For the last few years, I've struggled to make my Linn active (two klouts) Tukans sound reasonable. In fact of late I've listened to my system more and more through headphones, resigned to waiting until demands on funds allowed me to replace with Sonus Faber or something.
All that changed this week after a visit to Graham and Trevor at the House of Linn, where I came home with a set of Quadraspire QX7 'skeet' Floor protectors.
They are much much more than that. The spikes of my Linn Kan stands sit on each one as be;ow (at £20 a time).
To say they have changed the sound is such an understatement. I cannot believe the difference. Claity...real bass...detail...more detail...soundstaging etc etc.
On top of all this its been difficult to get my head around the fact that previously the spikes sat on philips screw heads that had been screwed into the floorboards, through the carpet. The stands had been totally rigid and solid as a rock. Now they are not...they just sit on top of the carpet and if fact wobble quite freely...but sound sublime.
Go figure.
A bigger upgrade than I've ever heard before. I had heard a demo of them in the shop which showed the improvements, but with my speakers and stands it was even more dramatic.