Footers under new speakers

@buellrider97 

I’m very glad it worked out for you so well !

I started off  using some cheap spring footers from Amazon just to try bring isolation under my Thiel speakers.   As I mentioned, I was impressed enough with the changes that I moved on to ordering the Townsend isolation bars.

I found that with the cheap spring footers underneath my Thiel speakers it changed the tonality a bit more than I liked, and I figured that was likely attributed to the way those footers raised the height of the speakers as well.   I liked the idea that the Townshend bars were designed to not raise the speaker height substantially.  

And they worked as promised that way.  They changed the tonality less than the cheaper footers. 

Though interestingly, it was a different case for what I ended up with under my Joseph audio speakers - the marble platform I built.   In that case, I actually ended up enjoying the speakers being raised substantially - about 6 inches above the ground.   They maintain their tonality really well even raised up that high, but there’s also the bonus of the higher and broader and more realistic sized sound stage.

So different speakers, different solution solutions. 

I just changed out Gaia's for Stack Auva 100's and am very pleased with 2 things that improved:

1) Tone - the tone of voices and instruments jumped up nicely. Maybe it is clarity, but my brain said tone.

2) Bass - it got punchier, less blurry, not sure the exact frequencies, but the Wilsons punch more and seem more engaged.

Great folks to deal with and after researching these they make more sense than Gaias. Gaias isolate, the Auvas absorb.

@prof . Yes , thanks again. I studied your pictures and even saved them to my phone for future reference. You’ve put considerable time and thought into what you’ve done. One thing I noticed with the Townsends is everything improved, but I have some glare/reflection that wasn’t present before. I attribute this to an overall gain in performance from an underpowered amp I’m using interim until I finish our remodel and get out my big stuff. At that time everything will be situated differently and after some speaker placement fine tuning I’ll focus on room acoustics. I have high hard sloped ceilings and I’m getting reflections with the increased gain in my current situation. Cheers, Mike B. 

@bugredmachine , Hi thanks for your input. Most here are way ahead of me, and I’m grateful for all the input. I’m especially appreciative of the friendly atmosphere totally free of judgement. This has been a 180* change in thinking for me and I plan on trying a few of the other products. Regards , Mike B. 

@buellrider97

DELIGHTED to hear this. I'm really impressed by your meticulous testing and by the customer service. Well done!

I have tried the platforms with every speaker I've owned. When the weight was right, I even put bookshelves-on-stands on them (in addition to towers). It makes a difference every time.