Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

theaudiotweak
1,428 posts
11-16-2016 9:41am
"Analogous how? Like to microscopes and LIGO and Earth and city noise are to your stuff when used in a live music venue or with real instruments that vibrate as a function of how they operate and we perceive them. That would sound like a pile of mud with your stuff...."

Uh, microscopes and Ligo are examples of why isolation is important. Otherwise you couldn’t see the slide under the microscope clearly or detect gravity waves. I never said it proves anything about audio. But it IS evidence. None so blind that will not see.

Whoa! Let’s not get carried away. I’m sure you have never tried to isolate anything in your life and that you are just grasping at straws. You ignore isolation. Remember? Isolation improves dynamics. But how would you know? You ignore it. Remember? 

then Theaudiotweak wrote,

"We test our design concepts with real live instruments and musicians. Have you ever even thought of such a concept and how your designs will crush dynamics of real instruments?

My designs improve dynamics. Quite dramatically actually. Thanks for asking.

then Theaudiotweak wrote,

"My designs are used in Carnegie Hall and in the Gewandhausorchestra, Leipzig, Germany (founded in 1743, named in 1781 for its first home – Gewandhaus)

Did someone sneeze?

Then theaudiotweak wrote,

"Some players have removed the decoupling carbon fiber endpins from their instruments and replaced them with endpins that extract the most energy from their cello and bass via the concept of direct mechanical coupling. That is only one of our test methods..how it really sounds.. What a concept."

Good for you! Don’t strain your arm patting yourself on the back. What’s that have to do with audiophiles? 

PS what about the spring bandpass filter question I asked earlier?

You’re kidding, right?

Nope.

Stalemate Kait asks, What do instruments have to do with audiophiles?

I had to put my eyes back in my head after reading that one.

We are just proving to the World that our new technology provides operational efficiency for any application. We have products for Hi-Fi gear, structural environments and musical instruments.

Amazing how you can never relate to music or sound. You should tout your wares on the Popular Mechanics website and get out of audio or unlock a new page in life and open your ears instead of your mouth.

Now that’s a brilliant concept!

Tom

Speakers do not generally behave microphonically but they sure do excite vibrations in everything else. Proper cabinet damping and use of isolation stands and/or rubber an be essential to reduced unwanted sympathetic vibrations. Same goes for anything in the room - heavy curtains may help with windows a heavy rug may help with a floor - tapestries may help with vibrating detached gyprock and on and on....

Most speakers are poorly designed in this regard as are most generic listening rooms.  These stands can make a big difference on speakers for this fact alone.  

Electronics are usually challenged by ground loops, stray EM and power source noise that is not filtered well enough. Most of the noise in electronics comes from stray current through leaky components, heat and in general poor circuit design - so vibration pads or cones are unlikely to have any benefit although vibration damping may ultimately protect the longevity of electronics in extreme environments.

I have spoken with manufactures of electronics (and owned their gear) who have gone to great lengths to mechanically ground internal components including transformers in addition to elaborate schemes of electrical isolation, etc.  Proper mechanical and electrical grounding schemes have a profound impact on sonics.  I agree that stray EM/RFI is a source of much sonic juju and is one reason why many philes have spent so much energy on various grounding boxes, etc.  That is a whole other convo though.

shadorne, since you are the Ayatollah of rock & rolla, putting SS stands or any other products mentioned here under your subs and/or speakers would surprise you....