Isolation makes no difference to the sound in the real world (turntables
excluded for obvious reasons). It might do in a dedicated listening
room or in a lab, but in the real world its just not worth it. The
differences if any are so minute that they are not worth striving for.
I've been there
russj Wrote:
Isolation makes no difference to the sound in the real world (turntables
excluded for obvious reasons). It might do in a dedicated listening
room or in a lab, but in the real world its just not worth it. The
differences if any are so minute that they are not worth striving
Interesting comments, plenty of areas for experimentation/playing, but
maybe not with the SB on this occasion, for me anyway.
Feel a little more enlightened now, cheers!
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Deaf Cat
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As a related aside, in a lot of clubs the dj console/booth is built up
high, often with a large stack of speakers (or better yet, bassbins)
directly below it. This vibration doesn't just transmit through the
needle of the turntables, it can make the whole arm jump up and skip a
quarter inch. Not
Those feat for under cdp's are to prevent vibrations going into the
unit as much as possible, to let the transport have as much of a clean
run as it can get. As you understand by now, the SB doesn't has a
physical transport like that, so, putting it on isolators wouldn't be
much of a difference
pfarrell Wrote:
Skunk wrote:
Some people must make a pretty good living selling those feet. I can
hardly imagine spending $400 for an interface between a table and cd
player, but people certainly do.
It made a lot of sense back in the days of yore with turntables.
It makes far less
jonheal Wrote:
Well, you could suspend it in a vat of viscous fluid, or better yet,
float it mid-air on magnets!
Don't act like you're joking. You're probably working on apperatuses
like these in your shed as we speak, and wanted to gauge interest
before setting the price point. Or, admit
Skunk wrote:
But where do you draw the line?
Do microvibrations in tube amps matter much? Not instigating, just
curious : )
Not sure about microvibrations, but lots of tubes used in
amps and guitar amps tend to get microphonic as they start
to fail. You can turn the amp on, bang gently on the
With regards to solid state devices with no moving parts, vibrations
will still affect the performance of a transformer. I do have some
serious doubts whether the SB would be affected by these things, but
I've heard DACs with large power supplies that have enjoyed some
improvement with the use
If you really want extreme vibration protection, just build something
like I did in grad school. I needed to do very sensitive
microindentation experiments, where accuracy down to 1 micron was
necessary. As you can see the whole setup is on a large (200 lb) steel
plate, which is suspended by
My personal experience is that certain isolators have worked incredibly
well with turntables, and noticeably improved tube amps/preamps and
some CD players. Of the various ones I have tried (those that absorb
and release, those that insulate), my favorite products are the Final
Labs Daruma, which
davehg Wrote:
Of the various ones I have tried (those that absorb and release, those
that insulate), my favorite products are the Final Labs Daruma, which
use a steel or ceramic ball b/t two cups. Haven't tried but heard good
things about using a heavy base supported by racquet balls or
PhilNYC Wrote:
With regards to solid state devices with no moving parts, vibrations
will still affect the performance of a transformer. I do have some
serious doubts whether the SB would be affected by these things, but
I've heard DACs with large power supplies that have enjoyed some
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