Late as usual, but a great discussion.
@tonywinga, to take your great advice and experience (all around) a step further, I was dissatisfied with the high constant rate of the Nobsound springs. I went and found matching springs with about half constant rate (9.3lbs/inch I think) and bought a hundred. On very lightweight items I use one spring per Nobsound unit, and only three units (tripod) for only 3 total springs.
I was unconsciously trying to keep the gaps as small as possible like you recommend at .1", just so the thing can flex up and down a tiny bit only. Today I read up more and now 'get it'. I wanted 'soft and floating' for it all, slow to settle.
Now my Nobsound springs are used for three subs and I still don't need that many in each. I only used the lighter after-market and as few springs per component as possible for that tiny gap. I have eight components gently floating now.
I loved your description of speaker platforms and have been semi-engineering the springs I'd need for 110lb speakers and home-built platform. Just a bit scared of the speakers going down if not planned exactly right. It is the final frontier for finishing off my gear, and will probably yield the single most benefit if done correctly.