| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 103.1 | Use them..... | BAHTAT::SALLITT | Dave - @RKG & ICI, 0642432193 | Mon Jul 10 1989 11:22 | 17 |
| Do you mean spikes between the stand and floor, or stand and speaker?
I thought MA fitted spikes as standard in both places. Provided
they're adjusted so's there's no "wobble" - and I mean "no", not
just a little bit - they should make a big improvement in how the
system sounds. Sound should be more focussed, with better defined
soundstage, more tuneful bass, clearer vocals but without increased
sibilance.
If you do get them rigid, and some of the above aspects sound worse,
you may have a problem elsewhere in your system, since the above
results are dependent on a quality signal driving the speakers in
the first place.
Spikes damage carpets less visibly than feet or castors, BTW.
Dave
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| 103.2 | polished floors? | VOGON::ATWAL | Maybe a Sun reader could tell us more... | Thu Aug 08 1991 11:21 | 9 |
| I'm moving to a new place where the floor is varnished wood, I'm reluctant to
use the spikes on my stands as it may damage the floor. Would something like
blu-tak have a similar effect to using spikes between stand and floor? (I
currently use blu-tak between stand and speaker).
thanks,
...art
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| 103.3 | | CRATE::WATSON | Blood on the Rooftops | Thu Aug 08 1991 11:54 | 1 |
| Blu-tak is better than nothing, which is in turn better than Anadin.
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| 103.4 | care when peeling | HAMPS::IVES_J | I've got a bad feeling, Mr Tracey! | Thu Aug 08 1991 12:20 | 3 |
| be careful though, when blutack dries out and you peel it off sometimes
it takes off the underlying surface, which could be worse than the
spikes in the damage it causes.
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| 103.5 | | HLFS00::STEENWINKEL | FM2 | Thu Aug 08 1991 12:59 | 10 |
| I've seen several shops carrying 'spike-underlays' (for lack of a
better, i.e. high-end word). These are disks, couple of mm thick, about
an inch diameter with a dimple in one surface. You're supposed to use
them whenever you fear damaging whatever it is you're standing the
spikes on. Of course they have to match the spikes you have, and it's
not allowed (while cheaper) to simply use a shilling to put under each
spike. :-)
- Rik -
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| 103.6 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Make a new plan Stan | Mon Aug 12 1991 23:06 | 1 |
| Where would you get a shilling from?
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| 103.7 | | LARVAE::BARKER | Do not fold, spindle or mutilate | Tue Aug 13 1991 12:28 | 5 |
| re .6
>Where would you get a shilling from?
Austria.
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