Standmount speakers - alternatives to spikes?

Your spikes probably use a standard thread such as 1/4x20. If so, I recommend standard threaded furniture feet which can be found at Lowes. Or, while at Lowes, you could get some hex bolts and affix rubber bumpers/pads to the bottoms.

Thanks for all the answers so far. :)

I might not have been very clear. I'm not trying to protect my floor here (pennies are enough for that) but just to explore solutions that could improve sound, like the Vibrapods mentionned above.

Keep them coming!

JB

Better results will be had if you treat the equipment that resides in the rack first and keep the rack coupled to the floor using the spikes. Just make sure that the rack's spikes have the weight equally distribed thus avoiding any wobbling etc. Also, if you can position your stand as to have the feet as close to the floor joist as possible, the better.

My experience has been to decouple the spkr. from the stand & have had great results using Herbie's Footers. For the stand itself, I've always used spikes to keep them in place but if you want to decouple, I would go with either the Herbie's or those cork & rubber pads that go for about $5.

Sorry, I thought you were referring to the equipment stand. For speakers stands, my feeling are the same, couple the stands and decpouple the speakers to the stands.