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hardwood floors, area rugs, and spiked feet

We're putting in solid oak hardwood floors and have purchased decent quality oriental area rugs, one of which is going into my listening space to cover the flooring between the listening location and the speakers. The rug will extend under the speakers. So the question is, what to do to stabilize the speakers on top of the rug without the spikes damaging the flooring underneath. The carpet is pretty thick and dense; it won't do just to remove the spikes and depend on the speaker feet.

I need a method to somewhat blunt the spikes but still enable them to get down into the backing of the rug. It won't do to just round over the spikes; the weight of the speakers will still damage the flooring. I'm thinking there's got to be some sort of a combination of a disc and shallow spike setup. I looked in several catalogs but came up empty.

Surely one of you folks has run into this problem in the past?
fripp1

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fripp1 OP
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Now that's a good idea. Two or three extra inches in each dimension (of the speaker's base) should give me enough room for fine tuning the position. Basic luaun (I think that's the spelling) carpet underlay is only about 3/16", and it's soft. That'd work.

Thanks for that!

I still think there ought to be something designed for this application that can sit under the spikes on top of the rug.
fripp1 OP
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I really like the sheet metal and cork idea a lot...I like cheap fixes. Thanks SR!

And I just went to the Herbie Labs site and those decoupling gliders look like they are perfect... positioning will be a breeze with those. I'll get four for my rack for starters and try them out under a speaker to see about stability before I jump in all the way. Either way, you can't beat the price. I really like the Herbie TT mat I've got too. That was another nice cheap tweak for my Rega. So thanks to Jgiacalo and Joeyboynj on the Herbie suggestions.

But really, thanks to everyone who took the time to respond. I knew I'd find the answers here.
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