The sound has been ok but a little bit boomy for my taste.
Carpet spikes for subwoofer.
Do carefully consider the listening path from speaker to listener.
The subwoofer can sit right on the carpet and the sound should be propagated from the subwoofer and mixed with the rest of the soundscape just fine.
The weight and vibrational forces of the speaker will then be pressed onto a much smaller area of carpet assuming the pucks are above the carpet than if no feet or spikes are used.
High quality compact design created for speakers weighing up to 120 lbs provides isolation in addition to helping a speaker resist lateral movement accessory carpet spikes allow the gaia ii isolators to be used in rooms with both thin and thick carpets.
Because of that the way the speaker is designed will be such that being on carpet.
Since i invested a lot of time and thought into the issue of spike speaker set up i would like to add and share here.
Trolleyshop 4 pcs stainless steel speaker spikes subwoofer cd audio amplifier turntable isolation stand feet cone base pads stick on shockproof mat with 3m double sided adhesive 4 silver sets by f ber.
I have had my rel storm placed on the new carpet w spikes for several months.
Imho there are at least 2 effects caused by the proper application.
The most important thing is that speakers except the subwoofer have an unobstructed path to listeners ears.
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Don t use speaker spikes.
While they ll help reduce the effects of vibration they might scratch your wood floors or leave holes in your carpets.
This may alter the effective stiffness of the carpet and alter the ease with which the speaker may wobble or lose vibrational energy.
One of the pros of having a carpeted setup is that the subwoofer manufacturer is basically expecting this.
One is the mentioned effect on bass accuracy where i myself enjoy the higher precision also well aware of live concert and jazz club sound.
Speaker stand spikes are designed for one single use in mind to be used under speaker stands that are standing on a carpeted floor.
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These carpet spikes achieve two goals.
They dig through the carpet and not only make contact with the wooden floor beneath them but they also dig into the floor which is why they re longer and sharper.
I was thinking that the carpet and pad were adversly affecting the output by absorbing some freqs and trying to compensate i was over driving the sub.
Get it as soon as sat oct 3.
Ceramic tile from home depot and put it under the sub.