Gingko vs. pucks

Why do you wish to add some isolation?

Consider the following possibilities:

o There are 3 sources of vibration, floor-borne, air-borne, and internally generated.

o One of these sources induces far more sonic harm than the other two.

o Vibrations are captured (by a component) in a moment in time.

o When trapped vibrations can only dissipate over a period of time.

o Vibration (like electricity) is always seeking ground.

o Any physicist worth his weight will tell you it is physically impossible to isolate anything from vibration.

Now assume for the moment that the most harmful vibrations are air-borne and you 'add some isolation' under your components. Where do you suppose the air-borne vibrations captured by your component will go if the component is 'isolated'?

-IMO

Sorry, Kmulkey, I did not intend to come across as confrontational and yes I assumed you posted your thread because you were interested in performance gains. That's why I responded. And FWIW, I am not able to debate physics with you either.

I was simply sharing an alternate point-of-view to consider and obviously it's a view that is not well-known and often times not warmly received. But I've spent quite some time learning these basics through much R&D and simply wanted to share some of those findings.

The answer to my question in my previous post is, the vibrations remain trapped inside the component.

This may not sound like much to do about anything but if you've ever found yourself in your car at a stoplight with some guy's subwoofer 2 cars back wreaking havoc on of your sternum and your car, you should have some idea the havoc air-borne vibrations trapped within can do since your car is not much different from an over-sized component.

-IMO

"No, I did not take it as confrontational...just beyond my grasp I guess."

As you can see, Kmulkey, you are not alone.

To answer your question, I am not saying there is nothing that can be done. In fact, I'm saying just the opposite.

And though kitty litter, tennis balls, hand balls, hockey pucks, bicycle inner-tubes, air bladders, beach sand, sorbathane, etc. all have their place in life, there's a few of us coming from a different perspective who in good conscience could never recommend such materials for high-end audio.

I checked out your web site, Vinh Vu. I can see you've enjoyed much success. Congratulations.

-IMO