Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend!

I met Max Townshend at the Premium XFi show in Holland where he had a demo going on 2 pairs of identical speakers, one pair mounted on his platforms and the other pair on spikes adjusted to equal the heights, it was impressive. Basically he is isolating the speakers from mini seismic tremors (his explanation)

Equally as impressive was the demo of his super-tweeter. Adding the device improved more than just the very high frequencies. It was producing the upper harmonics of all instruments allowing them to sound more real.

A lot of you will be shouting ’but I can only hear up to 14Khz’. Well it doesn’t work that way. The harmonics contain much of the spatial information and provides clues to the performers relative position. If you hear an instrument that has had the harmonics removed you will be listening to a pure sine wave. Does not matter if it is a sax or guitar, if they are both playing middle C for example what you will get is a pure tone at about 262Hz. Now when the harmonics are present you are able to identify the instrument and it follows that the more faithfully and completely the harmonics are produced the more a piano will sound like a piano. It’s quite uncanny when heard.

Taking cognisance of the above it will be easier to understand why room treatment is so important. If all this info is left to bounce around the room unhindered the very fine detail (harmonics) is just a jumble, confusing the imaging and making it harder to identify vocals and instruments.

OP, I apologise for going off track but Townshend’s name triggered my memory.

@arafiq 

@arthur1260
I have the Townshend podiums under my Tontrager stands where sits my Harbeth 40.2’s.  Zero issues. Totally secure.  Insane improvement in my room. 

In US, you can contact dan at info@ear-usa.com.  They are the US distributor for Townshend.

Townshend Pods under my TT (thanks for the tip @millercarbon ) and the difference is quite noticeable. I have another TT with the AT-636 as feet and (even though that plinth is much less mass) I feel that TT picks up more vibration and occasional footfalls when my kid dances. I need to try them vice versa but I'm 100% sold on the pods for under a TT regardless.

@pindac - I am wondering if the Quads 2912 do benefit from isolation?
They don’t appear to have a conventional bass driver? I am happy to read of your experience, and acknowledge that I have never heard an electrostatic panel on isolation of any kind.

An example of probably not needed is electrostatic panel speakers for example, well unless it has a sub built in, or dipole speakers...etc.RixTheTrick

The above comment was based on discussions in previous threads on spring isolation of which I have always been outspokenly pro-isolation on speakers and equipment since joining Agon.

Everything in my system is isolated on some sort of spring system, I am actively pro Townshend, and many in here know that I have also named Sweden’s SolidTech, great looking and by all accounts I’ve read, effective isolation. ( I haven’t had opportunity to hear or use them yet)

Oh, I have heard stand mount speakers on the Townshend Audio bars, just simply transformative. This is why I am so very much into isolation, and I have isolation on everything.