If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?

There is something out there that will get rid of almost all room problems, It's called the Townshend podiums they isolate vibration down to three Hertz, as soon as I put them underneath my speakers all that thumpy bass that was going into the floor disappeared and same with the side walls and the improvement was as if I had upgraded to much more expensive electronics they're not cheap but a lot cheaper than putting up room treatments and making your room look god-awful.

ronboco,

I really don't know how the podiums do it but all I can tell you is that the vibrations in the floor were gone and the vibrations in both side walls were gone and the sound stage was so much deeper wider more articulate and they give you a money back guarantee, if you don't think they improve the sound you can send them back and get all your money back, to this date no one has ever sent a pair back yet.

r o n b o c o,

As good as the ISO acoustic Gaia are the Townshend podiums are on a whole different level better if you go on the forum here you'll see that people that have tried both have said that, they said that the Gaia's were very good but the podiums were on a whole different level better and if you put your speakers on these you'll notice how much better they'll sound than the Gaia, the Gaia don't isolate down to three Hertz like the podiums do that's why there's no vibration in the floor or the sidewalls I hope you'll try them you'll never go back to the Gaia.

ronboco,

ronboco,

actually you're wrong on that one there is a video from the owner of the company showing that when you stamp on concrete you get just as much vibration coming through the floor just at a different frequency then from wood so you would benefit just as much, I was shocked when he stamped on the floor and the little seismographs that were on the speakers started jumping up and down like crazy with the needle I didn't think concrete would transmit anything so I think you should give them a try like I said if you don't like them you can send them back and they give you your money back no one has ever sent a pair back yet.

When the bass goes into the floor it comes back and comes into the speakers vibrating the speakers and distorting the sound so the needle would be jumping all over the place from the return bass coming from the floor, that's what I tried to explain to you when I put my speakers on the podiums all that bass vibration that was in the floor and the side walls was gone so what happened the sound stage got wider deeper more airy spacious and three-dimensional than it already was and the base got tighter deeper and more articulate, also the vibration doesn't go back into the stand and your equipment that's another reason everything sounds better because the equipment is performing at a much higher level.

When the bass goes into the floor it comes back and comes into the speakers vibrating the speakers and distorting the sound so the needle would be jumping all over the place from the return bass coming from the floor, that's what I tried to explain to you when I put my speakers on the podiums all that bass vibration that was in the floor and the side walls was gone so what happened the sound stage got wider deeper more airy spacious and three-dimensional than it already was and the base got tighter deeper and more articulate, also the vibration doesn't go back into the stand and your equipment that's another reason everything sounds better because the equipment is performing at a much higher level.

ronboco,

The change isn't perceived when multiple people are sitting in the room and they hear the same thing it's definitely not perceived It's very apparent and the speaker is vibrating not from the woofers moving back and forth but from the vibrations coming through the floor back into the speaker again you really should watch Max Townshend explain all this stuff in the videos he's posted,Google Townshend podiums and you'll be able to o watch them.