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Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Mechanical grounding or isolation from vibration has been a hot topic as of late.  Many know from experience that footers, stands and other vibration technologies impact things that vibrate a lot like speakers, subs or even listening rooms (my recent experience with an "Energy room").  The question is does it have merit when it comes to electronics and if so why?  Are there plausible explanations for their effect on electronics or suggested measurement paradigms to document such an effect?
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mapman
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Very cool.  

Ever try try just holding it?  The body would provide a lot of damping of both s and p waves.  

I have spring loaded rotating adjustable feet under my dac.  They were rather pricey in their day especially for Radio Shack.  I had them though and use them and they work great as best I can tell.  My digital sounds awesome if I might be so bold to say. 
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geoffkait
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Mapman wrote,

"Ever try try just holding it? The body would provide a lot of damping of both s and p waves."

Gosh, that must be from the engineer’s side of your head.

Mapman also wrote,

"I have spring loaded rotating adjustable feet under my dac. They were rather pricey in their day especially for Radio Shack. I had them though and use them and they work great as best I can tell. My digital sounds awesome if I might be so bold to say."

That sounds about right. I've heard that the best milk comes from contented cows.

have a nice day

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geoffkait
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Theaudiotweak wrote,

"Geoff

The response is coming soon and what you have exercised for 20 years or more has nothing to do with how LIGO operates as it does not relate to your audio products.. In your instance, it is not a single case of suspended animation..Tom"

Gosh, Tom, does this mean the mysterious seismologist is going to jump into the fray? Or has she departed for uh, greener pastures? Or is it just a case of discretion being the better part of valor?when you wrote, "what you have exercised for 20 years or more..." did you mean to say, "what you have exorcized for 20 years or more..."? Just curious.

have a nice day
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dlcockrum
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11-03-2016 9:54pm
"spring loaded rotating adjustable feet"

Sounds like a great product development idea...

It should probably be mentioned the only thing that's adjustable is the height since springs are linear devices. So you can't change a spring's spring rate by changing it's height. Only from the mind of Radio Shack.

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