For those with the Sistrum platforms, you should try the Audio Horizons RTS couplers in conjunction with the Star Sound products. They are a pair of flat ( 1/2" thick bars 1 1/2" wide) with the bottom one going under the platform while the top one goes on top of the component. You replace the points with 1 1/4" thick aluminum pucks ( 2 of these located near the front middle of the underside of the piece and back middle). The bottom bar is threaded to accept a 3/8" thick threaded rod. The top bar has a corresponding hole that allows the rod to slide through. The holes are located 1/2" from the each of each side of the bars. The bars are 1" longer on each side than the component ( so commonly 19" long for a 17" wide component). The top of the rods are threaded so you can use either nice rounded threaded knobs or heavy duty wing nuts to screw on the rods from the top. These are to be tightened by hand very securely--this pulls the ends of each component toward the platform. At that point the component WILL NOT move.
The benefits of all this is 1.) no longer will any piece have any chance to tip or get bumped off, 2.) the points are no longer needed due to the pucks being used instead, and 3.) the benefits in sound that the SP-101 had to the component are more than doubled by using the RTS couplers. It takes anywhere from 7-14 days to hear the effects made by these couplers. At first, there is no change. When it happens, you will be amazed at the difference. There is NO DRAWBACKS to the sound but you will have very similar positive changes as when you placed your component on the Sistrum initially. The more components that are clamped by couplers, the greater the change you will experience. Anything except the turntable may be coupled.
For me, the Sistrum SP-101 platforms on the rack, the 101's under my speakers, and the RTS couplers fastening each component securely to the platform are easily the biggest improvements I've ever made to my system.
The technology for the RTS couplers fits in perfectly with the Sistrum 101's or any of Star Sounds platforms--drain the vibrations to ground quickly while maintaining the more live music sound. By the way, the couplers look very natural when combined with the 101's--not like an add on. I even figured out a way to couple my VMPS RM40 speakers to a 101 platform. This had great performance difference along with the practical difference of having no chance to tip one of these 260 lb. monsters over anymore.
I have nothing to do with either company, but am now a true believer in coupling vs. isolation.
