theaudiotweak
1,349 posts
06-26-2016 5:13pm
"I have been working with methods to reduce or eliminate interfering energy which is the result of a wave passing thru a solid material. All things in audio have these waves which are not directly of the compression type. A reduction in the interfering wave energy results in greater amplitude of the primary wave. You cannot achieve this benefit in a so called damped or isolated system as it only generates more interfering energy."
Many isolation and damping techniques are energy conversion type systems, that’s true. But what your blanket statement overlooks or ignores, or so it would appear, is that when mechanical energy (mechanical or acoustic energy) is converted to heat (when WORK is performed using the FORCE of the vibration) the HEAT thus created is not deleterious to sound quality. I.e., heat is not an "interfering energy" as you claim, at least as far as sound quality is concerned. Sandbox isolation and constrained layer damping are examples of systems that convert (unwanted) mechanical energy to heat. Dismissing damping and isolation systems because they generate "interfering energy" doesn’t make sense. As Judge Judy says, if it doesn’t make sense it’s not true.
cheers,
geoff kait
machina dynamica
