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Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do

Greetings,
well with all the talk about how great the Townshend Pods are I decided to try a set of Pods under my TT. I found out the hard way, Don’t do this. I have a good TT on a good rack and it sounds very good. With the Pods I had to sneak up on my TT to change the VTA or to que it up. It would start shaking with the lightest of touch. I bought the correct Pods for the weight of my TT. The Pods didn’t harm the sound but didn’t improve the sound either. I will use the Pods under one of my pre amps for now. I can maybe say they might work under equipment but don’t suggest you use them under a TT.
‘I was very disappointed in the results. Maybe your results will be different.
‘Respectfully 
Joe
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ghdprentice
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@bdp24 

 

That would do it. That sounds like an 1900’s solution. Going directly at the problem.

ghdprentice
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Hmmm, I quickly scanned this thread and did not see the discussion about suspended floors.

Turntables have been in use for well over a hundred year. Suspended floors as well. Turntables that are placed in rooms with suspended floors should be placed on wall mounted shelves… this isolates them from problems associated with the suspended floors like footfalls. This has been the solution for many - many decades. Internal turntable isolation and under to isolation is not designed to deal with the displacements and amplitudes created by suspended floors. They are designed for much lower amplitude higher frequency vibration associated with the turntable itself.

 

Any discussion of vibration control of turntables with suspended floors should begin once the table is located on a shelf.

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