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On the draining of resonance.....

I have read of the importance of controlling resonance in components that contain motors and transformers. This seems to involve placing isolation points or bearings under components to attract or "drain away" micro vibrations, I suppose, of resonating frequencies. Ok--say this works, but hasn't the resonance already occurred as it is being drained away through the bottom of the chassis? I get the idea of isolating out airborne vibrations carried by the rack, stand, plinth, block, etc, but......really?
jafreeman

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chayro
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I don't think you should get hung up on the exact reason
something may sound better or worse. Putting some type of
aftermarket footer under a component may change the sound for
good or for bad and that's the only thing that matters.
Personally, I think too many people knee-jerk for aftermarket
footers and IMO, they're not always an improvement. In general,
they seem to clean up a muddy-sounding system, which is good -
IF your system is muddy. But it seems to me that the vast
majority of complaints around here are that their systems sound
lean, forward or harsh and I don't think that cones or isolators
are going to cure that.
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