VPI-19 feet

The cones are HORRIBLE once you know what the VPI can sound like (or not sound like). I still use the stock feet but have a Townsend Seismic Sink under them, totally removing the vibration problem. This setup includes the VPI IV modified, SME IV modified, SAMA, Lyra Beta all on a 3/4" slab of granite in a rigid steel frame stand. The cones transmitted or reflected back the vibration with the stock feet do not. DO NOT USE THESE CONES. I robbed myself of good sound for several years with them.

Mr Fleschler that's very interesting, however I do have trouble understanding something about your setup. With a seismic sink under the TT footers, what functions do the granite slab & steel stand serve? It seems like the Townsend would isolate everything below it (the granite & stand) from the turntable's base so effectively that it wouldn't seem to matter very much what the seismic sink was resting on top of? What am I missing here --- anyone?

Dear Bob Bundus, I purchased the stands prior to the seimic sink. The stands (and equipment) are 20 feet from the speakers in a 25' deep room with an alcove of 8' X 6' for equipment in the back. The stands did not do it for me. The seismic sink does.

For every rig, there's an opinion.

Based on an extremely limited audition, the Audio Points were neither "HORRIBLE" nor were they spectacular. Things sounded pretty much the same. The designer had told me that it takes a week before they settle in to their respective proctective discs.

I'd suspect any changes/improvements will be of the subtle variety...