@atmasphere and @lewm , I can tap on the 6922's in an ARC PH3SE and hear absolutely nothing with the volume turned up. I'm sure if I tap hard enough I could get an audible result. But tapping on the tube would have a lot more energy then you would get with air bourn vibration. I use super quiet tubes. My instinct is if a unit is sensitive to tube microphonics perhaps you might consider another unit. My only current experience in regards to tubes is my phono stage. So it is limited. But, having to spend money on effective vibration elimination would bother me. I would prefer spending the money on a better phono stage that was not so effected.
The cabinet my system is in is also extremely rigid, more so than anything you can purchase. My system is immensely powerful using a total of 4000 watts, two 8 foot ESLs and four 12" subwoofers (soon to be 8) and the only device I feel the need to isolate is the turntable which comes so equipped. As I previously mentioned I can put the phono stage and turntable right on top of a subwoofer with no ill effect I can hear. You never want to trust what anybody "hears" and I certainly can not say this applies to every phono stage or preamp as I have only tested one.
However, If lewm and atmasphere insist there are electronics so effected I am sure this is true. But, If the military can make electronics that are immune to vibration so can the high end audio industry. As far as I can tell none of the electronics I have excepting the turntable are sensitive to air bourn vibration. In the cabinet they are in structural vibration is not an issue. Maybe people should spend the money on a solid cabinet instead of isolation devices.
@melm , I never have to change my balls. Perhaps you need a turntable that has no balls, something like one of those Audio Technica direct drive tables:-)
The cabinet my system is in is also extremely rigid, more so than anything you can purchase. My system is immensely powerful using a total of 4000 watts, two 8 foot ESLs and four 12" subwoofers (soon to be 8) and the only device I feel the need to isolate is the turntable which comes so equipped. As I previously mentioned I can put the phono stage and turntable right on top of a subwoofer with no ill effect I can hear. You never want to trust what anybody "hears" and I certainly can not say this applies to every phono stage or preamp as I have only tested one.
However, If lewm and atmasphere insist there are electronics so effected I am sure this is true. But, If the military can make electronics that are immune to vibration so can the high end audio industry. As far as I can tell none of the electronics I have excepting the turntable are sensitive to air bourn vibration. In the cabinet they are in structural vibration is not an issue. Maybe people should spend the money on a solid cabinet instead of isolation devices.
@melm , I never have to change my balls. Perhaps you need a turntable that has no balls, something like one of those Audio Technica direct drive tables:-)