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Synposium Acoustics - Impressed!

Decided to give their lowest-end platform (Segue) a try under a Rega P3 to see if it could lower the noise floor a bit.  Amazing night and day difference that far exceeded my expectations.  Not only did it damped vibrations really well, it even eradicated what I presumed was a poor-grounding hum that was notable when moving the cart towards the record at higher volumes during cueing.  Arguably this was less than an optimal product match as I see I should have gone for the Segue ISO for use under analog turntables.  Nonetheless the results are stellar.  I now have a Foundation rack on order and look forward to resonance-free support under all my gear.

Questions - anyone else seeing similar results?  Anyone using the Svelte Shelf under speakers?
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@larryi 

Thanks for the feedback regarding your experience with these products.  From reading Symposium's materials it sounds like they recommend not using speaker spikes when placing speakers on top of a Svelte shelf.  In my room my speakers sit directly on a hardwood floor (currently using spikes on saucers to protect the floor).  Would you recommend not using the spikes and instead use rubber footers for placement onto the Svelte shelf?
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Very helpful input from all.  From the results I've seen so far I can see how easy it may be to go down the Symposium rabbit hole searching for further incremental benefits. 
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My evening was spent assembling my new Symposium Foundation rack and migrating my gear over.  Truly impressed with the quality of the rack in terms of both engineering and performance.  Undeniably lowered the noise floor.  I decided to place the feet on 4 Precision Couplers on top of my wood floors mainly to prevent possible floor damage but I suspect the performance is enhanced as well.      
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@limomangus

My TT Sits on the bottom half of my mothers old China cabinet, it has never sounded better.

Where did your TT previously sit...on your waterbed?  
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