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Is Spiking Necesarry?

I like to move my speakers around a bit for to test how they sound, so I slide them.  I have the Proac D48Rs, they are kind of heavy so with the spikes in it makes it tough to move them.  I haven't consciously tested or compared the sound with spikes or without them.  Does it make a difference?
kclone
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geoffkait
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Only if your guests are having trouble loosening up.

rotarius
426 posts
 
Years ago, I brought home 3" thick granite surface plates. I placed my speakers directly on them without spikes.  Floor was concrete slab. Sounded great so I would not say that spikes are always needed.
randy-11
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movement of the entire box back & forth will modulate the cone movement - causing phase error and other horrible things

so you want a way to prevent that - spike or very heavy cabinets will work

or... buy electrostatics or Maggies - problem solved (and a lot of other problems are solved too)
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lowrider57
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Are the speakers on carpet or flooring? One option is to decouple the speaker from the floor by placing the spikes into isolation bases.
See Herbie's...
http://herbiesaudiolab.net/base.htm

or Decoupling Glider...
http://herbiesaudiolab.net/spkrfeet.htm
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hifiman5
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A big +1 for lowrider57!!
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