James wrote:

My speakers have four spikes beneath them which makes it
a pain to
move the speakers even slightly as the length of at least
one spike
has to be adjusted to make all four rest on/in the floor.
(The floor
is solid - maybe concrete - and not wood.)


Anyone heard of a kit to convert four spikes to three? It
would have
to fit beneath the existing arrangement as I don't want
to modify the
speakers (which are Dynaudio Audience 62 floorstanders).


I'm thinking of something like a heavy duty plate with
four solid
fittings above and three below. I suppose an alteration
to the sound
is inevitable but would avoid scrap the idea if it has
too much
effect.


An alternative is to put paving slabs on top of the
carpet beneath the
speakers. They should be heavy enough to not move and
also present a
more uniform surface for the speakers though even that
would not be
perfect. The slight problem here is the slabs sold by the
local stores
are fairly lightweight.

Why don't chairs have three legs?

Tractors had three legs and they fell over easily. Maybe
they still do.

If you must use a tripod, put the single leg at the back,
otherwise the speaker will tip over if you brake mid-corner.
You can race a Morgan, but not a Reliant, unless you're
daft. At least when it falls over the chances are that it'll
be driver-side up, so a cone won't get spiked by the corner
of the coffee table.

If you had a four-to-three adaptor platform, then every time
you moved a speaker, you would need to lift it off its
platform, then move the platform, then lift the speaker back
onto it. That would surely take just as much time and effort
as adjusting a leg?

A flat stone could be more or less wobbly than four
imperfectly adjusted legs unless it's a lot wider, in which
case it might still be a bit wobbly and someone's bound to
trip and/or stub a toe on it, to boot, especially if you
keep moving it around. Anyway, if it's big and heavy then
it's hard to move, so how's that easier than adjusting a leg
or two?

If your floor is lumpy and you use a tripod, the chances are
that your speakers won't be upright.

You should put up with the need for adjustment.
Manufacturers of speakers (and cars) have generally found
the best compromise.

OTOH, perhaps an adaptor platform would make a plausible
audiophool accessory?

Ian