Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

I’m not terribly surprised to see Agear welcome Ethan Winer with open arms. Neither one of these isolation denyers - not to mention the two dudes from SS - even knows what vibration isolation is. Birds of a feather flock together.

That can only be described as troll envy....;)

Geoffkait: "I’m not terribly surprised to see Agear welcome Ethan Winer with open arms."

A definite turn for the worse.

Au contraire.  Another voice in the mix.  Its all good....

Wait and you will see agear.

Dave

I use the isoacoustics stands tested in the article. The difference they make in my two rooms on second level with suspended plywood floors are clear and distinct. Anyone can hear it.

Same stands in rooms on foundation level make no difference.

Same results with auralex subdude platforms I use under bottom ported Ohm Walsh speakers.

So like most things effectiveness of products depend on the context used and magnitude of the problem (floors with "give" versus inert rigid floor) which varies greatly It all depends as usual. Measurements or not.

mapman
"So like most things effectiveness of products depend on the context used and magnitude of the problem (floors with "give" versus inert rigid floor) which varies greatly It all depends as usual. Measurements or not."

eggs akley! That’s what I’ve been saying all along - Hel-loo! The seismic type vibration varies so much from location to location and even floor to floor, type of floor, local traffic, Earth seismic activity, etc. that trying to extrapolate or generalize measurements of a particular isolation device in a particular installation is probably not possible. There are too many variables. You’d have more luck trying to solve three simultaneous equations in four unknowns.

As I have also stated repeatedly the ball park performance of most isolation devices can be easily calculated from very simple equations. Performance such as percent of transmission that was provided for one of the isolation devices earlier in this thread. There is also the technique of mounting both the component and the isolation stand itself to consider and how much damping to apply to them. No one ever said it’s simple or black and white.

I suspect that when an isolation denyer comes up with negative results there is an excellent chance it’s a simple case of self fulfilling prophecy. Besides, there are many reasons why anyone can obtain negative or null results for certain audiophile devices. Shall we explore them?

geoff kait
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