Anyone using silicone oil for dampening??

Thanks Rushton,

I was looking at the silicone oil to use in dampening my racks and components by making/finding some type of small pads that I could sit my components or rack shelves on. Not sure what but in reading about dampening materials, silicone oil was an option to air, cones/spikes, pucks, ball and bearing type devices. I don't want the silicone to be hard or gel like, more in the lines of a liquid.

Jkring,

I have the opposite experience with dampening. First having the room treated and having quite AC were the first issues that were addressed. Once that was completed, the dampening of the entire rack of components, each individual component and cables, wire, ICs have added more dynamics. Vibration is what seems to rob a system of dynamics and detail. In my friends system, everything is dampened/floating except for the speakers. The dynamics and detail are unreal, and you don't have to turn the system volume up to achieve this, you can basically talk over the volume and the dynamics and details are really that good. There are some products on the market that use air in them to isolate a component, we are trying to use something similar but add the silicone oil with the air to assist with additional component dampening.

Happy Listening