Just confused


Hi I am fairly new to using high quality audio equipment.  I have assembled all of the gear I want for listening/enjoying the music.  Of course it’s only a matter of time before you ask yourself “What if?”.  I understand that room acoustics matter so I am off trying to implement acoustic panels - some good relatively consistent advice here.  What I struggle with is the subject of vibration control/isolation ... the advice from the community is not very consistent.  The floor in my listening room is slab cement with ceramic tiles on top.  I have Avant-garde Uno speakers (with spikes since that is they way they came), REL subs (rubber feet) and effectively an unbranded equipment rack (with spikes).  Are spikes what I should remain with for this kind of surface?  Does it make more sense to decouple the speakers and rack from the floor with some kind of isolation device?  Should I be replacing the current metal spikes with “cones” (or other device).  Should I use the same device for speaker and rack?  I just want to avoid shelling out a bundle of money for something that may turn out being a negative.  Thanks in advance for your patience with my naive questions.
chilli42
Fortunately I experienced it first hand, and therefore there was no scepticism in my way to overcome.

Opinions vary, however I will attest to correct spring rates for the mass they are isolating absolutely do work in effectively cleaning up unwanted distortion and vibration to and from each loudspeakers, and into equipment.

If someone interested here cannot source well designed isolation springs, [ I thought someone here on Agon was selling some cryoed springs? ].
Otherwise I have a source, you will need to supply the weight of the device/s to get the appropriate spring rates etc. They are inexpensive.

Compression springs isolate on both vertical and horizontal directions simultaneously.
Actually, as a designer of iso systems, I can say without fear of contradiction that compression springs actually do not provide any isolation in the horizontal plane, which defines an infinite number of directions. Depending on how one sets up the system, however, springs can provide isolation in 2 of the 3 rotational directions. Value added! 🤗

The reason compression springs are excellent at isolating moderate to heavy components is because they are very stiff in the horizontal directions, providing much needed lateral support.

Machina Dynamica
Advanced Audio Conceits
Baby Cryo Isolators 🤗
No, just a bridge too far. Make sure it's flat and stable and experiment to your heart's content. But there will always be a solar flare and that inconvenient superstring theory.