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The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience?

Hi everyone,

There are probably a dozen of threads out there on Isolation/ Vibration footers out there, but there hasn't been thus far one been that combines the following two assumptions:

1. Isolation/ Vibration effectiveness differs per type of component (from source to speaker).
2. The above with Most Popular brands available as per July 2020.

Some of the most recognised brands thus far:
  
  • Arya Audio
  • Artesania Audio
  • Aurios
  • Black Diamond Racing
  • Critical Mass Systems
  • Gingko
  • Harmonic Resolution Systems
  • Harmonix
  • Iso-Acoustics
  • Shun Mook
  • Silent Running Audio
  • Star Sound Technologies
  • Stillpoints
  • Symposium
  • Townshend

The reason for starting this thread is that in the past few months I have been reading that the Critical Mass Centerstage 2 footers are beating all or most of the above solutions from the other named brands. However, it seems that the Arya Audio Revopods are also beating most of the brands in some high-end select forums and groups as well. 

Do you use and or have/ had any experience with the above and where did you place them and why?

Here is my setup currently.

1. Source/ Network player: Star Sound Technologies Sistrum platform
2. Pre-Amp: No footer yet (Artesania Audio rack)
3. Amplifier: No footer yet (Artesania Audio rack)
4. Power conditioner: Harmonic Resolution Systems Nimbus & HRS platform footers
5. Power supplies for source: Stillpoints
6. Router: Stillpoints
7. Speakers: Stillpoints

I found out that this works the best in my system, but would like to know your experience as I found that using these footers and their effectiveness really depends on the component. Specifically, I would like to hear your experience with Arya Audio and Centerstage 2 footers?
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millercarbon
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You go from findings that are specific to your system and then
are looking for broad generalizations that are not
system-dependent?  

Nice try.


Pretty sure you can point a telescope any direction, peer as far out into space as you want, across billions of light years, and find the same laws of physics as right here on Earth. Yet you think these things are specific to your system? Nice try.
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Some of the stuff I can see enough to figure out and understand what's going on. In part anyway. But would sure be nice if you would take each individual thing and explain what it is, how its made, etc.
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millercarbon
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As crazy as I know it looks, anyone seriously interested in getting the most out of their system and audiophile dollar really should spend some time reading mahgister and studying his system. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8221 His Six Laws are all right on the money. I haven't tried half the stuff in his system but a lot of what he's doing is exactly what I'm doing, only he's doing it on a budget with creative DIY. Matter of fact my system addresses all the same "embeddings". https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Mahgister even has a picture of power conduit outside his room. Well I have treated the AC power all the way back to the breaker panel, and even the power meter. 

Probably no one believes it even after reading Mikes comment about my having achieved "audiophile nirvana". But the truth is last time I went to Seattles best audio salon and listened to $1.3 MILLION dollars worth of statement Wilson, AT and D'Agostino it really could not hold a candle to my system. Sorry. Be lying if I said otherwise. 

NOT because those components aren't better than mine. They probably all are a lot better than anything I have. But they have done nothing with them. They just plop them down in the room with zero embeddings. That's how important this stuff is. 

Whichever way you do it, just do it.
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