Spike Kit on 802s dent hardwood?

[scanido]

Currently I've got my 802 Diamonds on spare pieces of carpet as I am afraid of the standard rollers denting my oak hardwood floors. So far the temporary arrangement has worked well as i can easily re-position the speakers.

I'm now at the point where i found a good permanent position for them and I want to transition them to the included rubber spike kit. But before i do, I'd like to hear from 802 owners if this configuration would dent the oak hardwood.

Thanks.

[scanido]

So i take it the rubber spikes should be OK?

[stuofsci02]

I can't comment... But I wish I had this problem

[mjb]

Currently I've got my 802 Diamonds on spare pieces of carpet as I am afraid of the standard rollers denting my oak hardwood floors.

It obviously depends how *hard* your floor is, but I put nice deep lines/groves in my parquet wood floor with the standard 802D rollers, so I would strongly recommend against trying them with your floor, especially if you think it might be an issue anyway! Its kinda annoying! The rubber spikes are comparatively large diameter, and pretty thick, so they should be OK. Another solution is to use a granite base (with rubber feet) under the speaker, to evenly distribute the weight.

[scanido]

It obviously depends how *hard* your floor is, but I put nice deep lines/groves in my parquet wood floor with the standard 802D rollers, so I would strongly recommend against trying them with your floor, especially if you think it might be an issue anyway! Its kinda annoying! The rubber spikes are comparatively large diameter, and pretty thick, so they should be OK. Another solution is to use a granite base (with rubber feet) under the speaker, to evenly distribute the weight.

Yeah, the granite base is what i heard works well from my Dealer but as far as looks go not sure if the wife would be fond of that.

The standard rollers definitely would do damage as they literally tore up the 1/4" cardboard i used when unpacking these and moving them around.