Soft and squidgy, or hard and pointy?

[BreatheEasy]

The normal speaker set-up normally revolves around pointy floor spikes, solid metal supports and solid speaker interface (spikes or blutack). Anyone tried using foculpods/polipods under speakers? Feel free to laugh....

 

[Anonymous]

Hello BreatheEasy.
im not loughing, i want to know exactly the same thing, soft domes or hard cones.Come on you lot lets have
some good answers and recomendations please.

 

[Thaiman]

Hard and pointy are prefer by many....Although I never try soft and squidgy before.

 

[Anonymous]

I've just removed the spikes from my Monitor Audio S8i floorstanders and they're now sitting on some pipe insulation cut into 25mm thick discs which sits on a slab of marble about 25mm thick.

The difference in the sound is quite amazing, the MA's have always sounded a little bright / hard and bit thin in the mid range but now they are a lot smoother at the top end and the mid range has filled out quite nicely. I do seem to have lost a bit of tightness in the bottom end though but nothing major. For the money, this is one of the best upgrades/tweaks I have ever made.

Get down to your local DIY store and get the biggest diameter (about 65mm) pipe insulation you can get, cost: about £2.50 or less. Get some granite/marble chopping boards from your local supermarket Cost: about £10-£12.

Ian

 

[mjs]

I use the self adhesive felt pads designed to under furniture to stop the legs scratching wooden floors.Available in various sizes from any supplier of laminate flooring etc.Think about £2 for pack of 12.