Yea my room is freak enough yours is Plan Nine from outer space..I will send you pictures of the mechanical coupling devices we created at Starsound Technologies so you can create your pantomime version. Or look on line.. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your ideas and personal experience. Tom
Townshend Springs under Speakers
I was very interested, especially with all the talk. I brought the subject up on the Vandersteen forum site, and Richard Vandersteen himself weighed in. As with everything, nothing is perfect in all circumstances. If the floor is wobbly, springs can work, if the speaker is on solid ground, 3 spikes is preferred.
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Looking for some feedback whether my speakers might benefit from the Townshend Podiums. My speakers are Verity Amadis S. They come with the following isolation platform that Verity developed. As I'm not too technically inclined, I'm wondering if someone has any thoughts where the Verity platform fits into the spectrum of issues discussed in this thread and what changes I would likely encounter in trying the Townshend Podium. Thanks all! https://verityaudio.com/a-new-breakthrough-in-sound-purity-the-masis/ |
Looks like a constrained layer platform using some type of acoustic foam, or maybe fiberglass like the Owens corning 703/705, as the primary damping material. This would be a decoupling solution like Townshend's springs, Herbies elastic material, or the A/V RoomService EVPs. All of them are basically springs, but they each have different elastic properties and will likely sound different from each other when used under your speakers. I would simply use your platforms and enjoy your speakers unless you are really curious and feel the urge to try different things. Only you can tell which product you like best, and for that you must try them in \your own system. |
Of all the various methods springs are by far the most reliably effective across a wide range of applications. Damped springs like Townshend are by far the most effective use of springs. So I have no hesitation in recommending them. When it comes to complex specific solutions like this verity audio thing it is impossible to tell just by looking at it whether it is highly effective but costs a fortune, or ineffective but costs a fortune, or somewhere in between. Only thing we can tell for sure they are using all these different materials because each one has its own peculiar sonic signature. This simply is the nature of vibration and there really is nothing anyone can do about that. What this means is all vibration control solutions inevitably boil down to one of two alternatives: either use springs to allow free movement, or use a combination of materials to try and achieve a sonically neutral or at least euphonic ringing. Some of these complex materials combinations might work pretty good. When this happens they usually cost a small fortune, because of the complex engineering and construction. Also they tend to be much more specific in application, in other words might work great on one thing not at all on another. Springs in contrast are much more effective across a wide range of applications. In other words what mitch2 said, you will just have to try it and see. My money’s on Podiums kicking major butt. But you never know for sure until you try. |
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