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?
128x128richardhk
I've got a mix of stuff, black ravioli big feet under my power conditioner (this sounded poor to start with but bass came in in spades after a few days).

Stacks of 2 black ravioli mk1 pads and oak cones under most of the rest of my gear.

Stillpoints ultra ss under subwoofer.

Townshend speaker bars and pods under my monitors and stands.

I have a solid wood hifi rack which is an IKEA tv consol. My floors are solid wood on concrete. Digital streaming system.
Try this little experiment. Download the Hamm Seismograph App onto your phone. Place the phone on your turntable plinth or electronics housing and get a reading with or without any isolation. The App is very sensitive and the results can be quite revealing.
An alternative that I personally believe is superior to Stillpoints are the Ansuz Dark Z D-TC footers. Their impact is frankly startling. Ansuz ara a small Danish company who make Aavik speakers and Boresson speakers.
+1 regarding millercarbon’s recommendation to check out Mahgister’s system. Never seen anything like it: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8221
My system is an experiment in the making....I will prefer to own millercarbon system, but the money were lacking... :)

But dont be fooled by the appearance, my audio system is fully satisfying and i will live with it happilly...My discovery is the embeddings of an audio system is all that matters....The price, the look, are secondary elements....

Upgrading is often an illusory response coming from lacks and defects that cannot be remedied by a piece of electronic equipment....

How to embed a system is the key....

In this thread the question is first how to mechanically controls the internal resonances and second how to relatively isolate from the external vibrations.... This is only ONE of the THREE embeddings, and the least powerful but a necessary double task that ask for more than meet the eye for his solution....

My particular low cost answer to this task is the least refine response in my homemade triple embeddings solutions to this day.... In the future i want to add springs and quartz sand bed to the rest of my solutions for this particular embedding task ( the sandwiches with layers of different materials is my only solutions for now and that work well for now)....
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