Springs under turntable


I picked up a set of springs for $35 on Amazon. I intended to use them under a preamp but one thing led to another and I tried them under the turntable. Now, this is no mean feat. It’s a Garrard 401 in a 60pound 50mm slate plinth. The spring device is interesting. It’s sold under the Nobsound brand and is made up of two 45mm wide solid billets of aluminum endcaps with recesses to fit up to seven small springs. It’s very well made. You can add or remove springs depending on the weight distribution. I had to do this with a level and it only took a few minutes. They look good. I did not fit them for floor isolation as I have concrete. I played a few tracks before fitting, and played the same tracks after fitting. Improvement in bass definition, speed, air, inner detail, more space around instruments, nicer timbre and color. Pleasant surprise for little money.
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@mahgister- I completely agree with you on loading a spring to 3% of its max spring capacity to get the max isolation. I am also working with springs for sometime now. I face two issues when working with springs
1. Spring rate. If you want to get the isolation start around 3-5 cycles for a given load then you have to select springs of very light spring rate. That would lead to using more springs underneath a load and it tends to make the sound harsh, a symptom of ringing...
2. It's important that each spring underneath the load carries equal weight which should be close to 3% of the spring max load bearing capacity. In reality most of the electronics have asymmetrical load and it makes the positioning of these springs difficult underneath a load and very difficult when isolating heavy components like amplifier.
That is why I haven't spent a lot of money in buying a commercial product like Townshend or Solid Tech which would be super expensive yet not solve the 2nd issue.
What I need is a product that would be able to weigh a component and get me the CG location along with its weight distribution in quarters. That would allow me to design & also position the springs underneath any component accurately and w/o any guess work.
Thanks.

I have Vandersteen 5A's....I read somewhere at one time that if I decouple the speakers from their spikes on to tile-on-concrete flooring using (maybe Herbies somethings), I would get better sound.   Nope....took all the music away...replaced the speakers on the floor. That's just me...
@millercarbon Good. I think you should lose the granite. I tried granite under table, under maple and table, above maple, and every time it sounded bad. Removing it was a relief.
Uberwaltz, I also noticed reduced bass and somewhat thinner sound. The weird thing was that the sound improved the next day with the tonal balance evened out. If you try the springs under your table, give it a few days to judge.