Feet (not Spikes) for Speaker Stands

Any idea where I can find a decent set of these?

I'm talking about feet that screw into the base of speaker stands, rather than isolation pads that sit under the speakers themsleves. I know I can buy spike shoes but, if possible, I'd prefer feet.

I think one of the Hi-Fi Wigwam crowd (Earl of Sodbury?) turned dealer used to sell the kind of thing I'm looking for.

I'm not looking for foo - just a sound, well engineered solution.The price should be well under £100.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks, that's the sort of thing. Nice and cheap too, as it's not marketed as a "hi-fi solution". Thread size is indeed a slight concern as the speaker stands in question are from Skylan in Canada, and I'm not sure if the thread they use is standard in the UK.

 

Over the years I have grown to hate the sight of spikes and holes in the wooden floor, various ppierced hands, fingers etc. so I just bought some conical silentblocs of the type used under lathes etc. in machine shops. If you get the right ones they will even wobble a la Townsend. I will never ever go back to spikes under my speakers. Biggest BS in the history of hifi.

 

I've no experience of these, but they are from the pro-audio side: https://isoacoustics.com/iso-puck-series/. I thought I'd seen versions with threads but these don't seem to have them, and this may make them unsuitable for under stands. They are sold here https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/IsoAcoustics/ as a pack of 8 for <£100.

 

Thanks: I was looking for something exactly like that a while back but couldn't find them.

I abandoned spikes some time ago, but I've just gone back to them! I did have vibrapod cones under the stands and between the stands and the speakers, but I found that the bass was looser than I'd like. With 10" HPDs I could see the cabinet wobble when I pushed the drivers in and that didn't seem like a good thing.

My current working theory is to couple the stands to the floor but decouple the speakers from the stands, but I might change my mind again before Christmas.

 

Thanks. I saw those but the threads are essential for stability. I'm hoping a Hi-Fi Wigwam veteran can remember what Paul (Earl of Sodbury) used to sell - from a Swedish company, I think.

 

Have a look at these:

https://isoacoustics.com/products/gaia-series/gaia-i/

 

PS: IsoAcoustics do offer a threaded version but it's too expensive:

https://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk...ustics-gaia-3-threaded-isolation-feet-4-pack/

I mean, I can afford them but I don't believe they're worth that kind of money.

 

Ha, yes! Crossed posts! Sorry but I can't justify the expense of those.

 

Not sure about under stands, but they are very good directly under bookshelf speakers. I use them between my speakers and subwoofers used as stands.

 

I suspect, like many, that this is a subject with many ideas and solutions. I have had spiked feet under stand mounted speakers on floor boards, and not liked the result. Currently, I have a pair of floor standing speakers, with spikes (came as part of the speaker), and these pierce a shag pile carpet, which sits on a concrete floor. This still produced a rather resonant box (mdf, I think) which was detected by hand, not an accelerometer. Just by a happy coincidence, I manged to pick up a couple of pieces oak veneered mdf slabs, and out of curiosity put one under a speaker, the spikes dug into the mdf, the mdf just sat on the carpet. This resulted in a box which felt appreciably less vibrant, the bass was much improved and dynamics, too.

Pondering why this should be, I hypothesised that spikes into concrete do not do a good job, and that many things may be a problem. One is that spikes sit on top of the concrete, so the contact area is minute. So transfer of energy from spike to floor is very difficult. Secondly is a problem with mechanical impedance, or the ease with which vibrations pass from one medium to another (or not). If one includes the wooden box, we have a wood/metal/concrete path with very dissimilar mechanical impedances, so vibration transmission is likely to be low.

However, with the veneered mdf in place, the spikes dug into the mdf, which sat on the carpet. The box vibrated much less, and SQ improved nicely. If I had used a material with more damping qualities than the mdf (which has very little) I think I would get even more improvements. And if I match the mechanical impedances, I will probably get even more improvements.

One for the future.

 

@Helen Bach I've found slabs of granite or marble placed on the carpet + underlay over a concrete floor to bring a marked improvement with various speaker & stand combinations in various rooms for the past 30 or so years.

 

Soundcard Superspikes are another option.

 

https://www.rosscastors.co.uk/adjustable-feet.html?___SID=U

I used these on my TT but you can get bigger ones to suit speakers

 

first impressions are that granite and marble are too stiff to provide any useful damping, but as I, too, have found with mdf (which has very little damping either) that the carpet/underlay does seem to confer some damping. Of course, it must also be stated that 'isolating' with spikes can have another negative effect, and that is if vibrations cannot be channeled down into the support, it will continue to be a problem, and likely the vibrations in the box walls will build over time to a larger amplitude!

 

I found some outriggers from Dayton in USA