Speaker spikes

[nandac]

Hey all, I just landed a used set of Totem Arros at a throwaway price. Superb condition as well.

This is my first set of floorstanders and couple of questions :

There is a base which attaches to the speaker. There is a set of spikes and i put them in by hand into the base. But the spikes don't screw in fully (no bad jokes please!) into the base. They go in like 70% with some threads still visible. So on the carpet the base is slightly - like a centimeter - above ground. Is this right? Or should I be using some plier to push them in fully?

The speakers themselves sound great.

I was going to buy a naim nap-100 as i thought my naim unitiqute would not drive the arros well - but the unitiqute seems to be doing a decent job. But the curiosity whether the higher powered nap-100 will make it sound better still lingers!

Appreciate any insights.

 

[nandac]

And these are slim towers. So I am kind of scared that my four year old son always running around knocking things down will - knock them down. I am wondering if I should bind these to the tv stand in some way where they can be secure. Any ideas regarding this?

 

[G401fan]

There would be no purpose to the spikes if they got screwed in completely.
In fact, they are meant to couple the speaker to a carpeted floor, with adjustment to each spike to get the balance firm, so that sound vibration does not cause the speaker to wobble.
The toppling-by-child is something no speaker manufacturer can protect against, except those models that weigh a ton.

 

[nandac]

come on - ofcourse the spikes are not supposed to go fully in. I meant that the thread part of the spike which is like half the length is not fully going in.

 

[G401fan]

dear oh dear!