I have three sets of stands, all spiked into the floor. All are used with ProAc speakers, three different model sets. Two sets have spikes up. The latter stands are Chicago brand, four three quarter inch post, 24 inch high, filled with lead shot. The other set, Studio Tech, four posts one and one half inch, 24 inch high, filled with sand, have no spikes on the top plate. I use ‘MoonGel’ between the speaker and the top plate. MoonGel is something from the drummer’s world, it is tacky blue pads. It will cost you about $6 per speaker and is available in musical instrument stores that sell drums. .
I’ve tried spikes and moongel on all the stands, before coming to the present set up. My conclusion was that some speakers like spikes, some moon gel. You need to try each with a speaker to see which sound better in your environment. I also use moongel on all my speakers that are on shelving in other areas of the house. Works well.
I also have a single, center channel stand, recently acquired. It is a Sound Anchor, with dual, two inch posts, dampened. No spikes in the top plate yet, only using moongel. I will shortly get the top plate drilled so I can experiment with spikes. The speaker being used is a ProAc 140 center channel. I also plan to try some of my other ProAc’s on this stand, in dual mode, to see which sound is best. The center channel is adjustable to any height so I can line up all of the tweeters.
Tweak, forever.
