Is Spiking Necesarry?

hi,
isolating your speakers is paramount to good sound, spikes are not good at all please see spikes v podiums youtube video also have a read on the internet in the speaker isolation forums, if you want to have a serious upgrade put your speakers on Townshend Audio Podiums you will never move them again and the sound will keep you more than happy for many years 
good luck john
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I run ProAc D15's and use Herbie's Gliders with the stock spikes. Happy as hell - they slide with ease on the hardwood floor. Soundwise - a little tighter bass but you have to adjust the spikes to keep them rock solid to the floor. No movement at all. They go out of adjustment every month or so. 

Helps. The little Star Sound is good under speakers. Quality of stands make most difference but wood, metal or synthetic can sound better. 

Walk them over, I have that problem also! That is lift then up a little and with one side up move them over a little. I should have said with one corner down. Easier to do than to describe. I moved a gun safe this way once.

I'm a big believer in spiking assuming you're not planting those things on some obnoxiously resonant surface. I have nothing kind to say about the absurd quack-ware products hocked to isolate or "float" speakers. The concept is preposterous on it's face. If there was any legitimate merit to such concepts, folks like Magico, Wilson, and Focal would design their cabinets with isolation solutions, not robust spiking solutions.