Stella Stand

Utilising proprietary Seismic-Pod spring technology with dynamically variable gas-damping the Townshend Audio Stella Stand offers unprecedented isolation for all audio components, in particular, loudspeakers.

Supporting loudspeakers with an extremely soft suspension produces a vastly superior sound compared with the results when supporting with traditional spikes, cones or complicated rigid cup ‘isolators’.

With conventional rigid suspension, the aim is to hold the cabinet ‘still’ at audio frequencies. However, this concept does not address the effect of the transition from rigid coupling at low frequencies to cabinet/support/floor bending which occurs as the frequency rises, combined with the finite speed of sound in the cabinet.

Inevitably there will be a resonance set up by the mass of the cabinet bouncing against the stiff but springy ‘rigid’ suspension which will introduce a boom to the sound.

Break this link and the result is magic! The speaker is now free to move minutely, but most importantly, it moves in an undistorted linear fashion with the significant cabinet mass alone reacting against the driver cones.

Now free from the colouration caused by the far-from-ideal rigid coupling, the improvement in fidelity is palpable.

Yes, there may be a slight loss of bass ‘slam’ on the occasional heavy low note, but the improvement over the whole audio band, all the time, far outweighs this apparent slight loss. Astute listeners welcome this change and argue that the traditional overblown slam is an irritating colouration.

The Stella Stand:

• Reduces bass-boom to a remarkable degree, particularly with large speakers
• Produces a wider and deeper sound stage
• Greatly improves bass definition
• Delivers enhanced clarity throughout the whole frequency range with much clearer transients
• Is extremely neighbour friendly
• Is maintenance free (no air pumps)
• Has adjustable limit stops to prevent excessive movement when disturbed
• Is remarkably stable.
• Soft plastic feet which will not mark wood or stone floors, or optional carpet-piercing spikes

• Muddiness and smearing
• Direct sound transmission into the floor
• Irritating boom caused by coupling through the floor to adjacent rooms
• Structure-borne feedback between speaker and vibration sensitive equipment

Available in three sizes to accept nearly all floor standing cabinets with specials available for, amongst others, Quad, Martin Logan, JBL, Sonus Faber, B&W and more.

Load range;

A springs: 5Kg to 20Kg (10lb to 40lb)

B springs: 10Kg to 30Kg (20lb to 60lb)

C springs: 20Kg to 60 Kg (40lb to 120lb)

D springs: 40 to 80kg (80lb to 160lb)

For heavier speakers, extra Seismic Pods may be added to accommodate loads up to 500kg (1000lB) or more.