Speaker floor spikes

snake1
snake1 Posts: 567
edited September 2012 in Speakers
Hey fellas, looking at buying a house and its got hardwood floors in the LR. The 12s have hard plastic floor spikes currently. Would you get rubber ones or just take the spikes off and put them on a piece of carpet? Any suggestions are welcome!!
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited September 2012
    Keep them spiked with high quality metal spikes - lots of threads of discussion can be found with purchasing sources linked - to keep the sound quality at it's best. Then, to protect your hardwood floors, get the little discs that go under the spikes. The discs have a divot in the middle to keep the disc in place. They work like a charm.

    An absolute "NO!" to the piece of carpet idea. :evil:
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  • snake1
    snake1 Posts: 567
    edited September 2012
    Got any idea where to pick up some of these discs?? Just for my info, why no carpet? Its just for under the towers and there is no porting underneath them.:question:
    AVR - Onkyo NR809
    500gb HD for MP3 and FLAC files
    Amp - Parasound 2250 - FOR SALE BTW!! PM me if interested!
    Mains - Polk RTi12 towers
    Center - CSi5
    Surround - FXiA6's
    Sub - psw505
    Movies and games - PS3
    TV - Toshiba 52" HD

    Every vehicle has one good nuetral drop in it
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    edited September 2012
    Because spikes will penetrate the carpet, making nice marks on your hardwood floor.
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  • snake1
    snake1 Posts: 567
    edited September 2012
    I was gonna take the spikes off and let them sit on the piece the spikes screw into.
    AVR - Onkyo NR809
    500gb HD for MP3 and FLAC files
    Amp - Parasound 2250 - FOR SALE BTW!! PM me if interested!
    Mains - Polk RTi12 towers
    Center - CSi5
    Surround - FXiA6's
    Sub - psw505
    Movies and games - PS3
    TV - Toshiba 52" HD

    Every vehicle has one good nuetral drop in it
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    edited September 2012
    snake1 wrote: »
    I was gonna take the spikes off and let them sit on the piece the spikes screw into.

    If you do that, and you can for what it's worth, you'll have less bass response. Maybe alittle, maybe more, who knows, but the spikes tighten up the lower end by anchoring the speaker. It's not just for looks.
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    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

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    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,750
    edited September 2012
    No, get the floor discs and metal spikes. All can be had at Adona or Parts Express.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited September 2012
    And you can just use a penny until they come in :biggrin:
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited September 2012
    Here's what I'm talkin' about - worked really well with my SDA-2B studios:

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  • kidglove13
    kidglove13 Posts: 207
    edited September 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    And you can just use a penny until they come in :biggrin:

    This is what I did, except I took a drill and made my own little center indentation for the spike to sit on

    Works like a champ
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited September 2012
    kidglove13 wrote: »
    This is what I did, except I took a drill and made my own little center indentation for the spike to sit on

    Works like a champ

    You do know that defacing of US currency is against the law, don't you? :loneranger:

    You can get the discs (gold or black), pre-indented, at Meniscus Audio for about $0.25 apiece. They also have several spike options available that several forum members have used and spoken highly of.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited September 2012
    Might want to check out Herbie's audio also.He has some interesting stuff.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    edited September 2012
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    Here's what I'm talkin' about - worked really well with my SDA-2B studios:

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    Are those 2Bs with updated grill cloth? I think I need those spikes and discs

    G

    Edit:
    OOPs didn't read thru . . . I guess they are 2Bs, my bad:cry:
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  • snyderkv
    snyderkv Posts: 14
    edited September 2012
    Where can I buy those floor spikes? I have a couple RT1000i coming in that I bought for my father and am missing those spikes. I guess any aftermarket will do.
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  • snake1
    snake1 Posts: 567
    edited September 2012
    The website listed above has them.
    AVR - Onkyo NR809
    500gb HD for MP3 and FLAC files
    Amp - Parasound 2250 - FOR SALE BTW!! PM me if interested!
    Mains - Polk RTi12 towers
    Center - CSi5
    Surround - FXiA6's
    Sub - psw505
    Movies and games - PS3
    TV - Toshiba 52" HD

    Every vehicle has one good nuetral drop in it
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited September 2012
    dumb question here, why does no one make spikes with the disc as part of the spike?

    I know damn good and well, im gonna scoot my speaks, and the spikes gonna come off scratch these oak floors debbies grandpa installed when he built this house and guess where the spikes will go next.

    And i dont mean the garbage can
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,750
    edited September 2012
    Because where the tip meets the disc would be too weak, it'd snap off in a heartbeat.
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