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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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Yes! IME, it matters greatly. With my latest wall decoupling system, I can actually hear if the tt gets off level. A wall system, no matter how great is dependent upon the expansion/contraction of the studs. I use a 10" Bosch level. A longer level will give a more accurate reading.

Generally, for a tt with a non-inverting bearing, one does a final level on the platter, on an inverting bearing, the final level is on the plinth.
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Indran.
I had exactly the same when I put the pods underneath.
Fortunately the rack it is on has adjustment at bottom for leg height so was able to get the TT level again.
Just don't look at the rack.....lol.
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@slaw 
Bass is probably one of the most personal details there is.
Everyone has their own idea of what is "right".

And that's all we can do, tune and tweak to our own satisfaction.

My meaning was that bass was reduced from previously where it was slightly overblown so it was a good thing.
Definitely a lot tighter all round in every aspect.
Pretty stoked for $33 so far!
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Cool! I'm glad it's working out bro.
indranilsen
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@rixthetrick- Good question on the money... If this technology which I don't think is a huge deal goes mass-market then these footers are not going to cost more than what Nobsound charges. But that will never be the case because there would always be a market in the audiophile community for every such product at every price point perhaps more than what I can even imagine. 
What would really help me and perhaps others in such spring based isolator products are
1. These springs could be self twisted or adjusted for leveling and also for calibrating the desired spring rate. Townshend says that they have this feature but I am not sure...
2. There should be an indicator, may be a mark on the body of the spring indicating the 97-98% load such that you can calibrate the load very easily and accurately
3. The design should allow absolutely free movement of the springs in any direction

If there is one design point of Solid Tech feet that wins hands-down over Nobsound it would be the free movement of the spring (in any direction) w/o twisting or deforming it under the load.

Thanks.

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