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Next on the list is vibration control. I’m on a suspended wood floor and it vibrates. I can feel my components vibrate and I’d like to address this area next. Would you suggest plinths under the speakers? Feet or cone brand to try?
So what is the status of F1, f1? What a shame we have a potential GOAT in Hamilton and thanks to Wuhan can't watch him race.
Vibration control is huge. Its the first big tweak I discovered and learned to understand.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367You're smart to call it vibration control. Because there is a whole range of vibrations, across frequencies, amplitudes, and sources. Controlling large amplitude low to moderate frequency floor vibrations, micro-level high frequency solid state and tube vibrations, and turntable vibrations which is a whole category to itself, these all require similar yet different approaches. You can see them all in my system.
One very important point to keep in mind when studying vibration control is even things like shape and size make a difference. Like for example Frank noted granite gave him improved mids and highs but nonexistent bass. I'd be willing to bet it wasn't as large a slabs as I use. Because the bass in my system is awesome, and improved when these were added. But the one under the turntable is sitting on a 4" thick slab of concrete with over an inch of sand in between and all as part of a rack that weighs in somewhere north of 700 lbs. The one under the Melody amp is sitting on BDR Cones, no sand bed.
Both these granite slabs have a nasty ring that needs to be controlled. It could be controlled somewhat with shape. But it gets expensive. Mahgister has the right approach: experiment, listen, tweak, listen, repeat. This is the dirty secret of manufacturers. DIY, like mahgister, which is also what I did.
BDR Cones have been around a long time. Probably others have come along in the 30 years since BDR came out, probably even some that are as good or maybe even better. I haven't seen much evidence of that but you never know. The best indication I think, besides my recommendation, is how infrequently they come up for sale- and how fast and how much they sell for when they do. Pretty amazing for a tweak where the inventor died more than a dozen years ago and nowhere but Music Direct carrying it. Other than that about the only downside is its every mention triggers a post from Capt Irrelevant. Then again at 21,215 and counting you could probably say that about everything.
