Minus k Technology BM-8 Isolation Platform


Just wondering if anyone out there is using one of these to isolate their turntable. It is a passive design using what the company calls negative stiffness isolators.  Very clever design. You really have to see a picture of the isolator    https://www.minusk.com/products/bm8-vibration-isolation-platforms-bench-tops-isolators.html
It looks to me given the specification that you could isolate any turntable with one of these as well if not better than SME, Basis and SOTA  do with their designs. It is not much to look at and at $3000 it is not exactly cheap but it would be a miracle for someone with foot fall and feed back problems. I personally think equipment racks are unattractive and will not have one in my living room. My equipment is hidden in an antique armoire. I'm thinking about replacing my old suspended turntable with a new one and this platform would give me a lot more flexibility and choice.  Just wondering if they really work👩‍🦳
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looscannon

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For a table with asymmetrical mass distribution, one can use the Townshend Audio Seismic Pods of different weight capabilities. The Pod is offered in ascending weight load ratings: 1-2kg, 2-4, 4-8, 8-16, 16-32, 32-64. I've tried them in sets of three and four, and unlike cones and spikes---which should be used in trios, I've found Pods (or springs) to be more stable when used in quartets.

The exception to that rule is when the component has no moving parts: my bigger tube power amp has most of it's mass on it's power and output transformers side, and two Pods under that side/one under the other side works very well. I could have used Pods of different loads ratings---two higher-rated ones under the transformer side, two lower-rated ones under the other---but three Pods are cheaper than four. ;-)