Granite under wood for better isolation?

Dan ed, I don't understand. I don't use granite anymore, but my granite in sandboxes where the granite had no contact with the side of the sandboxes, never rang.

I doubt if there is much benefits in having the granite under the StillPoints. I am assuming that you have just a shelf under the granite.

Believe it or not, I just bought a sheet of MDF from Home Depot. They cut it to size and it is actually the best so far. Better than the maple or granite. I have it under 4 Vibrapod isolators. 5 bucks. In fact, it is by far the best. I put the Maple wood under my isolation transformer. The Granite has not worked for me so far and the most expensive as well.

Tzh21y, this all suggests how different things work in some systems and not in others. I can only stand Vibrapods under things that have nothing to do with music. I tried MapleShade maple board and their special feet also, but returned them immediately.

I have many polished pieces of granite for free to anyone coming by to pick them up. I will not ship unless you pay me a $1000 each to pack them. :)

Tbg, the 1" granite is the shelf on my sandbox and is cut 1/2" smaller than the width and length of the inner sides of the sandbox. There is about 2 1/2 inches of sand under the granite. The ringing can be heard as smearing of detail in the lower midrange. I use the Stillpoints to decouple the table from the granite. It works quite well and also helps provide a very low noise floor. There is a slight softening of bass impact, but that is a trade-off I can live with. I wouldn't say that this will work for all components, but it has worked with my Gavia and stand. The granite is beautiful Dakota Mahogany so that is why it is still there. ;-)

I will probably chage out the Vibrapods down the road but I am shocked. It sounds great so far....