Thread: Convert speaker spikes from quadrupod to tripod
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Old August 24th 09, 04:38 PM posted to rec.audio.opinion,rec.audio.pro,uk.rec.audio
Laurence Payne[_2_]
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Default Convert speaker spikes from quadrupod to tripod
On 24 Aug 2009 12:33:37 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Reading at face value, that reply states that spikes either couple or
decouple the speaker from what it's standing on. Depending on which
you WANTED them to do.

This can't be right. What DID you mean?

It depends on what you do with the spikes and where you place them. The
original intention was to couple the speaker through a carpet to a solid
floor, so the floor and the speaker move as a system. But they can also be
used with a flexible material like a rubber pad to decouple the speakers from
the floor.

In the second case, why spikes? Why not just the rubber pad?