My transactions with John Hannant over the past couple of years have been nothing but extremely positive. After reaching out to Townshend’s U.S.A. distributor and discovering I knew more about the Seismic products than did he, I contacted John.
I did a lot of figuring and planning before contacting John, and in my first order (of three, so far) asked for a set of 6 Pods fitted with the "top cap" used in the Seismic Speaker Bar, with a hole drilled in the top for a bolt to pass through. I requested that because my intent was to bolt the Pods onto the tripod-style outrigger stand Sound Anchors makes for my Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker, the stand drilled and fitted with spikes. Very similar to the stand SA make for Vandersteen speakers.
John attempted to dissuade me from not employing 4 pods on each speaker, but the SA stand has two outrigger "legs" in front (each with it’s own spike), with a fitting in the rear for a third spike. My speaker’s lateral center of mass is centered on the stand’s depth, and I figured if I got the rear Pod with twice the weight capacity of the two front Pods, the speaker/stand/Pod assemble would balance perfectly. John congratulated me on my figerin’ ;-), and humoured me by sending the Pods as I requested. My figuring was correct, the trio works perfectly!
John requires the Pods be ordered in sets of 4, and for use on components having moving parts (turntables, CD spinners, etc.) 4 is definitely the way to go (I tried 3, and that failed spectacularly; both the VPI Aries and Esoteric SACD player flopped around like a fish out of water!). On the other hand, my Townshend Rock Elite table---only about half the mass of the VPI and Esoteric, and sitting on it’s own low mass-platform (who remembers Torlyte?!)---works fine with 3 Pods.
For pieces with no moving parts (and of lower mass), 3 can work just as well, and will cost you less. For instance: my Music Reference tube power amp has all the transformers on one side of it’s side-to-side width, the tube sockets on the other. If fitted with 4 Pods, the Pods on the transformer side would have to be higher weight rated than the 2 on the tube side. Using 3 identical Pods, the amp balances perfectly. And using 3 Pods you can move them around until you achieve balance; I did that with my Herron phono stage and EAR-Yoshino line stage.
Since the Pods are sold in sets of 4 (but the weight capacity can be varied in each set)---3 sets therefore containing 12 Pods, you can use 12 Pods in 3 sets of 4, or 4 sets of 3. Figure out your weight needs, and contact John. You’ll be glad you did!
I did a lot of figuring and planning before contacting John, and in my first order (of three, so far) asked for a set of 6 Pods fitted with the "top cap" used in the Seismic Speaker Bar, with a hole drilled in the top for a bolt to pass through. I requested that because my intent was to bolt the Pods onto the tripod-style outrigger stand Sound Anchors makes for my Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker, the stand drilled and fitted with spikes. Very similar to the stand SA make for Vandersteen speakers.
John attempted to dissuade me from not employing 4 pods on each speaker, but the SA stand has two outrigger "legs" in front (each with it’s own spike), with a fitting in the rear for a third spike. My speaker’s lateral center of mass is centered on the stand’s depth, and I figured if I got the rear Pod with twice the weight capacity of the two front Pods, the speaker/stand/Pod assemble would balance perfectly. John congratulated me on my figerin’ ;-), and humoured me by sending the Pods as I requested. My figuring was correct, the trio works perfectly!
John requires the Pods be ordered in sets of 4, and for use on components having moving parts (turntables, CD spinners, etc.) 4 is definitely the way to go (I tried 3, and that failed spectacularly; both the VPI Aries and Esoteric SACD player flopped around like a fish out of water!). On the other hand, my Townshend Rock Elite table---only about half the mass of the VPI and Esoteric, and sitting on it’s own low mass-platform (who remembers Torlyte?!)---works fine with 3 Pods.
For pieces with no moving parts (and of lower mass), 3 can work just as well, and will cost you less. For instance: my Music Reference tube power amp has all the transformers on one side of it’s side-to-side width, the tube sockets on the other. If fitted with 4 Pods, the Pods on the transformer side would have to be higher weight rated than the 2 on the tube side. Using 3 identical Pods, the amp balances perfectly. And using 3 Pods you can move them around until you achieve balance; I did that with my Herron phono stage and EAR-Yoshino line stage.
Since the Pods are sold in sets of 4 (but the weight capacity can be varied in each set)---3 sets therefore containing 12 Pods, you can use 12 Pods in 3 sets of 4, or 4 sets of 3. Figure out your weight needs, and contact John. You’ll be glad you did!