Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Lucky for you Radio Shack went under recently. So more market share for you now maybe.

What’s unfortunate about this thread is that although some of us might have been able to learn a thing or two here, it’s plagued with insults and derision, as evidenced by the number of posts deleted by the moderators. It surely makes me reluctant to chime in ... even with a simple question. This will likely make me the target of the next insult. <sigh>

I am certainly no expert on the subject, but I would believe tube gear benefits from isolation because tubes can become microphonic (some tubes more than others). Also analog and rotating equipment such as turntables and cd players benefit from isolation. Also speakers benefit from isolation to prevent the vibration from the cabinets from being transmitted to the floor. Beyond that, I would be skeptical of the effectiveness of isolation on pure solid state devices such as solid state amps and preamps. Some say they can hear the difference, but they obviously have better ears than I do.

j_stereo I think you covered it well.

Do I really need the footers on the DAC? Probably not. But got them so I use them.  They definitely provide a few extra inches of physical separation between teh DAC and the pre-amp it normally sets on.   Can’t hurt.

I know setting on piece of gear on another to be a no no in general as well  in terms of providing other kinds of isolation, and I believe in that concept completely but that's another story.