Vibration - What are the Main Sources?


A current thread discussing the best tweaks gave consistently high ranking for component isolation. I am curious to know where all the vibration is coming from that we are addressing with isolation. I understand that high volume listening can create significant vibration, but for the sake of this discussion let's assume we are listening at moderate levels. Can the vibrations from moderate sound levels affect the quality of sound? Are there other common significant sources of vibration that we are guarding against that can dramatically affect sound?
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BACK ON TOPIC:

This brings up the question that since literally everything vibrates,
is it plausible to posit that the higher quality the equipment, the more sensitive it is to audibly transmissive vibrations, therefore it requires more sophisticated damping than lower quality equipment where a more extreme amount of damping is not required to improve the sound as it has reached it’s improvement threshold?
I believe the premise is that the speakers are resting motionless on the springs at a specific tension and the function of the spring is to isolate/dissipate vibration.
I believe the springs are to isolate the speakers not from their own vibrations, but those from external sources. If the tweeter and woofer did not move, you would have one quiet speaker!