Vibration control. Tube equipment. What's the best way to do it ?


I have VAC Avatar SE integrated sitting on thick maple block which in turn sits on three big brass Audiopoint cones that penetrate through the floor carpet.

How would you improve it ?

 

inna

HRS. Although I found the positives varied greatly from component to component. 

sns, I see. It would be interesting to experiment with various woods. Ebony or Brazilian Rosewood isolation platforms anyone ?

@inna You often see speakers and turntables made of various woods, esthetics for speaker I imagine, people report differences with turntables. I'd think there would have to be a pretty wide variation between wood densities to hear a difference.

Maybe one day I'll try these Ansuz Darkz. It certainly seems ridiculous to put $3000 worth of footers under a $3000 component, but under a $30,000 CH Precision pre or amp or an Antipodes Oladra I could justify it. 

Ebony or Brazilian Rosewood isolation platforms anyone ?

I have read glowing reports of Shun Mook Mpingo dots, which is African ebony I believe, just on tops of speakers, and on walls. Haven’t tried it yet.

Here is Jeff from High Water Sound at a show over 10 years ago- see them on the top of the Hornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RV21TwwWDY

I suppose this "tweak" falls beyond the concept of resonance control, and into the topic of acoustics though.