Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Agear posted,

DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder include these features:

Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner

Ah, now I see what you mean! Yes, that does describe you. Actually I’d add that you are not a quick study, which might explain why it took you seven years to get out of UVa.

cheers

Hi geoffkait,

I recognize those traits so well in myself. Like looking in a mirror when I don’t spend any time seeking God.

I have a sign in my listening room, "BE SURE TO TASTE YOUR WORDS BEFORE YOU SPIT THEM OUT". I make sure to stop and read it each and every morning.

Best to you Geoff, really,
Dave

dlcockrum
403 posts
11-01-2016 9:08am
Hi geoffkait,

I recognize those traits so well in myself. Like looking in a mirror when I don’t spend any time seeking God.

I have a sign in my listening room, "BE SURE TO TASTE YOUR WORDS BEFORE YOU SPIT THEM OUT". I make sure to stop and read it each and every morning.

Best to you Geoff, really,
Dave

You know Dave, this thread is not about me. It’s about how stands affect the electronics. Hel-loo! Even reformed trolls should address the topic at some point, no? We already have enough wannbe moderators here.

Have a nice day

geoff kait
machina dramatica

Well Gk is right about that. It’s not about him at all.

I’ll re-iterate my 2 cents from earlier FWIW and kindly bow out adding only that stands are part of the solution but alone may in fact accomplish something, little or nothing.

"Its clear vibrations can have an effect on electronics. Keep increasing the magnitude of vibrations and eventually the effects will become clear.

What’s relevant though is do they actually have an effect that is audible and matters?

The correct answer of course is maybe. The greater the magnitude of vibrations at various frequencies and the more delicate the electronics the more the chance.

The practical approach I apply is to do everything possible to provide a solid foundation for gear to sit on. Speakers especially. Those will likely be the main source of any destructive vibrations in most good quality home systems. Approaches needed to accomplish that will vary case by case. How a house is constructed and where the system is located in it are major factors to consider.

Also worth noting that turntables are essentially mechanical transducers and are especially susceptible to ill effects of vibrations from speakers or elsewhere.

I’ve posted on this topic on various other threads available here on the record if anyone is interested. "