Floor spikes for speakers?

@wokeuptobose 

congrats on the Tidal speakers ! That is one brand I would audition if my ship ever came in! I’m sure they sound amazing! Enjoy! 

@buellrider97 "...Of those that have Townshend products on carpet, have you tried spikes under the pods ?..." I’d pose this to John Hannant of Townshend. I would guess that would not be good. I have a set and if I remember correctly they have kind of pads on the bottom that are also dampening. He will know and give an honest answer.. 

@sargonicuse 

An interesting article. I do disagree with misconception number 6. The minuscule displacement number he mentioned can only apply to a tweeter. The midrange and woofer drivers move vastly more than this. Of course  cabinet can still vibrate with spikes or any other type of coupler /decoupler but I believe the pistonic motion of the larger drivers can have an impact on the sound when decouplers cause the drivers to not perform as they should because the whole speaker is moving. 

@ronboco 

Thanks! I think you make a good point.

I have speakers that have casters, b&w, and they can be retracted to drop some spikes but I never use those. I have wooden floors.

I’m not a big fan of spikes… I doubt you can really discern the difference so I use casters and I have some smaller speakers that I’ve placed on a wood platform with casters that is super convenient since they weigh 80 pounds apiece.

i use casters underneath my mono amplifiers. Sound anchor is what I use for the amplifier racks which were custom-made. They produce some amazing steel racks for a really reasonable price and its done in the USA in Florida. Great people to talk to.

There’s so many other things you can do in a sound system and putting spikes on speakers rather than casters I don’t see us being very high on the priority list. Cost benefit clearly in favor of casters.