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Anybody still using soft rubber isolation devices?

I switched from things like sorbothane and Vibrapods to brass cones, and a metal equipment rack a few years ago. Yesterday I was talking to a friend who said in passing that most people still use soft rubber type of footers. I was surprised and wondered if that was true???
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randy-11
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if you bump it they will come
ebm
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Not in years as they are much better things such as Loyd 1 feet that give much better detail etc.
samhar
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I use Sims Vibration Dynamics Navcom Silencers under all the BDR shelving in my system.  
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bdp24
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I may be mistaken, but I believe lots of normal people just make do with the stock rubber feet components come fitted with ;-). It has been argued that a component "voiced" with it's stock rubber feet won't sound as it's designer intended with other feet, if in fact those after-market feet change the sound.

The thing about rubber feet is their ability to isolate is not linear, but rather frequency-related. Garden-variety rubber is pretty effective down to maybe 10Hz, the frequency at which it's isolation-capabilities are in sharp decline. That is why rubber (including Sorbothane, though it is available in a range of durometers) is known to cause soft-sounding, smeared bass.

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