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Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do

Greetings,
well with all the talk about how great the Townshend Pods are I decided to try a set of Pods under my TT. I found out the hard way, Don’t do this. I have a good TT on a good rack and it sounds very good. With the Pods I had to sneak up on my TT to change the VTA or to que it up. It would start shaking with the lightest of touch. I bought the correct Pods for the weight of my TT. The Pods didn’t harm the sound but didn’t improve the sound either. I will use the Pods under one of my pre amps for now. I can maybe say they might work under equipment but don’t suggest you use them under a TT.
‘I was very disappointed in the results. Maybe your results will be different.
‘Respectfully 
Joe
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tomic601
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Joe - super good call on Symposium, the real deal for sure. Always solid engineering.
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joenies OP
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My main table is a non suspension type, ClearAudio Master Solution.
 I really like having a non suspension TT. My second TT  does have a suspension, Oracle Delphi. I have had the Delphi for 30 years plus. I’m very accustom to TT with springs. The CA turntable is the first TT I have owned without a suspension. I’m 72 years young and I’m very good at setting up any TT. I really like my CA table and it was my mistake to put springs under it.
Joe
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twoleftears
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It's not them, it's you.


Yer, right....
pauly
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Turntables that are designed with suspension work great. Suspending a turntable yourself, not so much.



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millercarbon
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The ClearAudio Master Solution uses three sharp spikes for the turntable with a separate motor pod. This is similar to my old Teres and my current Origin Live Sovereign, both of which are similar no-suspension designs and both of which have been used with Pods with excellent results. They were of course used under a shelf and not directly under the table.

The Clearaudio is 24kg, roughly 50 lbs. What shelf were you using it on? How heavy is the shelf? And how many Pods and what color/load?

The Teres turntable was also used on Nobsound springs for quite some time before upgrading to Pods. Never with any of these were they the least bit touchy. The only other person I know to have had a problem is willgolf, and his was due to a mixup between pounds and kilograms. Once they got that right everything was fine. Really curious to try and understand what is going on here.
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