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Post by novisnick on Jan 15, 2016 19:15:13 GMT -5
Does it matter? How important is it? Spikes for rugs and pads for hardwood floors, do you use them and to what benefits do you feel you get/don't get? How far off the floor do you suggest, if at all? I know this sound like a question that should have been answered in Audio 101, but I've never seen this topic or discussion on this forum. Should this have been posted in the Stupid Question thread? do I think way too much about squeezing all the goodness I can find from what I have? Lets talk/set me straight! Im sre many others/newbees may have been afraid to ask such a question.    |
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Post by Gary Cook on Jan 15, 2016 19:37:07 GMT -5
On the sub woofer I have long, adjustable height spikes that go through the carpet, under-felt and insulation to the floor boards. Solid coupling to the floor most certainly made a difference to the sub. But I've tried it on the other 4 speakers (LR, LF, SL and SR) and couldn't discern a difference, maybe their small profile doesn't float as much on the carpet as the sub which covers about 5 times the floor area.
Cheers
Gary
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Post by autiger on Jan 15, 2016 23:53:11 GMT -5
i lifted/isolated my sub with sorbothane 1/2 balls and it made a HUGE improvement
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Post by simpleman68 on Jan 16, 2016 0:50:16 GMT -5
I have to admit, I was a long time skeptic of isolation spikes, discs etc. And I don't think every speaker and environment will benefit from them.
That said, I had to eat some crow when I put them on my old Paradigm Studio 100s. I have an almost square room (18' X 17' X 20' high) and all wood floors except
for a large silk/wool carpet. When I put them on, and changed nothing else, I noticed the mid bass was substantially cleaner with proper imaging.
I got them (Herbies Audio Lab) on a "bet" with my Emotiva pal lehighvalleyjeff, and I had to call him to tell him he was right.
To restate, I believe I heard a more quantifiable difference due to the hardwood floors and room environment and don't think everyone will have the same
results.
Scott
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Post by jlafrenz on Jan 16, 2016 8:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by vneal on Jan 16, 2016 8:22:18 GMT -5
My listening area now has wood floors with a carpet in front of the speakers thru the listening area. My speakers are designed to be spiked if carpeted or hard rubber attached to a separate platform that the speaker was designed to go in. My subs are so heavy they rest on their hard attached rubber feet. I personally would use what came with the speaker. Now through the years I have and do always use AQ sorbathane old style pucks under ALL my electrical components. I don't know if it help but it does not hurt. My turntable came spiked with the spike tip going into a flat indended disc. This was factory stock
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Post by bluemeanies on Jan 16, 2016 9:34:46 GMT -5
My 803's were originally sitting on a carpet, padded cement floor.
Over the last two weeks I dug out the spikes that came with the 803's and I purchased brass pads for the spikes to rest on instead of the spikes digging into the carpet. The height of the speaker is about .75" off the carpet maybe a full 1". I have not measured it.
What I noticed is better bass response. Definitely a more natural less harsh boomy lows. I can't tell you that while listening to the 803's on the carpet that the bass response was slooply but it was not as tight and direct sounding as they are sitting off the floor.
There was an improvement.
The investment for the upgrade is cheap,especially if your speakers already came with spikes. If you do have spikes I would invest in brass or nickel plated pads.
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Post by sonicseeker on Jan 16, 2016 10:09:10 GMT -5
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Post by Axis on Jan 16, 2016 10:35:27 GMT -5
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Post by Porscheguy on Jan 16, 2016 10:56:56 GMT -5
I put one speaker in one room and the other speaker in another room. That's best for isolation.  |
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Post by frenchyfranky on Jan 16, 2016 11:43:26 GMT -5
Like many others have already said, physically decoupling the speakers from the room with spikes is substantially ameliorate the precision and tighten the sounding results. I myself found by experiments that I can largely improve the results by adding under the spikes a massive 2 inches thick of granite stone ( granite is the best natural inert material known ). This is because my house is particularly resonating and easily interacting with the sounds, as I explained into another thread: emotivalounge.proboards.com/post/788966/thread   |
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