Vibration - What are the Main Sources?

@pauly - speakers generate internal vibrations from their drivers moving and push vibrations to the floor vibrating everything. That is why you want to isolate them and take the vibrations out of the cabinets. Most good speakers either come with spikes or platforms or something to decouple them from the floor. Same is true for amps, phono stages, CD players, DACs, you name it.

When I put my speakers on multilayer platforms, the sound was clearer and cleaner. I could put the layer on top or isolation pods or blocks or something, but I just don't want that floating effect because the speakers are tall and thin. Everything else floats.

IMHO the turntable is the place where the most improvement can come the easiest. A pod/block based platform on top of a wall shelf really combats vibration.

mijostyn"The only vibration sensitive devices in audio are the phonograph cartridge and the microphone, both for obvious reasons."

You are so wrong and yet you state, pronounce, and proclaim your Audio "Truths" as though they are the 10 Commandments!

there are many other sources where vibration may influence, distort, or alter the sound of the audio signal of course I only need one example to prove you wrong and confused.

Anything with vaccuum tubes is subject to microphonics which can be influenced by vibrations that is easily demonstrated, measured, and heard. I seem to recall that you have problems with giant flapping woofers in you're Music Reproduction System so you may want to think about vibrations instead of just using a massive "rumble" filter to resolve, repair, and remedy you're problems!

Electronic components do benefit from isolation. Using Isoacustic Oreas made a big difference in the focus and clarity of the sound. Why one would proclaim it wouldn't doesn't deserve comment, actually.

I say this as they will always chime in with their very negative proclamations, as if from on high, in the hopes of discouraging anyone from even trying. Makes one wonder what motivates them so say such things.

All the best,
Nonoise

Main source of vibration is the toroidal transformer in any electronic equipment.

It is particularly sensitive to oversaturation and DC component in the AC mains, if any.

Here it is in detail:

https://sound-au.com/articles/xfmr-dc.htm

It does NOT affect the sound, it is just an annoyance.

“Primarily looking at more isolation for the Schiit components for starters.”

@zlone, 

Please take a look into footers from Herbie’s 

https://herbiesaudiolab.com/collections/component-isolation