Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

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? 😃

Take a gander through the system pages of this site and things may become more clear for you.  You should consider posting your own system thread BTW just for comic relief.   

and none of them dissipate a polarity of shear that generates interfering energy. In fact most of them unknowingly aid in the creation of more interference. More interference is a byproduct of many so called isolation systems including all those that are suspended. Careful what you wish for and video aides on the web can be both hazardous to your ears and your wallet. Tom