What to rest speakers on?

[ChevronB19]

Due to a house remodel, I’m moving my hifi into the main living room, which has an LVT floor.

Previous set up was spiked (and weighted) speaker stands ‘embedded’ into a thick parquet floor.

Any tips? Press the spikes into the floor once I’ve decided on correct positioning, rest spiked stands on chopping boards, take spikes off? I’m clueless about this…

[rjfp1962]

I'd carefully decide where you want to position them, retain the weight in the stands and keep the spikes direct to the floor. Adjust spikes as required for complete stabilty.

[STiG911]

As above, but I'd recommend using penny coins or similar between the spikes and the floor to protect the flooring.

[theboss]

You can get purpose made little feet that protect the floor. There's no way I'd let spikes sink into a wooden floor unless its just floorboards and you couldn't care less.

I've always had a set of these because thats what my Linn dealer would have handed over the counter 20+ years ago when Amazon wasn't a thing, but its easy to find equivalents for a fraction of the cost.

If nothing else to hand use 2p's as mentioned.

https://www.audioaffair.co.uk/linn-skeet-floor-pro...

[HustleRussell]

I recently became aware of speaker 'spike shoes' which exist for this purpose. Some feature a vibration isolating design. Opinions are split on whether you want your speakers isolated from the floor or not!

[HustleRussell]

Also isolation gel pads

[clockworks]

I used 10p coins, drilled about a third of the way through so that the spike points were securely located, and stuck to the flooring with a blob of white "blutack".

[ChevronB19]

Thanks for the tips folks!

[STiG911]

clockworks said:

I used 10p coins, drilled about a third of the way through so that the spike points were securely located, and stuck to the flooring with a blob of white "blutack".

Someone's flush!

[Digger]

Use drilled 50p coins circa 2012-2013 - it is well known that with these the soundstage will open up & the treble will sing. Some complain that the bass can sound a tad dry though. Use proper blu-tac for goodness sake!

[deeen]

Digger said:

Use drilled 50p coins circa 2012-2013 - it is well known that with these the soundstage will open up & the treble will sing. Some complain that the bass can sound a tad dry though. Use proper blu-tac for goodness sake!

Queen's head up or down?

[colin_p]

Digger said:

Use drilled 50p coins circa 2012-2013 - it is well known that with these the soundstage will open up & the treble will sing. Some complain that the bass can sound a tad dry though. Use proper blu-tac for goodness sake!

Many say the pre 1997 larger diameter and thicker coins are better, but they have to be used with orange rubber pads cut from an old spacer hopper stuck to the tails side of the coin with copydex.

[TonyRPH]

I have felt pads <- link - on the bottom of my speakers and stands.

Sounds absolutely fine.

I used to be quite anal about this - to the point where when we had a place with carpet in concrete, I made absolutely sure that the spikes pressed right down to the concrete, and spent a lot of time levelling them up.

Now we have laminate flooring over concrete, I just use the abovementioned felt pads.

[Digger]

deeen said:

Digger said:

Use drilled 50p coins circa 2012-2013 - it is well known that with these the soundstage will open up & the treble will sing. Some complain that the bass can sound a tad dry though. Use proper blu-tac for goodness sake!

Queen's head up or down?

Face down as her visage adds stability & a certain je ne sais quoi to the listening experience. I'm sure I have some old articles I printed out from Stereophile somewhere.

This side up!

[GravelBen]

Digger said:

Face down as her visage adds stability & a certain je ne sais quoi to the listening experience. I'm sure I have some old articles I printed out from Stereophile somewhere.

This side up!

That side also has the centre conveniently marked so that you don't get it off centre and unbalance the soundstage.

[Biker 1]

I have a pair of Q Acoustics floor standers. They come with spikes & rubber 'boots' that fit under, specifically designed for wood floors. Seem to work OK & no damage to floor....