Townshend Springs under Speakers


I was very interested, especially with all the talk.   I brought the subject up on the Vandersteen forum site, and Richard Vandersteen himself weighed in.   As with everything, nothing is perfect in all circumstances.  If the floor is wobbly, springs can work, if the speaker is on solid ground, 3 spikes is preferred.
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some interesting pricing in your countries.
In the US the gaia 2 are $289 for a set of 4

Also, whats the correct size for kef blades (1) ? the base is fairly oval so it might look odd as these seem designed for square bases.
size 3?
i have the kef blades which weigh 126lb you think I can get away with the gaia 2?
I dont like the idea of raising the speaker height and the big gaia 1s are enormous 
yea i dont think she could tip them either its more of a paranoid wife thing. and your correct about its design its extremely ridged with side firing woofers designed to cancel out and eliminate cabinet resonance. I posted right before clicking buy and was made an offer from the seller

One thought though is that perhaps an extremely ridged and dense/sturdy cabinet might actually make these products more useful because they have no flex/absorption of outside resonance.

I read a few blade owners wow about the gaias. I just know my wife hates the spikes and the way they look (on wood floors) and wants me to go bare from platform to floor so i was looking for a solution. Trying to be kind to her i bought these speakers without even telling her in the first place
 
I dont know....
In fact, IsoAcoacustics actually demo’d the Gaia 1s on the blades

https://isoacoustics.com/gaia-1-demos-at-vpi-industries/

“Installing the GAIA isolators on my KEF Blades gave the biggest improvement in sound I have ever heard on the system. Better than changing cables or electronics, the noise floor was lower, the focus was better, and the bass went deeper. All around a total success.”


and here is what a reliable user from another forum had to say about the townshend:

"I managed to pick up the Townshend seismic platform for my KEF Blades for less than what the Gaia i’s would have cost. Now given the amount of effort KEF has already gone to in making the cabinet inert (you really can leave a £1 coin on the top for weeks whilst it plays Prodigy at insane levels), I wasn’t expecting much of a change.


It was simply profound - as significant (maybe more?) than changing my whole digital front end + source + its PSUs.

I clearly understand nothing about this "hobbie".

Previously had Soundcare Superspikes - which were definately an improvement over the stock KEF spikes."

For some reason these products are extremely popular for my speaker in particular. Starting to think more ridged = more benefit