The goal of well known effective products like Isoacoustics, Auva, Finite Elemente…is to substitute the spikes. But of course, better have spikes than nothing.
So not sure we have agreed here.
Standing loudspeakers on something wobbly is, to me, an anathema. Speakers should be rock solid.
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As with most things HIFI there are different schools. Some work with spikes and claim it’s the best, some others with rubber/sorbothane or similar, some combine them, some use hoovering magnets, some use ceramic balls, some titanium balls. There’s 100% impossible for anyone to have the truth here. Use whatever makes you satisfied.
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…my point is, speaker cabinets should not move, drivers should do all of the moving. If the cabinets wobble, the drivers will wobble them, at the expense of sound. If the speakers sound better on a wobbly surface, then there is a problem elsewhere.
Why whooby? With my finite Elemente cerabases, they are less wobbly than with spikes.
Its also about controlling vibrations caused by your speakers.
These vibrations go into the floor, then up your rack into your gear, and everywhere else they can.
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The AUVA have no rubber, Aluminium body with Tungsten beads or similar inside to absorb vibrations, plus they have spikes.
DG…
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The auva EQ feet I had on loan had soft rubber feet.
Thanks for clarifying, I understand now. Mine were speaker feet. The EQs go under equipment.
DG…
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The aAuva 100’s come with 3 spikes per disc (two different sizes of spikes included for different carpet thicknesses ) and can also have felt on the lower surface if you don’t need / want to use the spikes.
It is actually silicone, not rubber.
Exactly. The most highly rated are the Stillpoints. But same principle as all, Auva, Finite Elemente, Chord Silent Mounth…..
In that case, your devices are rigid = coupled
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…yes, this results in coupling (!)
…so thd vibrations are not dissipated from the speakers, the speakers are vibrating?
This picture depicts a fantasy
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The feet turn the vibrations into heat. You have to do something with vibrations and heat is the way to do it.
I have found putting feet on speakers beneficial over spikes.
I have a solid concrete floor directly on to the ground.
The last time i had feet over spikes, i had the fraim rack.
I now have an artesania rack, this has a built in anti vibration system, so hopefully not much or any vibrations from the floor go into my gear.
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Nothing new here…eventually, all energy ends up as heat.
Compliant feet = wobbling (or, more accurately, more wobbling than non compliant ‘feet’).
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From the Stillpoints audio site. The most awarded isolation devices existing.
You should write to them . I think they will laugh loud.
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I think that they are laughing, yes.
To be clear, I am not denying these devices do change the sound. For devices that do not include compliant materials, the speaker is fully coupled and will not wobble. For those that do include compliant materials, then the speaker will wobble (perhaps by only a small amount). If the cabinets wobble, some of the music is lost.
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