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I agree that one must not spend exuberantly to achieve positive results to damp or quell harmful vibrations; which in my opinion, negatively impact the playback of music from source components. The Schroer udn Schroer glass rack was a step up from the Saturn Spectral rack I owned before.
http://www.justhifi.de/Schroers-und-Schroers_Fly-Audio_a5080.html
I am wondering why you opted to use the Ikea wood series of platforms which you are using now versus the Copulare you owned previously? I think your new implementation of vibration control would be a great solution for a few audio geeks wanting more than just standard vibration control. Es war ok, war aber nicht mein Geschmack. It is not my taste for both; looks and vibration control.
My analysis and decision making process wa sbased on aesthetics and proven results. I tested the Copulare racks at home before I purchased them. Both my wife and I agreed on the looks and well, the sound decision was also both of ours.
Here is a brief description of the Copluare racks I own.
Each Copulare wood platform is filled with a mix of two variations of sand to further dampen the internal grids. Each of the rack assemblies are fully welded and powder coated to whatever finish a customer wants and also filled with sand. The wood platforms can also be painted to whatever color the customer wants. Each wooden platform on the rack is spiked the braced metal frame with a screw-in spike and then rests on a leather strip which sits atop the mounting area. It is a three leg and three spike per platform system. The music was simply more focused, refined, articulate, and had more authority, whereas before, I thought the music seem to have an etch, something I always fought with. In comparison, the Clearaudio MontBlanc turntable stand is such a mass loaded beast, weighing in at over 225p pounds, I never have vibrational issues with the turntable. Enough has been said here about mass and the pros and cons.
Again, my opinion is that specific mass characteristics are more beneficial than others to achieve positive results in reducing or damping vibrational issues.
To better help the OP better answer the question, it is important to know and realize that any form of vibrational control, no matter what the costs, can impart a change to the reproduced sound, both; in a positive or detrimental manner. It is that alteration in sound reproduction where the OP must make a decision if it is acceptable or not to use the specific vibration control.
I agree that one must not spend exuberantly to achieve positive results to damp or quell harmful vibrations; which in my opinion, negatively impact the playback of music from source components. The Schroer udn Schroer glass rack was a step up from the Saturn Spectral rack I owned before.
http://www.justhifi.de/Schroers-und-Schroers_Fly-Audio_a5080.html
I am wondering why you opted to use the Ikea wood series of platforms which you are using now versus the Copulare you owned previously? I think your new implementation of vibration control would be a great solution for a few audio geeks wanting more than just standard vibration control. Es war ok, war aber nicht mein Geschmack. It is not my taste for both; looks and vibration control.
My analysis and decision making process wa sbased on aesthetics and proven results. I tested the Copulare racks at home before I purchased them. Both my wife and I agreed on the looks and well, the sound decision was also both of ours.
Here is a brief description of the Copluare racks I own.
Each Copulare wood platform is filled with a mix of two variations of sand to further dampen the internal grids. Each of the rack assemblies are fully welded and powder coated to whatever finish a customer wants and also filled with sand. The wood platforms can also be painted to whatever color the customer wants. Each wooden platform on the rack is spiked the braced metal frame with a screw-in spike and then rests on a leather strip which sits atop the mounting area. It is a three leg and three spike per platform system. The music was simply more focused, refined, articulate, and had more authority, whereas before, I thought the music seem to have an etch, something I always fought with. In comparison, the Clearaudio MontBlanc turntable stand is such a mass loaded beast, weighing in at over 225p pounds, I never have vibrational issues with the turntable. Enough has been said here about mass and the pros and cons.
Again, my opinion is that specific mass characteristics are more beneficial than others to achieve positive results in reducing or damping vibrational issues.
To better help the OP better answer the question, it is important to know and realize that any form of vibrational control, no matter what the costs, can impart a change to the reproduced sound, both; in a positive or detrimental manner. It is that alteration in sound reproduction where the OP must make a decision if it is acceptable or not to use the specific vibration control.