Thread: Spikeless!
View Single Post
  #1  
Old 11-09-2014, 10:43 AM
robfine's Avatar
robfine robfine is offline
Senior Member

 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Coral Gables, Florida
Posts: 1,068
Default Spikeless!

Okay, I simply cannot be the only person on AA with this problem. No matter what I do, no matter what I say, my wife cannot help but move my speakers. It's like OCD. It's like irresistible force. It's like gravity!!! If she doesn't like where I have them positioned, she moves them to where she thinks they look good. If with some subtle tweaking (toe-in, etc), I get them where they sound good enough where she moved them and she isn't bothered by the tweak, a day or two later she will then slide them for cleaning (how does dust or dirt get under 70 lb speakers?). My library/listing room has hardwood floors. So-- no spikes, no Stillpoints, no Rollerblocks (at least for the speakers) when the speakers are moving all the time. When I want to listen I can move the speakers to where I want (knowing the next day they are sure to have "walked"). Spikes being moved like that would be catastrophic as would the speakers being pushed when on top of many different isolation devices. I currently have older, but still good sounding Thiel CS 2.3s but it is very soon to be upgrade time. So many speaker mfrs or reviews say spike down their speakers. So- do I live with the sonic compromise in the name of world, and domestic, peace, or, for those of you in my same position (I know you're out there), what do you do for your speakers- any suggestions for spikeless (and Stillpoint-less) speakers (besides referring me to the bumper sticker about the choosing between his wife and his dog)?

Thanks in advance for help with this frustrating problem.
__________________
Office/Music Room
Dynaudio Heritage Special. Uptone Audio EtherRegen Ethernet Switch. Akasa NUC 10i7 with Roon Rock. Bryston BDP-3 Digital Music Player (with 4 Tb Internal SSD and Synology DS920+ NAS)-->Holo Audio May Kitsune Edition DAC-->Shunyata Sigma USB—>Gryphon Diablo 120 Integreted Amp w Transpatent XL PC. Oppo BDP-105D and BDP-203. Power: Shunyata Hydra Sigma S12 PD. Additional Cabling: WW Silver Electra PC, WW Electra PC, Shunyata Venom 3 PC. Digital: WW Starlight Ethernet, WW Gold Starlight AES-EBU, WW Platinum Starlight USB. IC and Speaker: WW Eclipse 8.

Bedroom System
Ipad with MusicStreamer App-->Schiit Jotunheim DAC/Amp—>Audeze LCD-XC, Focal for Bentley Radiance HO, Massdrop E-MU Teak HP. AK SE 200 DAP.

Mobile Survival Kit
Astell & Kern SP1000M. Noble Kaiser Encore IEM with Double Helix Balanced cable, Westone W80 IEM w ALOaudio Ref 8 cable, Westone W60 IEM, Shure se535 Ltd with Westone Bluetooth Wireless cable-amp. Mark Levinson No. 5909 Wireless HP.
Reply With Quote