My preference for most effective electronics isolation is to use sorbothane directly between the component and the shelf. I ditched the cones long ago - they are metal and metal transmits high frequency vibrations from shelves. Glass would be a worse case scenero. If you want to try DIY try making some sandwich footers consisting of one layer of soft wood, one layer of sorbothane, and the last layer of hard wood. Its probably over kill but it might look better than just sorbothane pucks etc. If you want you could still use the glass shelf in lieu of the hardwood as support, but covered with sorbothane (partially or totally) and put a second soft wood shelf directly under your component. FWIW.
glass shelves under components?
I have a Bello stereo/TV stand for my components which are Muse nine sig DVD/CD player, Audio Note Soro SE amp. I have these on brass cones which sit on the glass shelves. The sound had an edge to it until I put some very thin rubber between the point of the cones and the shelf and the sound warmed up to an amazing degree.
My question is: where, on a sound quality list, does glass fall? I presume it is one of the worst materials you could have under your components, and something like wood works better, but this unit worked nicely with my TV etc. Can isolation devices overcome the sound I get to an even greater degree or should I buy a new shelf system?
My question is: where, on a sound quality list, does glass fall? I presume it is one of the worst materials you could have under your components, and something like wood works better, but this unit worked nicely with my TV etc. Can isolation devices overcome the sound I get to an even greater degree or should I buy a new shelf system?