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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: Tim on September 25, 2003, 11:45:54 AM
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So I've had my B&W's for a while now. When I got them they came with spikes and these weird foam cylinders. I never could figure out what the hell those foam things were for until yesterday. Flipping through Stereophile's Product Guide (or was it HFN?) they had some B&W's reviewed in there and mentioned the foam bass port plugs. Ahhha!
I haven't decided if I'm going to use them or not but at least I know what the hell they are now!
:iamwithstupid:
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Tim,
Do you use the spike things? What good are they? Mine are sitting in a bag at the moment!
daryan
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the spike things should be used spike down on carpeted floors to get the cabinets off the floor and use the little rubber feet on hard floors.
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beat me to it Damon.
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So I've had my B&W's for a while now. When I got them they came with spikes and these weird foam cylinders. I never could figure out what the hell those foam things were for until yesterday. Flipping through Stereophile's Product Guide (or was it HFN?) they had some B&W's reviewed in there and mentioned the foam bass port plugs. Ahhha!
I haven't decided if I'm going to use them or not but at least I know what the hell they are now!
:iamwithstupid:
Use the plugs if the bass is undefined and sloppy coming from the speakers. This will happen most often if you have large speakers positioned near a wall. I also have the plugs with my 1SEs, but they are small and tight with not a whole lot of bass extension so I have never had to use them. The foam plugs don't have to be all the way in the hole; you can push them in or out to achieve the desired result. It looks a bit funny to have them halfway in without the speaker grilles, but that is one of the tradeoffs if you want everything "just exactly perfect."
If any of this sounds sexual, get your mind out of the gutter right now.
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it didn't to me... jamie, how'd you get your mind there?
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So I've had my B&W's for a while now. When I got them they came with spikes and these weird foam cylinders. I never could figure out what the hell those foam things were for until yesterday. Flipping through Stereophile's Product Guide (or was it HFN?) they had some B&W's reviewed in there and mentioned the foam bass port plugs. Ahhha!
I haven't decided if I'm going to use them or not but at least I know what the hell they are now!
:iamwithstupid:
Use the plugs if the bass is undefined and sloppy coming from the speakers. This will happen most often if you have large speakers positioned near a wall. I also have the plugs with my 1SEs, but they are small and tight with not a whole lot of bass extension so I have never had to use them. The foam plugs don't have to be all the way in the hole; you can push them in or out to achieve the desired result. It looks a bit funny to have them halfway in without the speaker grilles, but that is one of the tradeoffs if you want everything "just exactly perfect."
If any of this sounds sexual, get your mind out of the gutter right now.
:scared:
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the spike things should be used spike down on carpeted floors to get the cabinets off the floor and use the little rubber feet on hard floors.
Do you put speakers directly on the stands or do you put something (rubber feet?) between the speaker and the stand as well?
-Matt
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you running those, mike?
the spikes are for transferring as little bass energy as possibe into the floor, and sending it into your body.
jr
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Yep!
Them be my 6.3's :happylove:
sweet, i've got to t you for those.
jr
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mike,
the darn Soliloquy dealer in town stopped selling them... bummer.
Use blu-tak (sp?) to attache speakers to stands. spikes are not needed, but some type of rubber or blu-tak will help avoid the unfortuante act of them falling to the floor. I alway's like to get the bottom of the cabinet off the carpet. I had to get new longer spikes that would penetrate the carpet pat. Alway's want them mounted to the stiffest surface possible so damping is avoided.
SC