Survey on Cost of Loudspeakers Supported On Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums

Don't sweat the cost of the speakers. Mine were virtually free. The previous owner wanted to give them a good home. I have built my system around these speakers to see how much I could get out of them (Belle Klipsch 1978ish).

The Townsend "bars" (they were too big to afford podiums) was the best investment I made for the money. The new crossover helped too, but more expensive.

Go for it!!! Try the bars if you don't want to spring for the podiums.

What is sad is the price of speakers and the here today and gone junk tomorrow status.Thousands spent with a turn around that makes the Depreciation of a new car off the lot look great. What..100’s of makes with more names than the dictionary supports. Then there’s the gear that has to be bought to make crap sound better ?? There now I feel good Lol

Cheers 
 

I have Monitor Audio Studio 50's on size 2 podiums. These retailed in the US at $8,000, but I picked mine up brand new as an "end of range" sale for £2k here in the UK. Managed to pick up the podiums for £1.2K. The speakers, which I still have are 22 years young and are now augmented by Townshend Super Tweeters.

Stands spiked through carpet to solid concrete seems to work just fine for me, I'll save my money and buy even more records.

I would think that if you are spending big money on a high end speaker that they (or at least should) already come designed and built with isolation in mind.  I've gotta believe that my S/F Liliums come engineered to eliminate resonance and all that stuff. I could research it, but to busy enjoying the music to dabble in it.

PS: Love My Vinyl