I agree.
I think after the back and forth so far in this thread we may have found a common understanding of the issue and hopefully some solution.
After all look at the attention being paid to the physical stabilization of cables and racks and of the chassis. Airborne vibrations are a valid contamination in the system. We know that "tiptoes" and other spikes put under the gear help to remove or dampen the effects of bass and more from penetrating and returning to the path of the source. The rings placed on tubes to cut down on microphonics is another example of the pesky problem of physical instability.
Low jitter clocks and the like in our digital sources again are all meant to eliminate or suppress the damage done to the otherwise smooth flow if information.
We know that the unchecked tiny micro vibrations will limit the purity of the musical presentation.
The key to understanding how it hurts the presentation is that it affects the [velocity] of the delivery system. IOW it is not just an interfering note or sound added to the mix - it is the fact that it is a mechanism of alteration or modulation of the base delivery method. Your image is [shaking] as a result of the vibration issues caused by the physical world entering the chain.
Unless you had very sophisticated lab gear to examine the actual micro vibration at work - it is safe to assume that we know it exist by the fact that calming things down physically is quite noticeable acoustically. You don't have to measure the tiny vibrations to know that they are there.
In light of the awareness of this "invisible bug" it is readily accepted as fact that its presence is destructive and that it will react to attempts (mostly by trial and error) to suppress it.
If you consider what I have found and were able to address as simply more dynamic interference caused by the improper handling of an analog signal traveling through an amplifier, then I think we are on the same page.
The most startling aspect of the analog "jitter" is how bad it is compared to other destructive forces caused by the physical world. The unstable velocity in the amplifier happens at nano-scopic levels (far below measurable levels). But again - knowing it is there and making attempts to catch it happening based on [theory] is no different than you placing lead weights on boxes and draping your cables over insulators knowing that you are blindly affecting the issue.
Once you can suppress the analog jitter, other physical work done to keep things "stable" are much more obvious because that is all you are left with.
Roger
No curiosity no discovery
I think after the back and forth so far in this thread we may have found a common understanding of the issue and hopefully some solution.
After all look at the attention being paid to the physical stabilization of cables and racks and of the chassis. Airborne vibrations are a valid contamination in the system. We know that "tiptoes" and other spikes put under the gear help to remove or dampen the effects of bass and more from penetrating and returning to the path of the source. The rings placed on tubes to cut down on microphonics is another example of the pesky problem of physical instability.
Low jitter clocks and the like in our digital sources again are all meant to eliminate or suppress the damage done to the otherwise smooth flow if information.
We know that the unchecked tiny micro vibrations will limit the purity of the musical presentation.
The key to understanding how it hurts the presentation is that it affects the [velocity] of the delivery system. IOW it is not just an interfering note or sound added to the mix - it is the fact that it is a mechanism of alteration or modulation of the base delivery method. Your image is [shaking] as a result of the vibration issues caused by the physical world entering the chain.
Unless you had very sophisticated lab gear to examine the actual micro vibration at work - it is safe to assume that we know it exist by the fact that calming things down physically is quite noticeable acoustically. You don't have to measure the tiny vibrations to know that they are there.
In light of the awareness of this "invisible bug" it is readily accepted as fact that its presence is destructive and that it will react to attempts (mostly by trial and error) to suppress it.
If you consider what I have found and were able to address as simply more dynamic interference caused by the improper handling of an analog signal traveling through an amplifier, then I think we are on the same page.
The most startling aspect of the analog "jitter" is how bad it is compared to other destructive forces caused by the physical world. The unstable velocity in the amplifier happens at nano-scopic levels (far below measurable levels). But again - knowing it is there and making attempts to catch it happening based on [theory] is no different than you placing lead weights on boxes and draping your cables over insulators knowing that you are blindly affecting the issue.
Once you can suppress the analog jitter, other physical work done to keep things "stable" are much more obvious because that is all you are left with.
Roger
No curiosity no discovery