Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Believe it or not, isolation is like everything else - system dependant! Almost two years ago I received a Baetis Reference music server with custom Sillpoint footers and the Stillpoints did absolutely nothing to improve the server's sound. So, I removed the Stillpoint footers and placed the Baetis unit on a Star Sound Technologies Apprentice isolation platform and the unit came to life, in fact, it sounded like a totally different unit and this is no lie. Needless to day, I sold the Stillpoints. The bottom line is like everything else...you have to try what you are considering to determine if the investment is worth the return. BEFORE you invest in isolation be sure to 1) completely have your component settled/burned in and 2) make sure you anally voice your speakers to your room. Proper setting up and voicing your speakers to you room is something many people overlook drastically robbing them of the performance. Spend the time to voice your speakers to your room (and not the other way around as so many people do). When you achieve this, you will hear stuff in your music that you never heard before. At this point you can consider isolation properties. Some great pics of Star Sound Technologies isolation products appear on my Auduogon virtual system here:

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/5390

Beautiful system and part of the world you live in and VERY sage advice regarding speaker setup.  That is no joke and much trickier than philes understand.  

Are suggesting that things that we knew nearly 70 years ago ago is no longer knowledge? Or are you just not aware that the history of stands and things like anti-vibration platforms and Tip-Toe-style points have been around a whole lot longer than you thought?? Clearly the effects are measurable (and audible too) and its not rocket science as you’ve been suggesting.

Not at all but merely asking for data points relevant to the thread (in other words a measured change in an electrical parameter after correction for vibration....).  I am aware of the history to a limited degree but the usage of vibration products is a more recent focus of our energies.  Most people still think its a waste of time when it comes to electronics.  I am not one of those....

Of course vibration can have an impact on turntable lathes and tables themselves. However, I’m not so sure about other components without moving parts being helped much by spikes and fancy racks, and that doubt has saved me some bucks over the years…also I think the spikes I use under my preamp are Tip Toes (they’re well made heavy buggers) I bought a LONG time ago, along with some extreme sorbothane feet under my tube amp placed there to allow more air under it and so it doesn’t move when I hit the start button.

Of course vibration can have an impact on turntable lathes and tables themselves. However, I’m not so sure about other components without moving parts being helped much by spikes and fancy racks, and that doubt has saved me some bucks over the years…

Wolf, that is the gist of the thread and the standard bias many audiophiles have. We all know that vibrational control is effective with things that move (subs, speakers, TT, etc) but electronics is a more murky area for many. I have heard differences under computer servers as has cdrc. The question of the day was why and is there any data? So far there appears to be none.

There are what, twenty or so vibration isolation stands, platforms, spring systems, mag lev for audiophiles? All the Townshend stands and footers over the years, Stillpoints, Bright Star sandbox and air spring tables, Relaxa mag lev, Solid Tech, Minus K, Vibraplane, Vibrapods, cryo’d high carbon steel springs, Ginkgo, Bio Mikro G iso stand, Nimbus Sub-Hertz Platform, Silent Running, Daruma and other roller bearing systems, not to mention turntables with integrated seismic isolation systems built in like Rockport and Basis and others. Whew! Did I miss anybody? Not to mention all the commercial products audiophiles sometimes purchase for home audio, Newport, TMC, Halcyonics, etc. And let’s not forget DIY isolation devices like bicycle inner tubes, racket ball stands, Bungee cord suspensions, fishing line suspensions. Add up all the vibration isolation devices that have been sold to advanced audiophiles and what have you got, 100,000 vibration isolation systems?

Something is happening but you don’t know what it is, do you Mr. Jones? 😃