On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:05:13 +0100, Adrian C
wrote:

I think the reason for four was health and safety actually, harder to wobble
them over.

By audiophile reasoning, would just ONE spike, perfectly balanced, be
the ideal? :-)

O yes, it has to be gold plated, have directionality marks for gravity,
cosmic and magnetic influence, machined to 1 thou of nothing, made in a
total vacuum - and have an impressive price. Probably needs degaussing
regulary ...

So this drawing pin won't do?