HELP with spikes for speaker

[wsjoe]

I am building two sets of speaker stands for my Yamaha NS_690 and a smaller DIY speaker. Yamaha weighs 60 lbs and the DIY 40 lbs.

I want to use spikes for them but looking for suggestions.

1. Are spikes recommended both on stand to isolate the speaker from the stand and also another one on the floor ?

2. What materials is recommended for the spikes?

3. What vibration frequencies am I supposed to avoid going to the stand and speakers?

4. When people talk about filling with sand or lead, is it literally sand from the beaches? What else can you put?

5. Are there any good DIY for spikes?

thanks

 

[OvenMaster]

1. I've seen that.

2. I've seen brass.

3. I've no clue

4. Sand for childrens' sandboxes; cleaned and uniform size. Try HD or Agway. Don't use beach sand; it's got salt in it!

5. I've not looked.

I know this isn't a lot o' help but perhaps it will point you in a decent direction.

Tom

 

[axel]

...what I can say from my own experience:

1. tried all three possibilities (on spk, on stand, on spk+on stand) and the one working better was on stand. by "better", I mean it didn't shift the frequency response upward and/or evacuated lots of bass like the on spk+on stand option.

2. plenty of expensive exotic ones (carbon 'n all) but I'm sure the most basic will work, too - steel or brass.

3. depends on your room and speakers - they work together.

4. sand is perhaps the easiest.

5. cheap enough as it is?