Magico Pods vs Townshend Seismic Platforms

@ddrave44 glad you had good results with the Townshends.  In my case they worked really well because of my second story suspended wood floor.  In that case, isolation rather than coupling to the floor via spikes solved my bass issues and gave other benefits.  On a concrete floors, others have said there have been improvements but I can't vouch for that claim.  Yes this is a crazy hobby and nobody wants to spend more money on it.  Other "tweaks" and snake oil are out there and only your ears can judge the benefits.   

My speakers / Townshend platforms are on a solid concrete slab… I was amazed at the improvement in imaging and bass nuance.

I built my own spring based footers this year for my Dynaudios. I was also taken aback at the difference they made. As @ghdprentice mentioned, similar experience - all around improvement in imaging and bass definition. 

On my suspended wood floor, IsoAcoustics footers easily improved the bass, clarity and imaging of Revel Salon 2 speakers.  Quit scratching the floor, also.  

 I don’t really see a convincing arguments for or against with Townshend applied to speakers, though I know they push hard for this in their marketing. Frankly, I’m not putting tall & heavy speakers on springs no matter what they say. 

On my Yamaha NS5000 speakers the Townshend Podiums were an incredible addition. When I got them, I played my most heavy and dynamic music for about 10 hours to see if I heard anything different. On the first song I heard better bass. It was tighter and better than stock. I think that was the overall take away from my subjective analysis.

Now I was curious as to why, so I put my finger on the podiums. They were vibrating like crazy, and the speakers were NOT moving. For me that was good enough explanation that my ears were hearing the lack of movement in the speakers.

I have my audio gear about 25 feet away from the speakers (in another room), If I had them close to the speakers I would investigate more Podiums for the gear.

BTW - the only reason I got the Podiums was because the wife was complaining that the Yamaha's were damaging the floor with tiny indentations.