Hi Mre2007,
Anytime you have a rigid device under a component any vibration trying to enter from underneath has a direct path into the component's chassis. That includes points, blocks or slabs of rigid material. The material from which the device is constructed (as well as its size and shape) will determine the resonance modes of the device - the material will store and then release vibration energy over time. Wood has significant resonances. That is why it is selected as a material from which to construct many musical instruments since each invidual instrument SHOULD have its own particular signature or voice. An audio system (or a component) that reproduces the sound of many different instruments that have been captured in many different recordings SHOULD NOT have a particular signature or coloration or it will impart that distortion on to EVERY recording that it reproduces.
Sometimes the introduction of a device or material into a system that colors (alters) the signal that has been captured in the recording will sound "better" to an individual than how the system sounded before the device was introduced. This may be because the device is adding some kind of complementary coloration to the system. In actuality, the system had a problem (or multiple problems) and afterwards the problem was less apparent or it has hyped up other areas that are exciting to the listener. The individual should be aware that the problem has not been eliminated and that now there is a new set of problems that have been introduced by the device and that system is not necessarily closer to accurately reproducing the sound of the original instrument as it has been captured in the recording.
Some may say "I like it so that's what's important". I believe that it is important to like the sound of one's system but without using the truthful sound of live, unamplified instruments as the reference people assembling audio systems are in the "wild west" and pretty much anything is legitimate as long as they like it. We might as well add lots of equalizers to our systems or have Bose Waveradios if faithfulness to the source is not of particular importance.
Mre2007, please note that my comments are of a general nature and are not necessarily a criticism of your particular system.
Best Regards,
Barry
Barry Kohan
President
Bright Star Audio
Disclaimer: I am a manufacturer of vibration control devices (I have been asked by Audiogon to make this disclaimer when I comment on vibration control).
Anytime you have a rigid device under a component any vibration trying to enter from underneath has a direct path into the component's chassis. That includes points, blocks or slabs of rigid material. The material from which the device is constructed (as well as its size and shape) will determine the resonance modes of the device - the material will store and then release vibration energy over time. Wood has significant resonances. That is why it is selected as a material from which to construct many musical instruments since each invidual instrument SHOULD have its own particular signature or voice. An audio system (or a component) that reproduces the sound of many different instruments that have been captured in many different recordings SHOULD NOT have a particular signature or coloration or it will impart that distortion on to EVERY recording that it reproduces.
Sometimes the introduction of a device or material into a system that colors (alters) the signal that has been captured in the recording will sound "better" to an individual than how the system sounded before the device was introduced. This may be because the device is adding some kind of complementary coloration to the system. In actuality, the system had a problem (or multiple problems) and afterwards the problem was less apparent or it has hyped up other areas that are exciting to the listener. The individual should be aware that the problem has not been eliminated and that now there is a new set of problems that have been introduced by the device and that system is not necessarily closer to accurately reproducing the sound of the original instrument as it has been captured in the recording.
Some may say "I like it so that's what's important". I believe that it is important to like the sound of one's system but without using the truthful sound of live, unamplified instruments as the reference people assembling audio systems are in the "wild west" and pretty much anything is legitimate as long as they like it. We might as well add lots of equalizers to our systems or have Bose Waveradios if faithfulness to the source is not of particular importance.
Mre2007, please note that my comments are of a general nature and are not necessarily a criticism of your particular system.
Best Regards,
Barry
Barry Kohan
President
Bright Star Audio
Disclaimer: I am a manufacturer of vibration control devices (I have been asked by Audiogon to make this disclaimer when I comment on vibration control).