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Townshend Platforms - AaronG - 28-Apr-2016 Just ordered some Townshend platforms for my Grimm speakers. They have been a pleasure to deal with so far. Will report back! RE: Townshend Platforms - IanG-UK - 28-Apr-2016 Aaron Max Townshend is a real gentleman and very clever, either of his own volition or in sourcing capable people. Guillaume and I heard his "all Townshend" set up at the HiFi News show in 2014 and thought is was best at the show, competing with Absolute Sounds and Kog and others. RE: Townshend Platforms - AaronG - 28-Apr-2016 I'm glad to hear that. They really seem to know what they're doing. I contacted them to order a platform and they volunteered to custom make one to the dimensions of the speaker for less than the "off the rack" platform. That's my kind of company. (28-Apr-2016, 18:27)IanG-UK Wrote: Aaron Townshend Platforms - ThiemJ - 28-Apr-2016 Since two weeks I have the Townshend podiums under my Harbeth Super HL5 Plus speakers. There is more air around instruments and room and floor induced bass has significantly reduced. A great upgrade! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk RE: Townshend Platforms - AaronG - 02-May-2016 Glad to hear it Thiem! RE: Townshend Platforms - pete86 - 29-Nov-2016 Hi Aaron, Just curious how you ended up liking the platforms. RE: Townshend Platforms - Hifi_swlon - 30-Nov-2016 Same here. Do they offer an evaluation period? RE: Townshend Platforms - pete86 - 30-Nov-2016 They do. Give them a call or shoot an email RE: Townshend Platforms - AaronG - 30-Nov-2016 To my great surprise they were a total pain to deal with! Took my $ upfront for a pair of custom platforms (their suggestion). Promised several times they would be ready in a few days, and then no email responses for weeks. Really ridiculous. When I finally got them they didn't quite fit the speakers. I contacted them and they said that it was fine if the speaker bases went beyond the platforms but when I tested their bass isolation it certainly was not as good as I had expected. I could hear bass in the basement when the speakers were on the stands on the first floor, which was not what I had had hoped. I'm sure I could send them back to the UK and they would send me new ones. But I was so frustrated and fed up with the experience that I put them in the basement and haven't used them since. I've since sent the Grimms that I had them made for for updating. When I get the speakers back I will try again. Maybe I did something wrong in setting them up. My guess is I had a unique experience and the experience of others will not be like this. But I was not happy. |