Springs under turntable

Interesting discussion on damping and isolation.

I am going to buy some Nobusound springs to experiment with on some components 

Currently my Garrard 301 plinth is on Nordost SortFut footers and sits on a Vibraplane. The combination of the SortFut draining mechanical vibration from the turntable into the massive Vibraplane combined with external vibration isolation from the Vibraplane, results in a great presentation.

The Vibraplane is on a heavy wooden rack which sits on engineered wood over concrete foundation

Does anyone know if Nobsound fixed the manufacturing defects in the spring assembly production? 

David Fletcher and Geoff would be proud. And one only need to look to Cheyenne Mountain to understand mass is never a singular answer.

you can spring your walls also , see Rettinger. @noromance so glad to hear your renewed joy !

I'm not about to argue with whatever one wants to try putting under one's turntable, but I think there is a "logical" argument against putting springs or anything spongy (e.g., sorbothane) under speakers.  The amplifier is putting energy into the speaker drivers.  Ideally you want all that energy to be converted into the motion of the drivers, so as to capture the nuances of the music signal as much as that is possible.  If the speaker cabinet is sitting on a surface that can move, then inevitably (as in Newton's Third Law of motion) some of the energy of the signal delivered from the amplifier is converted into motion of the cabinet, rather than into motion of the driver cone.  That can't be a good thing.

I’m not about to argue with whatever one wants to try putting under one’s turntable, but I think there is a "logical" argument against putting springs or anything spongy (e.g., sorbothane) under speakers. The amplifier is putting energy into the speaker drivers. Ideally you want all that energy to be converted into the motion of the drivers, so as to capture the nuances of the music signal as much as that is possible. If the speaker cabinet is sitting on a surface that can move, then inevitably (as in Newton’s Third Law of motion) some of the energy of the signal delivered from the amplifier is converted into motion of the cabinet, rather than into motion of the driver cone. That can’t be a good thing.

An argument that seems logical do not equal an experiment...

Have you ever try sorbothane in the right condition? No more than springs i think, no?

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I will not add that i myself use springs under my speakers, and i will not confirm that this is a great increase in clarity... Nothing of the sort, because this is my opinion but after my own experiment indeed...

And someone will come with some concept only looking sound and will contradict reality....

I will keep silent and smile listening music....


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