Vibration - What are the Main Sources?

Is it possible people do not know the first thing about electricity? It is generated by moving a wire through a magnetic field. It's a fact. You could look it up.  

Move a wire through a magnetic field and you get a current moving through the wire. Vibrations are, and you could look this one up as well, moving.  

So vibrations most definitely do affect electrons. 

Coupling / Decoupling does not have to be an either/or proposition. I put my components on cones to couple them to a heavy base (marble or solid wood) and then decouple that base from the floor or stand with springs. I believe this is the principle of Townshend podiums, as they use a heavy steel base between the speakers and springs...

@georgehoffmann60 - so long as the springs are correctly loaded for broad frequency isolation. It works for you, that works for me :)

@georgehoffmann60

Agree 100% on the coupling/decoupling "challenge". Suspect I would pick a material other than marble, but everyone is looking for a different sonic expression from their system

All that anyone has to do, is experiment a bit and try some things.

And of course, trust your own ears. If there is no discernible difference, then there isn’t one for you. And one can scrap the concept, modify it or go in a different direction all together.

What a great combination of differing skills we get to apply. Math, science, abstract thought experiments, creativity, fabrication of stuff etc.

At at the end of it all, we have an opportunity to listen to the music we so love with an even greater sense of please from the sonic attributes.

Nobody “takes” vibrations out of cabinets. Cabinets are designed to resist resonances, and by coupling them to a large mass (read, the floor) their propensity to resonate is further reduced.

It all depends on the design. Tonian Labs are some of the finest and most realistic speakers you'll hear and their cabinets resonate like the body of an instrument. 

All the best,
Nonoise