Dupont Corian for Isolation


Hello, just wondering how Corian compares to MDF and other isolation materials. I am currently using a sandbox platform for my amps and pre and BDR #3's for the CDP. Which would benefit from more isolation? Thanks
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Think it might be too ringy.Fremer tried reviwing a VPI on acrylic and complained it let vibes from motor go into rigid feet and think Corian is close in composition.When it comes down to these things most of the posts say stay away from glass,MDF,etc and for whatever resonace reason Maple does the trick best.But whatever you use it might change with use of feet.Think Mappleshade wires company makes their footers out of mapple with rubber.Sounds like a question for the boys over at audioasylum.Do a search over their with Corian as key word?
Mapleshade footers (IsoBlocks) are sandwiches of rubber and cork, not maple.
Corian is nothing like acrylic. It is more like synthetic stone. From what I understand, it actually converts vibration into heat. My only personal experience is with my speakers. I have a pair of Mirage MRM-1 Reference Monitors. The drivers are mounted into a Corian front baffle. Also, the factory stands have Corian bases, and are by far the most inert stands I've ever owned.
My experience with Corian has been to reduce the feedback and vibration inherent to a piece of furniture. I am restricted to certain formats due to being married. The racks that are designed for good stereo equipment is not in the cards. I have two big amps and a cd player and pre-amp that are sensitive to vibration and the Corian made a difference.
Now thats the ticket! A local Corian installer built a couple of these for me out of scraps he had left from many kitchen projects along with some smaller fully enclosed boxes I could fill with sand and uses as chassis dampeners for on top of gear. They worked brilliantly completely slaying all previously used footers, cones, etc.

The gear resting directly on its own feet on the "floating" sandbox platform was the way to go until I discovered BDR cones, pucks, etc. The BDR products combined with my sandboxes is sonic bliss. I have a cobination of Corian and BDR under everything these days. All the front-end gear sits in Target T2 racks where the Corian sandboxes replaced the nasty Target shelves.