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Geoff’s right ya know. Isolation down to around 3Hz can be accomplished pretty cheaply via a mechanical filter. With it in place, the nature of the shelf under the filter makes far less difference. A lot of people are "tuning" their audio equipment, not isolating it.

bdp24,
Please provide me an example of a mechanical filter product that I can purchase.

So these mechanical filters, how do they relieve a component of the on board self generated noise from transformers, motor drives,filter capacitors, wiring and really anything that is electrically or mechanically connected within the chassis This is all one circuit path so how do you suggest removing this interfering energy? Tom

theaudiotweak
1,353 posts
07-25-2016 12:37pm
So these mechanical filters, how do they relieve a component of the on board self generated noise from transformers, motor drives,filter capacitors, wiring and really anything that is electrically or mechanically connected within the chassis This is all one circuit path so how do you suggest removing this interfering energy? Tom

Nobody said the mechanical filters relieve vibration from the shelf or the component sitting on the shelf, including the electronic elements inside the component. I trust I didn’t give that impression. At the same time there are any number of (relatively lo-tech) ways to deal with those issues, including but not limited to constrained layer damping, vibration dissipators like those Tekna Sonic dampers, cork damping, damping of the top plate of the "mechanical filter," shielding the component from airborne vibration, damping transformers, CD transport mechanisms, use of very hard materials such as NASA grade ceramics to mount the component on the top plate as well as to mount the iso device on the floor or rack and Marigo VTS dots for all capacitors, circuit boards, electron tubes and the chassis itself.

now a question for you. How do you keep very low frequency and low frequency structureborne vibration from getting up into the component? One imagines you look the other way and hope it disappears.

cheers,

Geoff Kait
machina dynamica
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Short answer:  no

If you enjoy the fruits of SPs, simply find an affordable (and aesthetically attractive) rack for organizational purposes.  

If not, I recommend Starsound having owned both.