beefchowmein
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Looking at getting some spikes for my aerius i. I did some search and found some good alternative to the ones Martin Logan sells. Just curious if anyone used Black Diamond Racing cones on their Martin Logans?
I have wood and I'd be interested for my Summits.Hi,
Are your floors carpet or wood?
If wood, I have another option you might want to consider. Also a BDR product.
GG
I have carpet
I will be watching this thread closely as I have been looking at spikes and pits from BDR for my low pile carpeting too! I haven't considered cones under the Summits as I wouldn't feel comfortable with the fact that the woofer is underneath and where would you place the cones? I'm not sure it would be stable on carpet.
I know Gordon uses these (thick pits?), but his are on wood floors.
I was looking at doing the Jumbo pits on the rear and the wide pits, either the MK III or MK IV on the front. The Jumbo pits and the Wide pits are both 3.50" in diameter. My theory is that 3.5" should be plenty stable even on carpet. I could be wrong. I talked to someone at Music direct and he was pretty sure that would NOT work, and tried to convince me to go with the Audio Points cones directly into the carpet. Something I really do not want to do. Plus there is the where do you put the cones question.
The jury is out on the use of Jason's 2.5" spikes on the rear. My room may not be right for them as I did not care for the sound. I have been experimenting with a number of 1/8" carboard "risers" to see what various panel tilts sound like. I think anywhere from 1/2" to 1" may work.
So in place of Jason's spikes, I am looking into using the spikes that come with the Summits on all fours, along with Jumbo pits on the rear and the Wide pits on the front. The MK III is 3/4" high and the MK IV is only 1/2" high. That would then give me either a 3/4" tilt or a full 1" tilt. I know the III is supposed to be for digital components and the IV is for analog, but doubt there would be much of a difference. (The Thick, Max, Super and Jumbo pits are not rated either MKIII or MK IV. There are what they are I guess).
This solution does not come cheap, but I know that I need to do a better job of controlling vibration from the Summit woofers. Carpeting makes it more of a challenge, especially if you do not want to spike directly into the carpet.
Comments on the 3.5" wide pits with ML spikes on carpeting to reduce vibration AND increase the panel tilt?
THANKS!
Joe M.
You design something better. I will make it! There are many ways to do this...first you must take MANY measurements.
I have wood and I'd be interested for my Summits.
As my good friend Rich said... I think pucks for hard floors, direct spikes for carpet.
Agreed.
GG
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