Magico Pods vs Townshend Seismic Platforms

No, but the huge difference here is going to be in low-frequency isolation, and whether your application even benefits from that. Being a "hard" interface, the Magicos won’t touch low frequencies. The killer application of Townshend is for turntables, where this matters a lot - and I’ve used them here; they’re great. 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. 

Meanwhile, Magico is pushing constrained layer damping’s ability to convert vibration energy into heat. But has there EVER been any study into how effective this actually is? What % gets converted to heat before it passes through the interface ONE TIME (not "many" times, as that’s too late)? I’m skeptical that this is very much at all, and that effective isolation is about redirecting energy much more than it is about conversion into heat (I'm sure their feet achieve redirection too, at least for some frequencies).

I may be an outlier here but I have tried isolation platforms under my speakers, more than one pair, and can't say that I have ever heard a noticeable improvement in sound.  For me, it has always begged the question, if putting your speakers on platforms was the way to go, then why don't all the high end speakers come with isolation platforms from the factory?   You spend $50,000 on a set of speakers but they don't really sound their best until you spend another $5000 on a pair of Townsend Platforms?  How much of our hobby is science and how much is just Kool Aid?  Fair to say in this hobby, you'll never go thirsty. 🤣

@bigtwin 

Great question. I do not understand why a speaker costing many tens of thousands sounds so much better with Townshend Podiums, they just do for the vast majority of people. It is because of the vibration isolation and reduction. But that is as far as I can tell.

Why don't speaker manufacturers incorporate them... another good question. However, if you measure or watch the video on Townshend's site you can see the difference in vibration. 

I actually started my most recent investigation into vibration by installing and seismograph in my home (on the same slab of concrete as are my speakers) and the vibrations are very surprising and consistent with changes in sound quality at night and on weekends. Also, I can see the effects vibrations transmitted to the speakers and the dampening of the Townshend podiums. I can hear the very obvious improvement. So, at least for me not Kool Aid.