Floor spikes for speakers?

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.

In my experience, any vibration-control products you put under speakers should ideally perform three basic functions: (1) reduce transmission of vibration from speaker-to-floor and from floor-to-speaker; (2) provide a stable base so that the speaker doesn't move around when any force bumps it or pushes against it; and (3) allow for adjustments so that the front or back of the speaker can be raised or lowered to optimize tweeter height and directional aim.

Spring-based products are reported to do a good job of decoupling the speaker from the floor, but the stability of the speaker is often compromised. Traditional spikes provide a stable base but aren't very good at decoupling, which means that vibrations are allowed to travel both out of the speaker to the floor and back to the speaker from the floor. 

Several positive comments have already been made about the Stack Audio AUVA products, and I've been very happy with the performance of the AUVA-70 under my speakers. AUVA footers provide chambers designed to dissipate vibrations rather than simply transmitting them to or from the speaker. They are also adjustable and very stable. They can be used on either solid or carpeted floors and either with or without spikes to ensure a stable base for the speakers.

If you haven't already, you should take a look at the Stack website. The staff at Stack are very helpful (via email) in providing guidance about product choices.

Best of luck!

@buellrider97 keep in mind that if you put isoAcoustic carpet plates (which happen to have spikes but that is for *stability,* as Gaia:s on thick carpet can be a bit wobbly, not to provide energy transfer) under your Gaia:s, it’s still the Gaia:s suspension that provide isolation.

The plates do not become a "spikes solution" - they are only an accessory to provide *stability* for the isolation pucks, not to turn the isolation solution into something that suddenly transfers energy into the floor.

Spikes (as in an alternative to isolation, such as Gaia:s or Townsend Platforms), are made to transfer all the energy to the subfloor, and for that to work well it should be a concrete floor.

Stack Audio Auva's

They have it figured out. Completely blew away the Gaia's which were light years better than spikes.

I have them on my Wilson's, REL's, and ARC preamp.

https://stackaudio.co.uk/auvaisolator/?srsltid=AfmBOopVztJB3iJnICl6HXdC0gF6FRiOAXjAqs8KfSZV_lXTgg6ep6Gy

Best to you!!

+1 Townsend Podiums.  Tried spikes and footers but the Podiums were far better.  What to expect  …  clearer bass, faster transient response, better imaging.  Why?  It’s simply physics.   Spikes alone increase rigidity by coupling the speaker to the floor/room while the podium isolates the speaker from the room.  Coupling increases structural/room resonances which can cause bass reinforcement and cancellation, smear transient response, and affect timbre.  Decoupling by spring damper principles used in the podium decouple the speaker from the room and set the resonant frequency at approximately 3Hz, above which resonance effects will not be audible.  The Podiums are sold for different weight range speakers to assure spring damping is correct for the mass so the resonance frequency is appx. 3 Hz.  So it is not surprising they work because the design simply physics.  Highly recommended based on my experience.