Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction?

Springs, pods, air ride. Everything else is to impress your friends and look pretty.

If your speakers are slot loaded with an open botton (no butt plate) they can’t be decoupled. Don’t bother. 80s tech anyways along with spikes of any kind.

If spikes worked every power plant on earth would be set up that way.
NONE are, they all use isolation with vibration control..

Regards

@jerryg123 

Yes, real hockey pucks are under most components, all of which sit on a concrete foundation (as those on suspended floors may find more suspension/spring elements work better than they did for me).  Lighter components (turntable, phono stage) also have a sponge puck under the real puck, which, in my experience, did quiet the background, offering a more "solid" sound. . . 

For Dave and Troy, what do you mean by "not that effective ..."? Is technical data available on the relative vibration reduction capabilities of different isolation products? If you could point me in that direction, I'd love to look at the information.

Thanks.

Dan

Springs Are the answer

Spend big bucks get CRITICAL MASS M2 1 1/2 inch feet ASAP for a BIG improvement in sound.Im using them on my entire system.