Stanwal wrote,
"All isolation devices sound different."
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying. And there are perfectly good reasons why they all sound different - as I’ve also been saying. The reasons are:
Isolation devices vary widely in terms of directions of isolation addressed and resonant frequency of the device, the latter dictating the effectiveness of isolation, as I just got through explaining a couple of posts ago.
Also, since seismic noise varies all over the place depending on geographic location, traffic and other factors one cannot really expect any isolation device to work the same everywhere or for every system. This is why I stated early in this thread that measurements for isolation are a bit pointless. Since you cannot generalize results.
Furthermore, many devices marketed as isolation devices are actually either coupling devices or resonators. Thus the statement that all isolation devices sound different can actually be viewed as an excellent example of a strawman argument.
Finally. Most audiophiles continually change their systems so it's a moving train and no one should expect his sound to remain constant for very long. Thus attempts to compare isolation devices or ANY class of audio device or cable might be fruitless.
"All isolation devices sound different."
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying. And there are perfectly good reasons why they all sound different - as I’ve also been saying. The reasons are:
Isolation devices vary widely in terms of directions of isolation addressed and resonant frequency of the device, the latter dictating the effectiveness of isolation, as I just got through explaining a couple of posts ago.
Also, since seismic noise varies all over the place depending on geographic location, traffic and other factors one cannot really expect any isolation device to work the same everywhere or for every system. This is why I stated early in this thread that measurements for isolation are a bit pointless. Since you cannot generalize results.
Furthermore, many devices marketed as isolation devices are actually either coupling devices or resonators. Thus the statement that all isolation devices sound different can actually be viewed as an excellent example of a strawman argument.
Finally. Most audiophiles continually change their systems so it's a moving train and no one should expect his sound to remain constant for very long. Thus attempts to compare isolation devices or ANY class of audio device or cable might be fruitless.