Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend!

@tvad 
Thanks for the air shim link! wow. That would be perfect as there is barely enough room even when the rack is slid out a bit for me to get back there. The rack itself is 300 pounds so I'll need to remove the 100 pound center speaker first. But lifting a corner might be easier and I just need to lift like 3/4" I'm psyched.
As far as my speakers, no room for podiums so I'll get the bars. I'll tilt the back forward, remove the spikes, and put one bar under and then tilt the speaker backward, remove the front spikes, and put the other bar under. This way I can keep the position the speakers are in now. But those sliders are so inexpensive I may get them just to have handy. 

@millercarbon
"I feel hot and cold(can't explain) yeah down to my soul yeah(can't explain) is lyrics from the Who's I Can't Explain! 

I am going to ask John at Townshend how tall his pods are as I only have 1.5" for certain components. But honestly, would the Nobsound springs give enough vibration control to individual components? Lets say 75% of what the Pods would do?

I don't know if I want to spend $1100+ on speaker bars for my sub.  Springs might have to do. 

Buying isolation platters for my turntables that already have suspension systems.... Gotta think that one over. 

Pods would raise the height of the tables. Had custom acrylic dustcovers made for both. They might not fit over all the way down with pods. And 4 pods on 4 pods seems unstable. 

Maybe. Maybe not.

Each air shim is rated for 300#. So, use two. Done.

Great idea...I’ll need to swing the rack out 2 -3 feet to change components etc and to mount the isolation corners so I can use those sliders on the pods so I can slide the rack along the tile and grout lines and back against the wall. Awesome.

As I've mentioned elsewhere I have the Nobsound spring footers, tried them under my Thiels.


I was blown away by the effect at first: the speakers just disappeared and soundstaged even better, a sense of distortion was reduced, more insight in to recording etc.


My main problem was it came with a lowering of dynamics, palpability, density and punch to the sound.  It became more ghostly, more electrostatic.   So I choose to generally not use the footers.


But the GOOD qualities from the experience intrigue me so much I want to try the Townshend bars, fingers crossed that it manages a best of both worlds - the speaker disappearing act but without the same hit on punch and dynamics.   The Nobsound springs are a pretty crude take on spring isolation, whereas the Townshend are much more refined for their purpose.

Interesting...I wonder if the Nobsounds would have a positive, long term effect on individual components or fall into the same situation as your speaker experience. And pods are 1000x better than the springs. 


millercarbon would know best. But it sounded like components improved significantly with the springs. 

Sadly for me, John at Townshend just told me that at their shortest the Pods are 2". I need 1.5" so the springs are my only option for racked components. 

I can swing Pods under my sub but, well, I don't know what to do!