Speaking of speaker spikes

Or had I spoke, spat, spit, in spades?

 In the early eighties a guy by the name of Steve McCormick of Mod Squad invented an aluminum cone known as the "Tip Toe". These were quite radical in their day, causing many an audiophile to scratch their head. At $5 each, these were not cheap in early eighties dollars, I must confess to being an early adopter based on the way they looked under components. Tip Toes went rampant, there were dedicated threaded versions for specific components like Sota turntables, and of course the other Mod Squad components like the Phono Drive, Line Drive, etc.  The imitators soon came, Sumiko Counter Feet (joke intended? A blatant attempt by a Japanese company to rip off an American one?) Today, just about everyone including Parts Express offers their own version of these. They have been placed under everything from turntables to speakers, not convinced they make anything sound better, but again I like the way they look.

 Some of the companies that actually made some headway in improving the original Tip Toe design would include Black Diamond Racing (high tech carbon fibre resonance analysis with all of their products) and German Physics tone cones , a combination cone/spike used on many high end speakers throughout the '80s. as oem equipment. I could probaly mention 100 other cone/spike manufacturers in existence today, but I won't. Need to hold your attention span. But anyway, official credit goes to Steve McCormick  for starting it all with the Tip Toe.