Does anyone use wood for vibration control?

"Like Robert at Star Sound Michael Green believes that there is no such thing as isolation. I.e., you cannot prevent vibrations from coming up from the floor..."

"I believe Robert at Star Sound used to say...….“There’s no such thing as absolute isolation.”...….I suppose he was trying to say since it can’t be absolute why even try. Or some such nonsense."

"While it’s actually is true that even the very best isolation techniques do not block 100% of ALL vibrations..."

All about the variables! And once you have the tools and know how to use them, it's all about where you wish to go.

I've got the LTR Tuning Blocks doing their thing so I'm a happy camper. Might do some top tuning tomorrow but for now time to get in some more jams.

MG

Yeah, the hit and miss technique Tuners employ, constantly changing things is OK. but it's kind of the audio equivalent of British sports car enthusiasts, always tinkering. it can be therapeutic i suppose and self fulfilling like a prophecy. But that hit and miss approach only gets you so far,- it can only find local maximums. Finding the real optimum solution by hit and miss approaches is like trying to solve X simultaneous equations in X + n unknowns. the sheer number of variables will kill you every single time.. Guys, doesn't it make more sense to develop a plan for dealing with the vibration problem? A comprehensive plan, a combination if vibration isolation and resonance control. Otherwise, you leave yourself open to attack from many fronts.

I like my cigar too but I take it out sometime. - Groucho Marx

wood is too random and has unavoidable colorations. witness the tuning people do with wood, considering various tonal shades. and once you bring one coloration into the equation, then you have to seek another one for balance. every coloration reduces the pure view on the music.

OTOH ’engineered’ materials using wood can allow for predictable resonance attenuation and a natural sort of predictable result.

I use an engineered wood called panzerholtz under every piece of gear. it’s not only panzerholtz, but it’s a particular thickness, and with a particular cut-out on the bottom and specific footer interface. it’s called a Dazia and made by Taiko Audio in the Netherlands.

I have 12 of these in my system.