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Speaker spike feet?

I recently acquired a nice older hifi system with Aerial Acoustics 7B tower speakers.I am not an audiophile. The speakers have heavy iron bases on them but there are no feet of any sort on these bases. I emailed the owner/designer at Aerial and he sent me a schematic of the bases which show that they originally had spike feet. He said he could provide the spikes at minimal cost. I was afraid to ask what minimal meant since I seem to remember that these bases cost $400 when new. (I'm still getting accustomed to what things cost in the audiophile world.)

I am wondering if I really need the spikes. These speakers sit on a carpeted floor with hardwood on typical joist construction floor. They sound quite good to me but if spikes would help in any way and I can get them cheap then I will do so.

I'll ask Aerial how much theirs cost but I'm pretty sure that stainless steel tripod (for photography) spikes will fit the 3/8-16 threads in these bases. The cost would be about $40 for those. Maybe the actual Aerial ones wouldn't cost any more but they are longer and look very sharp which makes me wonder about floor/carpet damage since these speakers weigh around 110 pounds each.
n80
addyson815
240 posts
 
You can do a google search for speaker spikes.

as far as getting spikes that are sharp and to prevent damage to floors, you can place pennies or look into furniture disks

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yogiboy
5,454 posts
 
Here ya go!
https://www.parts-express.com/Search.aspx?keyword=speaker%20spikes&sitesearch=true
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kalali
1,977 posts
 
If the speakers are on a carpeted floor over hardwood, you definitely want to use spikes that are long enough to go through the carpet and couple the speakers to the hardwood. If possible, a little space between the base and the carpet is preferred. You’ll notice a much more articulated and tighter and less boomy bass response as the result. The weight will make tiny pinholes on the wood floor from the spikes but they’ll be (obviously) not noticeable/seen.
tomcarr
1,468 posts
 
You've stated that you're  not an audiophile, and that your system sounds quite good to you. Good! Enjoy your music, forget about spikes and relax. Now, as time goes by you may acquire the audiophile itch to constantly wonder, tweek, ponder, change, worry, fret, agonize, change again...
For now though, just enjoy what you've recently acquired.

Tom
n80 OP
2,100 posts
 
Thanks guys. Will look into all that. tomcarr, I agree with you completely. I'm just looking to maximize the little things with as little money as possible..........but I'm starting to think that I might have audiophile tendencies....which is the last thing I need.
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