Would you put spikes through a parquet floor ?
Well, if spikes are preferred, one can place a granite slab on the floor for the spikes to sit on. Alternatively, one can use footers for the spikes.
Would you put spikes through a parquet floor ?
Well, if spikes are preferred, one can place a granite slab on the floor for the spikes to sit on. Alternatively, one can use footers for the spikes.
I did have the stands on spikes into footers or on coins in my other room. However in this room it puts them slightly too high for my preference, so I'm just using little pads underneath the bottom plate. I can't find any spikes that begin the thread almost immediately, so that you can use them with only 1-2cm height increase. They all seem to have a gap between the spike and the thread.
I suspect the sound is slightly tighter on spikes, but I'm not having bass issues as it is, so I'd prefer to keep them lower.
What exact height do you have for your SHL5s? I think the 5Plus are designed to have ear at tweeter hieght, but the 5s with the ear in between the tweeter and super-tweeter. Or is it the other way around? I did ask for clarification on the HUG once but it didn't come.
Why would spikes affect bass?
Keith.
Just prompting you to think Andrew rather than trot out something you read somewhere.
Keith.
All you seem to contribute is this kind of baiting one liner, which is why I'm prompting you to contribute a genuine discussion, start your own thread, state some actual opnions rather than offer snide implications about what other people might have said. I have not actually 'trotted out' any opinions here, just shared variosu experiences. If you want to state some opinion yourself, try and start a thread, so you are open to criticism yourself.
I noticed in one of the photos of your system, the bottom plate of the speaker stand supporting the right speaker (which is facing the listener) is not leveled. It appears that there is a small gap between the bottom plate of the speaker stand and the floor ?
The parquet floor is not even and after taking off the spikes I installed some little sticky pads, then used bits of cardboard to level the heights. So in spite of the gap, they are somewhat protected from movement.
Did you notice the German dealer on the HUG who are making some nice but (for me) hugely overpriced wooden stands for Harbeths. I was quite pleased to notice that they in fact advocated the 'bits of cardboard' method of levelling.
This is how the SHL5Plus look in my small room (4.5 x 3.6m):
Hardly discrete, but nor are they overwhelming.
The height with stands is about 108cm. So from Matt's point of view, they transgress the 1m height limit, and might be the cause of protracted domestic negotiations regarding picture hanging. A war between art and music might ensue.
If I had a room of 5.5m x 5 I'd also want to audition the Proac D30Rs. I loved them but sadly the bass was too much for this room. They are only 4cm above 1m.
Sorry what are after market diffusers ?