Townshend Seismic Podiums

Are there people who are still using spikes under speakers? When I first got into the hobby not long ago one of the first things I did was to purchase  isoacoustic footers, two speaker sets and two hockey puck sets for TT. Now I have two seismic pod sets also and am trying out some free resilient mounts, check those out too. This was all done after buying brass cones of which are in a drawer. I guess still-points are next. 

Personally, I think the pods are crazy and a total waste of money. The speakers should be mounted on quality heavy speaker stands filled with shot or atabites and spiked to a solid concrete slab floor. Blue tac should be added between stand and speaker bottom. to do anything else is overkill and not necessary. Springs under a turntable is also another obsurd idea. Why bother when you can just buy a Linn Sondek with a sprung suspension system....otherwise, a mass loaded turntable on a suitable turntable wall mounted shelf that is affixed to a solid concrete wall should suffice for vibration control.