Butcherblock Acoustics "feet" effecting sound and isolation


Hello, general question here do you believe the feet being used under a Butcherblock Acoustics platform effects the overall sound? I'm using metal spikes resting on metal decoupling discs that I ordered from Butcherblock instead of the stock rubber feet it came with. I have maple butcherblock under my phono preamp (3 inch), all tube preamp (3inch), and amplifier (1.5 inch). 

Also do you think I could be over isolating with all that? I'm gonna do some experimenting this weekend but just wanted to see if anyone had thoughts or opinions on it. I've read good and bad things about isolation and over doing it. Thanks for any responses!

 

 

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All good suggestions with regards to decoupling and/or the application of mass but be weary of how Sorbothane can interact with your surrounding surfaces when under compression. The plasticizers used in the formulation can stain and actually adhere to each side of the interface. I learned this the hard way!

While I have not tried hockey pucks, I can say that all vibration control footers that use elastomers are many, many times softer and less viscous. Much closer to jello as opposed to hard plastic.

I use Nobsound springs under all components including turntable after a lot of testing. I threw my pointy cones and spikes away. I found that spongy materials like cork, rubber, Sorbothane, foam etc. to soften and color the sound. Granite as a shelf or tabletop sounded bad—dry, pinched and strident.