Speaker, Spikes and Wooden Floors

Blue Tak is manufactured by Bostik so check out this siteto find out if they sell it in switzerland.

Matthew

Thanks everyone for your help about "Blue Tack".

As this appears to be some kind of glue, I guess I need to persue other alternatives of speaker support, since I want to be able to move/slide them around occasionally (and still have some sort of "coupling effect" of the spikes).

Urs

Hi Urs,

It's not exactly glue, it's a kind of gum. If you do a search on author "Thomas Kunzler" and title "Blu Tak" you will find an explanation in German, might help you a bit more.
In Dutch they are called "Buddies" and nowadays they are white. When I was young they were pink and impossible to remove completely from the wall. You could always spot where "buddies" were used to stick a poster to the wall because of the pink spots!

Ciao!

Willem

If you are interested in the Skeets, ask the dealer if you can try before you buy. I say this because they may or may not work well with your speakers/stands. I tried them with my Linn Kan2 and the Skeets made them unlistenable.

Uem,

In the U.K. Blue-TaK is more likely to be sold in stationers stores,the type of shop selling pens,pencils,rulers,paper clips and so on.

Regards

Chris

p.s. If you still can't find any,then I suggest that you take Jonathan up on his kind offer

(...Camping season approaching...getting itchy feet for 'Aptrick )

Thanks to everyone!

I'm going to remove the carpet below the concrete slabs and try thin cork as a "glider & protector".
LINN Skeets (they do look interesting on the LINN homepage, though) are not in stock at a dealer nearby- I'd have to order them via Germany. As they are not a very expensive item (approx. Sfr 100.- for 8) I may just be brave and try them anyway.
Should I hear any changes, that are more than bare "psycho-acoustics" I'll post them here.

Urs

Urs,

I have just had to cope with the same issue as you. I am currently using small coins under the spikes. Seems to work fine and a lot cheaper than Linn Skeet.

I find that the weight of the speakers is enough to keep the coins tightly coupled to the floor, but still allows the speakers to be moved, slowly and carefully, without dislodging the coins.

Worth a try as it doesn't cost anything (unless you use large value coins), I used 5 pence peices, same under the equipment racks.

Simon

Hi Urs,

I use the Linn skeets. Some people here say the screw up their sound, and I believe them, but on my laminate floor the speakers certainly sound better with the skeets. The reason may be that once the laminate boards are pierced, the spikes hit the rather cheap material underneath the top coat, which is too soft to support the speakers properly.

Perhaps you can check the stores to see if there are similar products by other manufacturers – I doubt the differences would be that big.

Thomas

Good point about the current Foot and Mouth situation .

Plus,at the moment it's too bloody cold !
(but summer is (hopefully) just around the corner)

...Wonder if the fact that I usually wear both Feet in my Mouth would count for anything ?

If you do manage to get up in that neck of the woods,then please let me know (preferably with as much advanced warning as possible)

Regards

Chris