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Hi
New to the forum but thought I would add my (limited) experience. My speakers came with the classic spikes but when IsoAccoustics released their Gaia feet to very positive reviews, I had to try for myself. When my local dealer sold their ex demos for a significant saving, I snapped them up. For me and my system they were a real improvement, particularily in the sound staging and imaging. As my floor is carpeted I used the dedicated 'cups' which have small spikes on them and are not big enough to damage the carpet.
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Hi,
Thanks for the recommendation I'd never seen them before, had a look but they're beyond my budget, but the principal is exactly what I want. If the feet work then it's save up time.
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Hi Simon and welcome.

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 I was under the belief that spikes were for carpeted floors, As all the speaker stands I have had have come with them so it's interesting that you say they are for wooden floors, It's now making me think that I may have been going about it all wrong.
Bonzo you are not the only one to do this (slabs on the floor) I know a mate that does it and have read on other forums and in mag of others that also recommend it.
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Thanks for the welcome everyone! I am by no means an expert (on anything audio!) but as I recall the Gaias seemed more for hard floors as they have a sort of rubber suction cup on the bottom. The additional cups with the spiked feet seemed more of an after thought for people with carpets. Seems to work well enough and as I mentioned, the results weren't subtle. IsoAccoustics website probably worth a look, as if I remember correctly, there is quite a lot of info on them and isolation in general.

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Sometimes things like spikes couple rather than decouple. Embedding the speaker enclosure into floorboards will transmit vibration and cause more resonances IMO. Spikes are intended to rest on top of high mass and high rigidity surfaces to provide minimum contact area for vibrations to pass through. I prefer to use low mass and sonically absorbent materials like foam and cardboard, and listen at a closer distance. Many speakers use the enclosure material resonance to raise the bass output but it causes more room reflections. I prefer to use inert material to create a continuation of the air seal of the driver but not add any sound colouration.
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I fitted Gaia III feet under my GX300 floorstanding speakers and recommend them highly. I have normal rather than deep pile carpets and the rubber feet seemed fine if that helps. You can adjust their heights or put spacers under some of the feet to level a speaker. Highly recommended by me, Simon, and lots of reviewers. I later fitted Iso-pucks under my stand mounted 22RH544's and they were very good too.





Edited by Fatmangolf - 26 Jan 2022 at 9:00pm
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There's no reason you couldn't use spikes on piled carpet but I don't think it would provide any advantage and would hinder moving heavy speakers on-the-fly when trying to optimise the imaging and sound balance. I would prefer to avoid spikes myself so as to not damage the resting surface. I like little scraps/sheets of foam/carpet and you can vary the thickness depending on your need.

Spikes into wood is not a good idea IMO. I would only use them on stone.
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