Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating


I have a lovely old house with hardwood floors. I just bought a pair of Thiel 3.6. I plan to use the stabilizing pins / spikes provided with the speakers (probably put the spikes on quarters or something). My question: would it be worth my while buying a pair of thick (2 inches or so) granite slabs to put under the speakers with the spikes? Has anyone tried this and if so, what were the results? Thanks.
pvanosta

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Thiel 3.6's tend to have plumy bass on most any music except classical. I have found by using the brass Audiopoints from Star Sound the bass becomes more articulate with much better speed. Added benefit of cleaning up the bass is you now have a better defined midrange and more focused and quieter soundstage. If you have hardwood floors you will also need the brass coupling discs. A friend of mine was astounded by the substitution of the Audiopoints for the steel ones supplied by Thiel.
Jph1 I agree with you, accoustic sealers painted on wooden panels do in fact improve soundstage and detail. I used a product available from Cascade Audio Engineering on my still somewhat Dunlavy SCIV's. What a royal pain to do, but oh what an improvement. Even better than Audiopoints are the Sistrum platforms from Star Sound they take all speakers to beyond the next level.
Pvanosta I know your money will drasticaly be better spent on Audionpoints or better yet Sistrum Platforms. These devices will allow the cabinet resonance to leave the cabinet and shunt to ground. Placing the speakers on stone or marble is not going to dissipate the cabinet noise, it will only move it to a different frequency range. When cabinet noise is drained away you will hear a much more focused soundstage and one that is larger and quieter. Bass will become more extended with more weight,all the while being more tunefull. I have friends with Thiels, B+W's and Paradigm all were blown away by the improvement they heard by adding these devices. I have been using Sistrum Platforms under my Dunlavy's for 3+years now and would not bother to listen with out them.