Changing audio beliefs

Friends, family, solitude, health, eating well, exercise, reading in silence, nature, gardening, enjoying this beautiful country by taking trip

Also "calling people mind boglingy inept"

I was asked to elaborate on the podiums Vs spikes for my speakers. If you search my posts , last year I asked the community their opinion on various methods of decoupling Vs spikes . It’s a very long thread with lots of input. The short story is I went from floor standers on spikes and large monitors on spiked Sound Anchors to a new set of speakers. The new speakers are 15” wide , 20” deep and 52” tall weighing 125 lbs. I have heavy carpet over cement slab in my listening room. I tried the new speakers on spikes , bare bottom and the Townshend Seismic Podiums. The speakers bare bottom on carpet sounded better than spikes. On the podiums there was a huge improvement. Bass was significantly improved, mids were more forward lending a more intimate experience and the treble was clearer and less bright. I received a great deal , but at $1600 for me that’s a fair amount. They are probably the best tweak I’ve ever tried. Prior to this I was a firm believer in spikes and even today it just doesn’t seem logical but wow is all I can say.

@kevn +1

..... and most especially, grounds power. 

 

 

@parkergetdean ,

Thanks, I forgot that one!

As they say: "If the cipő fits..."😃

I never was a big believer in cables.  I could detect an improvement as one went a rung or two above bog standard RCA but after that I thought it was diminishing returns.  Digital cables all sound the same to me.  Shielding was the main issue for me with cables.

  For me the dogma of spending a certain percentage on speakers/source/amplification was something I believed in.  However improvements in equipment design, particularly in digital sources, and computer modeling for speakers, seem to have upset that balance, as fantastic bargains are to be had in those two areas. Analog still seems to reflect the older philosophy, in that the more you spend, the more the ROI