Stillpoints - snake oil?

michaelgreenaudio
A system that you dampen is going to play one sound, more than a system where you use mechanical transfer and variable tuning. Mechanical transfer works very much like a musical instrument. As you make adjustments to the transfer points you gain control over the signal.

>>>>>I agree that one should transfer mechanical energy (including acoustic energy and residual energy) rapidly out of the component. The problem arises when you *allow* mechanical energy transfer from the structure to the component, I.e., by not (rpt not) *isolating* the component from seismic energy. Seismic energy in the frequency range 0 to 20 Hz and higher isn’t good for anyone, no matter how you slice it. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle.

As for damping, there are Dampers and there are Dampers. Obviously, “over-dumping” is never a good idea, as Acoustic Revive has stated. I think dismissing all damping is kind of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Fear and loathing wouldn’t have been funny. Never mind.

Whoa!

Possession is 9/10 of the law. 👽

Fear and loaning on agon. 😳

It’s hard enough competing in today’s high end marketplace. There’s no need to jump in and get involved in the latest audiophile issues like fuses, powercirds, wire directionality, vibration isolation, any of that stuff. Besides most high end manufacturers are pretty convinced their components don’t need any of that crap. They’re fine without it. It’s kind of the same reason many audio stores do not go out of their way to use tweaks in the store systems. It’s because they think people just want to hear the pure sound of the components. Ha ha ha!

It’s odd ever since the advent of the Vibraplane and Townshend’s and Bright Star’s air bladder iso stands more than 20 years ago the subject of vibration isolation should still be so misunderstood and somewhat shrouded in mystery. It’s not really rocket science. It’s very simple. The difficulty arises in the implementation. That’s the Art of isolation. That’s why results often vary. Not to mention the glut of iso devices now available. How can anyone compare them all?

 If the vibration isolation method is mass-on-spring AND the instructions for setting up the platform are followed how can you lose? To be as completely effective as possible, isolation should occur in all six count em directions and should start as low in frequency as possible. Everything else is some kind of compromise. Rome was not built in a day.