker and floor; the inrease in pressure will result in better coupling.

For isolation you need either a very low mass material between the two surfaces (gases are ideal) or a kind of sprung suspension.

 

[DocG]

OP, maybe you can clarify your question. Do you want to couple your speakers to the floor? Decouple them? Or just prevent the spikes from scratching your lovely wooden floor?

 

[jonathanRD]

I used to use coins as a simple option but they can be a nuisance if the speakers get knocked. I now have slates slabs under the spikes - the slabs can slide on the wood floor making positioning easier.

 

[Stevie9]

thanks covenanter and to all.... they all look like good ideas.. I will probably go with the Audioserenity ones. They look very good value.. and British..

 

[Stevie9]

DocG,

I've just worked out that OP means me !!

Decouple or couple will probably both sound the same with my system and ears.. as long as I don't get a smack on the head with a rolled up TV Times for scratching the laminate then I am a happy bunny.. as above I like the look and price of the Audioserenity feet..

cheers..