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Isolation Tweak Confusion...

Looking for isolation tweaks can be quite frustrating. Need something between tube amps and the base below them (probably going with Rosinante shelves).

There are so many choices! Black Diamond Racing Cones; Symposium Rollerblocks (with the upgraded 'Tungsten Bearings' no less!); Aurios Bearings (heard good things about these); Audio Tekne Carbon Blocks; Walker Audio Cones/Pucks; and the list goes on and on...

Help! I'm in isolation tweak never-never land, looking to escape and be happy and content without ever having to worry about it again.

Who's COMPLETELY happy with their isolation tweak choice? (between amp and stand especially- I already have something for CD player). If so- whacha usin'?
sutts
bluenose
387 posts
 
Sutts, you're gonna get all kinds of suggestions that all work...everything you try will have a different sound. One you'll absolutely love for what it does...there may not be an absolute best, just what sounds best in your application...what do I use? This will crack ya up. I use large marbles in plastic holders with one directly under the power supply....I would try something different for tube amps, though. do you know some people over at TNT are using dr. scholl's foot rubs in place of carbon, etc? talk about a tweak that works and is too cheap to be taken seriously...have fun, regards, Bluenose...
jeffloistarca
1,004 posts
 
The large EAR feet worked nicely for me under my BATVK500 amp, $1.25 each from The Parts Connection (I used 6 of 'em). Worth mentioning my homemade amp stand; I used two pieces of 3/4" BC Fir plywood with a 1" thick rubber mat sandwiched inbetween. The "legs" of the amp stand are 4X4 pine.
abstract7
541 posts
 
I'm using two plates of aluminum with routed grooves in them. The plates are sandwiched together with marbles in between them that can move in the grooves. It's a similar concept to the Symposium Roller blocks, except it only cost me $20 in stock aluminum. This is with a solid state amp (Mark Levinson Reference 20.0), but it really helped. It got rid of any harshness and reduced the background noise. The theory behind this isolation is that you maitain rigid coupling to the floor (or stand), but allow disappation of internal driven vibrations (from the transformer). Although, I've never tried this with tube amps it should work quite well.
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