Most idiotic HiFi question ever ...

[CapMan]

Found this thread starter on another Forum - possibly the daftest question I've ever read ! The OP never came back to report their findings

"Does anyone periodically (or ever) resharpen speaker spikes ?

Mine are several years old and quite blunt so I think I will run a file over them anyway and see if I hear a difference. I just wonder if anyone actually carried out such maintenance and if you see it as essential, marginal or a waste of time?"

 

[coonmanx]

Sounds like a complete waste of time. I would dust your speakers and see if they sound better. LOL.

 

[paulcc]

The need for ASR has never been greater.

 

[Chrispy]

The use of spikes by some is already on the idiotic side, tho.

 

[DMill]

Of course they should be sharpened to the point of extreme damage to your floors. I also use mine when cooking kabobs or playing darts.

 

[Gary_G]

Hmmmmm, wouldn't that change the height of the reference point?! Might notice that.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Found this thread starter on another Forum - possibly the daftest question I've ever read ! The OP never came back to report their findings

"Does anyone periodically (or ever) resharpen speaker spikes ?

Mine are several years old and quite blunt so I think I will run a file over them anyway and see if I hear a difference. I just wonder if anyone actually carried out such maintenance and if you see it as essential, marginal or a waste of time?"

They are just breaking in.

 

[Petrushka]

The use of spikes by some is already on the idiotic side, tho.

Mine are intended to prevent carpet flat spots. It’s in the instructions.

 

[Chrispy]

Mine are intended to prevent carpet flat spots. It’s in the instructions.

Then again spikes are used under electronics by some too

Mine are several years old and quite blunt so I think I will run a file over them anyway and see if I hear a difference. I just wonder if anyone actually carried out such maintenance and if you see it as essential, marginal or a waste of time?"

Do they still pierce the carpet fine to get to solid ground? I'd tend to leaning towards waste of time generally, tho

 

[MattHooper]

If he uses a file, it better have suitable break-in time on it.

You’ll never defeat midrange glare if you start off on the wrong foot.

 

[Chrispy]

If he uses a file, it better have suitable break-in time on it.

You’ll never defeat midrange glare if you start off on the wrong foot.

This has me thinking about sharpening/filing in an uneven manner among the spi9kes and creating stability/level problems as you keep trying to even things up. Kinda like when I trim my beard, sometimes I slip and try and then try to even things up....it can go badly

 

[Gary_G]

If he uses a file, it better have suitable break-in time on it.

You’ll never defeat midrange glare if you start off on the wrong foot.

He should use an audiofile

 

[OldHvyMec]

If you know anything about how vibration works you never use spikes, to begin with. Have you EVER seen a stationary engine spiked to any floor?
Guess what, you never will and anyone that still does it deserves the holes they leave in carpets and the chipping away it does on hard surfaces.

Talk about autophile BS, top of the list, number one no-no, there you have it.

Springs, pods, isolated suspension or air-ride. You ALWAYS decouple no matter the device or speaker. It's like having bass shakers, or open downward-firing
subs that are not slot-loaded. I suggest setting on a washing machine and throwing a football inside if you can't afford a vibrator.

The reason things break is directionally proportional to isolation and vibration control. You don't want to channel vibration you want to dissipate it or control
as much of it as you can, (balancing) before it's a problem for other devices, like turntables, CD players, and valve-operated equipment.

Every runner on earth always has the best shoes they can afford to isolate their feet/body from the surface they are pounding.
Unless you're trying to tenderize the meat!

Best regards.

 

[Todd68]

Is it better to have speakers that are not stable or “wobbly” ? I have adjustable cones under mine so I can level them out and make solid contact and get stability.

Is that wrong or what else is better to achieve that or don’t it matter at all if the speakers aren’t stable?

 

[restorer-john]

Do they still pierce the carpet fine to get to solid ground? I'd tend to leaning towards waste of time generally, tho

Absolutely they do. With tower speakers or standmount speakers, I always spike them. Through the carpet, the underlay and they rest on either the slab or the timber floor underneath. You can level them precisely and there is zero movement. Very stable.

The carpet also isn't squashed flat by the speakers as they hover above the pile.

Speakers also do not move themselves as they tend to do just sitting on the carpet without spikes. These are just the speakers we use for TV/Movie listening and they are spiked. They came with captive nuts for spikes (mordaunt short). Sitting about 15mm clear of the carpet, spiked (adjustable with locknuts) to the timber floor underneath.

To the OP, I would only sharpen them if they were damaging the carpet due to bluntness or you couldn't level them properly.

 

[Purité Audio]

Is it better to have speakers that are not stable or “wobbly” ? I have adjustable cones under mine so I can level them out and make solid contact and get stability.

Is that wrong or what else is better to achieve that or don’t it matter at all if the speakers aren’t stable?

Have you sharpened them recently?
Keith

 

[Sokel]

You're not serious enough about this hobby unless you even put them under the fans that cool fosi monos

Of course I use them,they looks nice and that's all I care.
Sharpening them on the other hand...

 

[wwenze]

Excellent question, even if it may be rhetorical.

Anything that performs a function and is physical in nature will eventually spoil from wear and tear. Screws can loosen and threads can wear even in installed state. Nails drop. Why wouldn't spikes become blunt?

 

[CapMan]

I've just had a genius idea does anybody want to invest in my audiophile spike sharpening venture - we will offer a mobile service or you can send them in. For an extra few ££ we will insert them into speakers at our facilities to break them in lol

 

[Todd68]

Have you sharpened them recently?
Keith

No, on concrete so no carpet to pierce through. The one poster said spiking anything is bad, so whatever.