Nobosound Springs

springs isolate speakers and allow the speakers to vibrate naturally.  

spikes anchor them to the floor so they try to vibrate the floor which limits their vibration.

Rubber, cork tend to damp vibration so it limits the ability of the speaker to vibrate but somewhat differetly than spikes.

Those are the facts.

What is opinion is which of these approaches is better for sound.  Lots of different opinions.  I posted mine above (springs) the OP posted that he prefers springs.  I think springs make most sense.

but I realize others have other opinions and I respect that. I just wanted to point out what each option does.  Make your own educated decision and enjoy the sound.

Jerry

I use springs under the Crites.  If I recall the weight limit for four springs is 120 lbs.  A rule of thumb is the spring should be half compressed, measured between top and bottom disk.

Is the definition of isolation pucks, pods, bars or platforms?

What category are springs ?

I put the Nobsounds under my open baffle speakers, GR Research NX-Oticas, and was very pleased with the change-like focusing a camera.

Others have said it’s the next best thing to Townshend platforms.

You do need to adjust the number of springs you leave in for the weight of the speakers.  You want them about one third to one half compressed.

Boing boing.

@carlsbad    It's horses for courses.  If you have a floor that moves and can be driven by vibrations in the speakers then yes, go for springs.  It you have a solid floor, spikes are best.  If I lay a heavy concrete slab on footings in the ground then vibrabrations from the speakers are not going to be passed to the earth via spikes.  Why?

Because the mass of the Earth is 5.972 × 10^24 kg and your speaker weighs say 200lb, that is a 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th smaller.  If your speaker vibrates 1mm, Newton's Law says that the movement of the Earth will be utterly negligible.

@clearthinker while your math is correct,making it sound factual that spikes are better, it is still your opinion that anchoring the speaker to the floor sounds better. Springs to just the opposite.  2 very unequal masses almost totally decoupled.

I have no problem with people disagreeing.  If we never did, we wouldn't have this forum.

Enjoy.