Afternarket upgrade for LSi15 speaker stand spikes
Ducati Guy
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hello all,
I was curious about who has replaced their stock speaker stand floor spikes on their LSi15's. The stock ones seem a little flimsy/maybe .
Are there any replacement spikes that are exact fits?
Or do replacement spikes require drilling a new hole in the bottom of the speakers(Yikes)??
I was curious about who has replaced their stock speaker stand floor spikes on their LSi15's. The stock ones seem a little flimsy/maybe .
Are there any replacement spikes that are exact fits?
Or do replacement spikes require drilling a new hole in the bottom of the speakers(Yikes)??
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Ducati Guy wrote: »hello all,
I was curious about who has replaced their stock speaker stand floor spikes on their LSi15's. The stock ones seem a little flimsy/maybe .
Are there any replacement spikes that are exact fits?
Or do replacement spikes require drilling a new hole in the bottom of the speakers(Yikes)??
A bunch of us just bought these spikes (I use them on my LSi 15's)
http://meniscusaudio.com/extra-points-p-208.html"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I got some from Parts Express (partsexpress.com). You can obviously get better, but these work for me. I THINK these are the ones I got: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=240-715
No drilling, they screw right in. I had problems with one of mine, but it did eventually work.Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden -
Hey PSOVLK,
can you post a pic of the spikes on the speakers.
Were they an exact fit, removing the old spikes and **** in the new ones.
And no drilling.
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Hey guys,
what is the thread size for the LSi15 stock&replacement spikes?
M6(6mm) or M8(8mm)? -
Or is the thread size in non-metric US sizes?
I just emailed Polk, hopefully they'll be able to tell me exactly what size they are. -
I'll see if I can post some pics tomorrow. Been having trouble posting pics on the forum, so if doesn't work I can e-mail them to you.
Yes, mine were an exact fit. As I mentioned, one of mine didn't fit very well, but it was just an issue with the threading.Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden -
I emailed Polk and they stated the thread size was 1/4-20 for the LSI15.
Is that the size you bought? -
Polk Thread Size - 1/4-20, for almost every Polk loudspeaker alive today.
The solid brass spikes from Meniscus Audio, or MyeSound fit perfectly.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint. -
If you have hard surface, I would recommend Black Diamond Racing Cones, you can buy a thread stud in any hardware store, and they are prethreaded with the same 1/4-20 thread. They are made from composite and back so look really good under LSi base.
On the carpet they don't work so good, because they have a round tip. So now I'm back to the stock needles :mad: -
Mye Sound website says they no longer have cones with 1/4-20 thread...Polk Thread
The solid brass spikes from Meniscus Audio, or MyeSound fit perfectly. -
Yeah, sorry, you're correct. He no longer makes them. I forgot.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
