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Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Mechanical grounding or isolation from vibration has been a hot topic as of late.  Many know from experience that footers, stands and other vibration technologies impact things that vibrate a lot like speakers, subs or even listening rooms (my recent experience with an "Energy room").  The question is does it have merit when it comes to electronics and if so why?  Are there plausible explanations for their effect on electronics or suggested measurement paradigms to document such an effect?
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wolf_garcia
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Wait…I'm still hung up on Ralph's "perfectly coiffed hippy mane." Having been a Real Hippy (as opposed to a "weekend hippy"), and a working musician since 1967 where I was overexposed to all sorts of hippiedom, I can say that "perfectly coiffed" and "hippy mane" are mutually exclusive.
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atmasphere
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Interesting.  Can you elaborate on the last part of that statement?  Ralph (with your perfectly coifed hippy mane) care to add to that line of thinking?
Mane??

I cut my hair back about 5 or 6 years ago and joined the establishment. Now I quaff kombuchas while driving my Honda Insight and listening to NPR. I guess with that I'll never shed the hippy image.
theaudiotweak
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So when you cut your Mane did this result in less shear wave interference? Tom
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atmasphere
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There may have been shear wave interference when it was actually cut.
theaudiotweak
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Shear wave energy was generated from the friction and vibration of the blades as they crossed and made contact. The hand holding the cutters dissapated the shear. Shear energy cannot be transmited thru air. Tom
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