Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

theaudiotweak wrote,

Cables vibrate do they not..internally and externally. You can screw up the sound of those as well. I think even suspended audio gear has wires and circuit paths that are degraded when unintended wave forms that run rampant are left with no exit. Your Play Dough is not the answer but is a part of the ongoing illness.

Can 50,000 advanced audiophiles who have bought spring based isolation devices in the last 20 years be wrong? Do you think it’s group hypnosis? Do you think they are deluded? Do you think the isolation gurus on LIGO project are deluding themselves?

Nice insults. At least they are more entertaining than usual. 😬

A section of LIGO is suspended but not tethered or grounded. You should ask them if this was by design or have they eliminated a polarity of shear by an alternate method. I would like to know that method. Tom

Tom,

Why no answers to direct questions? I am not trying to play intellectual one-upsmanship but am only interested in finding real world solutions to real world problems.

Best to you Tom,
Dave

Theaudiotweak wrote,

"A section of LIGO is suspended but not tethered or grounded. You should ask them if this was by design or have they eliminated a polarity of shear by an alternate method. I would like to know that method."

A section? The entire experiment is suspended but not tethered or grounded. The mirrors, the laser, everything. Otherwise they wouldn’t get the sensitivity to detect the gravity waves. The problem is the seismic vibration, you silly goose, not the self induced vibration. The whole point is to eliminate ALL contacts with the structure and with the Earth. He-loo? If you’re posting drunk please let me know and I’ll take it easy on you.

As for the cables going into the speaker cabinets that’s a problem, too. Fortunately the speaker cabinets can be damped, the speaker cable connectors can be damped and the speakers can be isolated. If it were up to me I’d take the whole crossover network out of the speaker and place it on an isolator. Problem solved.