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Component isolation

Let’s say you’re going to add isolation feet to a component with no moving parts, such as a preamp, phono stage, DAC, amp, tuner, etc. 

Which one is most critical to the extent would get your attention first? 
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twoch
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Jimmie,  this topic will drive me nuts   i only needed to read two   good luck
toetapaudio
474 posts
 
@select-hifi, how do you justify saying "there are no better products" than Townsend isolators? What else have you tried? Have you tried Stacore or Vibraplane for example?

I am not knocking Max Townsends designs, I am sure they are very good but to say there is nothing else to compare, is unjustified.

Currently we are testing an air spring/slate platform/ Ingress cup and ball set up which is giving very good results. Ingress footers are now available through us in the UK.
papafrgog
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This s a great post...I'm really a novice trying to better understand the intricacies of damping and isolation, etc.  My takeaway is that there's no one solution, but rather a combination of solutions dependent upon one's system and environment.  A lot is devoted to reducing component internal vibration, which makes sense to me because its the closest to the signal path, sometimes actually in the path. 

So does room acoustic treatment come into play, in terms of reducing airborne vibration that can find its way into the audio signal? Can this vibration enter the cable or component and disrupt or alter the audio signal?

Probably a really stupid question, but like I said, I'm trying to learn first - spend later.

 

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bdp24
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I have roller bearings by both Ingress Engineering and Symposium Acoustics, as well as Townshend Audio Seismic Pods. Roller bearings provide good isolation in all planes but vertical, in which they act as not isolators, but couplers. The Seismic Pods are very effective in all planes, a great product imo. Available in many load-specific versions, around $100/pod.
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