Tried a lot of cones and things over the years. When I put my Tekton Moab speakers on Podiums the improvement was hard to believe. Turntable and amp are on Pods. Before this I was starting to think my room needed bass traps. But a lot of the "room resonance" was really vibrations coming directly from the speakers into the floor, with is now gone. Bass problem solved, without tube traps. Not cheap, but not subtle either. Altogether it is a significant system upgrade.
Brilliant and very convincing argument for his isolation products,the only problem is the cost,to do my speakers the cost of Seismic Sinks or Platforms would be more than the cost of the Speakers themselves so hard for me to justify on those grounds although I would love to try one day. Hats off to Max👍
Problem being you can spend twice as much on speakers, twice as much on amps, twice as much on everything, and still not get to where Podiums take you for much less cost than all that. In other words what is hard to justify is spending any more on other components until your whole system is isolated on Podiums and Pods.
@@Justin-fy7xk Nobsound definitely do work. But not nearly as well, take a lot of time to find the right combination of springs, and make it really hard to get the speakers level. With Podiums you put a level on the base, crank the knobs up and down, perfect level in no time. I've used both. Nobsound are great if you can't afford Podiums. In fact Nobsound are so good they are preferable to IsoAcoustics Gaia. Neither are in the same league as Podiums.
I put my Naim Nova on a ZaZen 11 platform I managed to buy open box for £40. I was skeptical but for £40 I thought I’d give it a go. I have to say I’m astonished by the results. The Bass hits harder, cleaner, tighter. The voices are clearer, more defined and the sound seems more open, airy if you will. TBH I’m still in shock at the difference it’s made. I’m now considering doing something for my sub which is down firing straight onto the carpet. Maybe swap the rubber feet first for isolation pods? I need do some more research before making a decision.
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The left one was a very light load for the stiffness of the springs (he said it was light), which was on purpose to give it a fairly high resonant frequency. The one on the right hardly reacted at all to those vibrations which were orders of magnitude greater than what would happen in your speaker set up actually.
For loudspeakers I think it is best to spike heavy flags to the floor, then put damping material on them and the speakers on that. That way you get the anchoring and vibration absorption.
Mass doesn't absorb vibrations, it can transmit them quite effectively. That's what happens during an earthquake. He has a video where he shows that even a concrete floor transmits very effectively to a speaker on spikes.
If mechanical vibrations are causing the crystal oscillator in some piece of digital equipment to change the sound then there would likely be a measurable change in jitter. This chap seems capable of measuring such an effect. That would be a more persuasive piece of evidence than saying that the sound supposedly improved 'out of sight'.
My house is made from solid concrete. Never noise except when I'm blasting. Lead the metal doesn't resonate. I'll have to drill concrete floor and raw Bolt my speakers to the floor. Also live my speakers with sheets of lead.
I saw a demonstration by Max Townsend. Surprising and impressive. His elite rock turntable best I've ever heard.
Tried a lot of cones and things over the years. When I put my Tekton Moab speakers on Podiums the improvement was hard to believe. Turntable and amp are on Pods. Before this I was starting to think my room needed bass traps. But a lot of the "room resonance" was really vibrations coming directly from the speakers into the floor, with is now gone. Bass problem solved, without tube traps. Not cheap, but not subtle either. Altogether it is a significant system upgrade.
Hi, i have the Tekton DI’s could point me to the specific podiums you used for your tektons?
thanks
Very precise info. Thank you!
Brilliant and very convincing argument for his isolation products,the only problem is the cost,to do my speakers the cost of Seismic Sinks or Platforms would be more than the cost of the Speakers themselves so hard for me to justify on those grounds although I would love to try one day.
Hats off to Max👍
Hello Mark, this product does work but Nobosound make a very similar product for speaker isolation that contains springs and its a tad cheaper.
Problem being you can spend twice as much on speakers, twice as much on amps, twice as much on everything, and still not get to where Podiums take you for much less cost than all that. In other words what is hard to justify is spending any more on other components until your whole system is isolated on Podiums and Pods.
@@Justin-fy7xk Nobsound definitely do work. But not nearly as well, take a lot of time to find the right combination of springs, and make it really hard to get the speakers level. With Podiums you put a level on the base, crank the knobs up and down, perfect level in no time. I've used both. Nobsound are great if you can't afford Podiums. In fact Nobsound are so good they are preferable to IsoAcoustics Gaia. Neither are in the same league as Podiums.
I put my Naim Nova on a ZaZen 11 platform I managed to buy open box for £40. I was skeptical but for £40 I thought I’d give it a go. I have to say I’m astonished by the results. The Bass hits harder, cleaner, tighter. The voices are clearer, more defined and the sound seems more open, airy if you will. TBH I’m still in shock at the difference it’s made. I’m now considering doing something for my sub which is down firing straight onto the carpet. Maybe swap the rubber feet first for isolation pods? I need do some more research before making a decision.
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So you are selling springs at an unbelievable price. And people are buying it.
Congrats
The left one is shaking the table which is shaking the right one -just shows how good the isolation platform is for such small vibration not
I was thinking the same. He forgot what he was saying there didn't he?
The left one was a very light load for the stiffness of the springs (he said it was light), which was on purpose to give it a fairly high resonant frequency. The one on the right hardly reacted at all to those vibrations which were orders of magnitude greater than what would happen in your speaker set up actually.
What about the bass from the speakers? No matter what you do it will be coupled to the electronics and source through the air.
For loudspeakers I think it is best to spike heavy flags to the floor, then put damping material on them and the speakers on that. That way you get the anchoring and vibration absorption.
Do you have photos? I dont know what flags are🙄
Concrete or stone thick sheets used for paving.
Mass doesn't absorb vibrations, it can transmit them quite effectively. That's what happens during an earthquake. He has a video where he shows that even a concrete floor transmits very effectively to a speaker on spikes.
If mechanical vibrations are causing the crystal oscillator in some piece of digital equipment to change the sound then there would likely be a measurable change in jitter. This chap seems capable of measuring such an effect. That would be a more persuasive piece of evidence than saying that the sound supposedly improved 'out of sight'.
This chap was a first class voodoo bullshiter......
If your speakers are really heavy then there’s less of an issue with vibrations.
You can hear the effect of vibrations causing dropouts in the sound of this video, lol
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EMI, RFI, GRI, all minor in comparison to Max's discoveries!
Some cool info, but the Sorbothane info was false. Properly load matched Sorbothane decouples down to 10hz if you use 1" thick and softest durometer..
Thanks for that. Is the 10 Hz both lateral and vertical? I will mention it in subsequent talks. Max
My house is made from solid concrete. Never noise except when I'm blasting. Lead the metal doesn't resonate. I'll have to drill concrete floor and raw Bolt my speakers to the floor. Also live my speakers with sheets of lead.
Dave Jones Concrete is the worst material to live in. lt does perspirate. it s too rigid for the music room