Survey on Cost of Loudspeakers Supported On Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums

I get the OP’s query. Why would you put expensive wheels on a Yugo. The question I have, and for others among the uninitiated, how much do a pair of Townsend Podiums cost?

And yet it is done every day at Rent A Tire. May not be a Yugo but a 2010 Nissan Altima all the time……

Gaias do work and that was my starting point in the cycle.

Hans was happy cuz his wife let him keep the Gaia’s. Folks that have moved up to the Podiums from the Gaia’s have stated a nice improvement. 

ProAc D40Rs (original retail = $12,500 / Rosewood) on the Townshend Podiums in my 2nd-floor, wood-framed home. My impression is that they improve the bass resolution greatly and the overall image presents well at lower volume levels now.

That said, I think I’d consider the structure of the listening room before I’d worry about the price of the speakers. Not sure I’d use these in a basement listening room with concrete floors. Direct-coupling via spikes might work better in that situation. Or at least, be no worse (for less money).