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.
noromance
I would lose sleep imagining one or more of my cats splattered under a 75lb slab of concrete they knocked off the top of a speaker.......

Not likely I admit but who knows......
I would lose sleep imagining one or more of my cats splattered under a 75lb slab of concrete they knocked off the top of a speaker.......

Not likely I admit but who knows......
I will never do what i do in a common room,nor with children or cat....

:)

But i do what work.....And it is working great....

I have learn that the negative impact of internal resonance of the speakers on musical timbre is underestimated....Particularly with springs...

But with this placement my sound has never been so natural....In all my listening positions...

Anyway i am pretty sure nobody has think about springs under and above speakers....

That’s it.... It is done....

Hifi for peanuts is my "mot de passe"....Shocking for some, impossible for most..... But i made it.....

And yes "Ron Carter is in my room"....

My best to all.....
i forget to clarify the fact that if i related my experience here it is only to  inform people about the unbeknownst negative impact of internal resonance of speakers on timbre in particular....This negative impact was always there unbeknownst to me with one set of springs..... That is my experience....

I am perfectly conscious that putting 75 pounds of concrete on top of speakers with 2 sets of springs boxes under the speakers and under the load is NOT a solution for most people....It is one for me and perhaps for someone else....

My best....
uber, If your cat is big enough to nudge a 75 lb weight, I am more afraid of IT than I am of the weight falling on anything.  I don't know if I want to get into it, but I don't see the added benefit of putting springs under a weight to be placed on TOP of a speaker, although a weight per se can be beneficial, and I do that myself.
Lol@ Lewm.

As I said very unlikely but...
We have 6 cats and two of them are 20lb heavyweight contenders.
And at times they play rough....
I could see the 40lb combined weight at velocity hitting a speaker on springs and possibly dislodging said 75lb weight.

But as Mahgister stated, not a great idea for a common area setup which makes a lot more sense.