Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Spike feet for stands

Hey guys,

I was just wondering where you would use the spike on the speaker stands. Carpet? Hardwood floors? Can you use them on the hardwood floors? Wouldn't they scratch the floors?

Thanks in advanced!!

Spiked feet on carpet, rubber feet on hardwood.

I like using the rubber feet on the carpet because they give just enough distance between the carpet and the bottom of the speaker to tuck and hide the excess speaker wire I have leading to the speakers, but the tower speakers have a tendency to lean outward at the top using the rubber feet so I use quarters as shims under the outside feet to level the speakers.

I have the 600 setting directly on the carpet without the use of any feet.

I guess the usual scenario is the spikes are for carpeted floors, to let them anchor to something solid, and the rubber feet for all harder materials. I use the rubber feet on a carpeted floor, mostly for stability reasons. I find the spikes make the speakers a little less stable and I have kids in the room alot.

I guess you didn't pound the spikes into the floor by whacking the top of your speakers with a heavy rubber mallet?

No, but I am sure my kids would love to jump up and down on top of them to help, although it would be an effort in futility - concrete under carpet.

I use the spikes and I have hardwood floors.

I used the rubber feet for a couple of months but disliked the fact that they weren't really attached to the speaker - the speaker just sits on them. It's probably the only thing I dislike about the M80's design. Made it a PITA whenever I had to tweak the speaker placement or toe-in/out, because you can't move the speaker without re-aligning the screws back up with the feet. I once almost tipped the whole speaker over because I didn't have one foot lined up properly. It was a quick catch.

So I bought 8 metal floor cups from OregonDV.com. The Axiom spikes fit quite securely into the indention and they protect the floor (I haven't noticed any scratches - though my floor is far from perfect anyway). The speakers are a lot more stable now than they were with the rubber feet. Maybe even a slight improvement in sound quality too, but that's highly debatable and subjective.

IMHO, the spikes just look a lot cooler than the rubber feet.

The rubber feet should be attached to the speaker by those screws, I know mine are and I have never had a problem moving the speakers around.

What? Mine are screwed into the M80s. In fact, as I was screwing the feet to the EP350, I was thinking that I had been getting very used to doing this...

I mean, the screws do kind of catch at the top of the feet, but all you have to do is keep screwing them in. They go in about 1/4-1/2 inch into the foot.

I just changed over to the rubber feet and they are every bit as secure as the spikes.