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Isolation damping for furniture

I have an issue with a cabinet sited on the rear wall of my listening room generating noise from vibration in the door panels. The doors fit tightly but when you place your hand against them during heavy bass music, you can feel the minute vibrations.

Looking for a cheap dampening solution - would I be best to look at vibration damping feet for the whole cabinet or is it just as likely that the vibrations are from the airborne sound waves? Otherwise, should I look at a damping sheet of somesort applied to the inside of the resonating door panels? Has anyone experienced similar issues and how did you resolve, short of removing the cabinet from the listening room. Thanks for any help.
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Thanks for the responses. Beavis, the doors are maple and due to WAF definitely not an option to remove them from the cabinet.

Photon46, I initially detected the problem you describe of the vibration at the interface of door and cabinet and have managed to dramatically reduce this using a felt lining in the frame which makes it a tight fit. Whilst the noise is reduced significantly, I can still hear some resonance noise in the door panel itself. I think I might try your idea of dampening sheets which I can secure to the insides of the doors (so ugliness not an issue). Thanks for the suggestion.
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