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What is the latest greatest word in isolation footers for amps? stands?

Hello all,

looking for spikes/footers, or the like for a custom made amplifier platform.

they will reside between the platform and the flooring (carpeting ).

the platform is a 3 inch thick arrangement of Black Walnut with four drilld and tapped 1/4 in. 20 threads.

the 2 channel tube amp itself weighs right at 100lbs.

although I am asking for spikes or some sort of metal footer to support the entire unit am open to some other resonance draining/stabelizing solution should there be another path to that end footers alone might not address.

any thoughts here on the items which you have used or are using will be greatly appreciated.

I have not considered setting a budget for these items but I am not looking to take out a loan to acquire them either. consequently, something middle of the road pricewise ought to suffice.

lastly, a very good 3 tier rack is needed as well for a streamer DAC and preamp unless I break out the torch and cut down my Sound Anchor 6 level unit. lol

Many thanks!
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@glory I do not know the CM2's, but I own the Townshend podiums, Oreas, Gaia, Credo, Herbies and Nobsound.

When I listened to the Townshend podium and Credo I could not believe the sound impact which I will stay away from describing because it is objective; so talked to a friend that is a sound physicist PhD and asked how to best measure the impact. To make the story short I ended with a few instruments from his lab and we measured all of them, not only for isolation, but for decay. Nothing comes close to the Townshend podiums and Credos.

I posted some numbers in another Townshend podium vs Orea thread.

I have no reason to be fan of one over the other, I own all of them but I ended replacing everything with Townshend products, except for 2 Credo platforms that came with their speakers. 

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