@donavabdear Okay, but it still sounds like you used some top notch equipment built to higher standards and not some off the shelf generics. I guess I read too many reviews.
All the best,
Nonoise
Vibration Control
Why do solid state audio electronics with no moving parts need or benefit from vibration control?
It makes perfect sense that turntables, CD transports, R2R tape decks, loudspeakers & tubed electronics (w/ potentially micro phonic tubes) might all benefit from various methods of vibration control or mitigation but I don’t see why anything else would. Any thoughts??
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@donavabdear I remember when touch controls first came out on washing machines and dryers and the failure rate of the controls was high due to the shaking, spinning and vibrations that ensued. They had to go back and better isolate the controls as well as build them to higher specs to withstand the NVH. As for powered speakers, there are many designers who frown upon DACs and amps in speakers due to the vibrations from the speaker cones and some, for the longest time, have constructed their crossovers to reside outside of the speakers for the very same reasons, long before they started jamming other junk inside. All the best, |
@jonwolfpell My reply was a bit out of frustration as any and all responses you gave were just versions of your opening statement, making me wonder if you were a fan of Amir. All the best, |
What's the harm in trying something that has a return policy? Are you afraid you might hear differences but being unable to measure it, you'll have a nervous breakdown?
The folk who design high speed fighter jets and space rockets take into account the effects of vibration in every way possible to ensure reliability. Everything is overbuilt to ensure proper functioning, but then, they aren't listening to their stereos while flying, are they? Take any piece of SS gear and try to play it on a space shuttle or F-16 fighter jet and get back to me on that. All the best, |
A long time ago during a heated discussion along this line, a member who was a physicist, told of how they measured lots of vibrations in concrete (or some other super dense material). This was in an isolated room, away from outside influences and I believe it was in response to music being played. Normal measuring devices couldn’t pick it up. When I got my Iso-Acoustic Orea footers for my integrated and SACD player, I tried them out on the integrated first, thinking it would be of minor, if any, improvement and wouldn’t be apparent if I tried the SACD player first. I was wrong. The Oreas made a slight but notable difference in the sound, all for the better. More focus, better sound staging, etc. All of this was done on my carpenter made audio/video stand made of 1" thick maple. You won’t know until you try it. All the best, |