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Has anyone had experiences good or bad with speaker isolation or isolation in general ?

hi
i have been enjoying buying and listening to hifi for some 35 years now and have seen many items come and go.I have also been interested in the audio cable discussions and i agree that cables do make a difference how much of a difference is a very individual, and a system dependent situation. There has been nothing that has got me so excited and improved the sound of my system that has ever made me want to really share it with fellow audiophiles until i started to try various isolation products.With so much choice from affordable to very expensive i found the hole subject very confusing and i did not know where to start. After trying lots of various products all shapes and sizes with very different results i decided to read reviews which is something i do not usually do to get some advise.I read a review on the Townshend audio seismic podiums they are isolation platforms that go under your speakers .This company is very famous for isolation ideas and have been around some 50 years based here in the UK they also had a factory in the USA back in the 1980s. I contacted Nick at Emporium hifi  and he agreed to install a pair for me so i could have a listen. My speakers are sound-lab dynastats which i use in quite a small room but with the adjustments give a nice sound. After installing the podiums we both sat down with jaws hitting the floor these podium things completely transformed the sound of my system to absolute perfection. After all this time trying various products under my equipment i have now isolated my speakers and the sound quality is exactly what i believe we all are chasing, my sound-labs are now transparent no more bass problems i have just got one big 3D sound stage the dynastats are now very open with deeper much better bass everything is perfect. I now believe isolating your loudspeakers is the first port of call i was so impressed by the Townshend audio seismic products i now sell them as i have never come across anything that has given my system such a great upgrade , the sound is the same as before but now its just so much better its playing deeper bass but tighter much more resolution and no boom , the midrange is so much more human sounding realistic and spacious with the top end so refined and perfect , is anyone using podiums and had the same experiences i would love to hear from you thank you john 
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mains OP
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GEOFF.
I am in no way a dealer period, i of course have links to dealers i have been around some 35 years , buying hifi from dealers i feel is safer than chancing expensive mistakes without warranty, or paying strangers over the internet,
Since hearing the effects of the podiums of course i am going to shout out ,best upgrades ever, for your information Townshend Audio sell direct to anyone just give them a call, you may find fellow members on here already have, i have not received no payments from anybody on audiogon for anything, i am passing on my findings, if anyone is interested i hope my experiences have helped fellow members, if anybody has paid me directly for any hifi products please can you tell Geoff, he does not like the fact Max Townshend has designed Ground breaking Isolation products, and i am telling you all about them,
there is only one dealer on here and that is Geoff Kait the rest of us are genuine audiophiles, sharing our passion for our hobby. and lifestyle.
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geoffkait
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Mains,

You’re contradicting yourself. Were you lying in your OP or are you lying now? 

kennythekey
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All,

Looks like I'm fortunate to have missed the posts that were removed.

We may be confusing genuine enthusiasm, which we all seem to share here for this hobby, for something else. Eric, surely demonstrated that in spades when he pointed me towards my subs. When John, Geoff, and others pointed me towards the isolation devices. The end results of this enthusiasm, truly solved my problems and improved my SQ.

I am under the impression that John is not really "selling" anything, but is actually helping us to procure products that he believes in, and truly enthusiastic about. And, he happens to know the Townshend folks very well. This is my sense of it, as he helped me to procure my isolation bars.

Kenny

2channel8
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It seems to me that I have seen designs similar to the Seismic Podiums for far less; but I can't find them at the moment. Nonetheless, Toddveronne and others who have a concrete floor under your speakers as I do, I have my 64 lb, 48" towers on a sort of home adapted spike. Carriage bolts with rounded heads are easier to move. If I place a pan of water on my speakers and jump on the floor there is not a single ripple visible in the pan. I weigh 200 lbs. Previously, I had them on 4 hard felt pads about 1.5 inches around and 0.25 thick. When I jumped There was a tiny ripple that dissipated immediately. I cannot hear much difference between the felt and the steel bolts, so I doubt that spending almost $3,000 for Podiums for my towers is gonna be jaw dropping to anyone but the vendor.
mains OP
170 posts
 
hi Audiogon,

I am not a hifi dealer i am merely passing on my findings in a very confusing and daunting hifi market, be it speakers, cables, pre amps, amps, racks, isolation, damping, cd players , streamers, dacs, wall sockets, connectors, recordings, formats and whatever else is involved in our hobby our choices are never ending. If the podiums do for you as they have done for me and your search is over then i am glad i encouraged you to give them a audition after all that is what the forums are for sharing our passion and experiences.

I am not making any money for starting this discussion, i am merely trying to introduce to you guys a great product from the UK. With countless isolation products over here in the UK choosing can be confusing until the Seismic Isolation Products hit the UK market it was spikes and various cones or blocks and platforms. I am not a dealer you can buy from the factory direct i was merely suggesting give them a go under your speakers as they do what they say. If you are interested in buying podiums i can save you a few quid  just mention my name "john" just say you are a friend or fellow audiophile.

Yes i do know the lovely people at Townshend Audio, i also know the GeniousTed Denney 111 i was one of hes first customers in the UK i purchased from Ted direct many years ago vacuum tube reference speaker cables i believe in green sheathing and an ac master coupler, Ted used to answer every call long before Elliot joined then Frank, Also Joe at JPS LABS is a great guy and Carl Nola speakers i was the only owner ever in the UK of hes Grand Reference 4 x 7ft Towers speakers, point being after being around as an audiophile for 35  years you are going to brush shoulders with designers as well as dealers. 

Anyway i never meant to start a fight if you are ready to pull the trigger on any Townshend Audio product say you now me "John" and your price will be lowered the higher the retail the more discount will be given good luck regards john

 
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