Basic anti vibration? Cones vs pods? Is there "good enough solution"?

@jerrybj,

Try things yourself. Otherwise, you'll never really learn.

Quick and dirty analysis of Vibrapods. Too much internal damping. Undamped steel springs would sound much better as they do not permit energy to be stored in the system. It’s the same principle for inner tubes and rubber bladders and rubber fabric air springs. There are other physics principles involved with these isolators, too, such as the ideal geometry — minimum Contact Area + maximum volume.

I started with pods between the component and the MDF shelf and switched to Cones onto a granite tile with thin foam drawer liner between the tile and the MDF shelf. I now experience very detailed and crisp sound form my system

I found too much damping of the pods tended to muddy the sound.

With either method - be sure to experiment with the position of the cone or pod under the component

E.G. With solid state amps (and my phono stage), I found locating a cone/pod under the transformer (or one either side of it) provided the best sound

However - tube amps are a different beast and normally have a very strong chassis, so placement can by quite different

I only use three feet to achieve max stability

The position of the feet in my turntable is shown at the bottom of this link
http://image99.net/blog/files/505119d0be04fa00f053d1e3491df5c8-80.html

Hope that helps - Steve