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In Reply to: vibra cones or bright star isonode? posted by andycsb2000@yahoo.com on March 21, 2005 at 23:50:42:
don't listen to them.It's because your question cannot be answered by others for one major reason: No one else has your equipment in your room and your ears/brain with which to listen.
Every piece of gear responds to vibration differently, and every room is a different vibrational einvironment. This makes it very, very hard to predict how any particular piece of gear may respond to any particular vibration management tweak. Throw personal preference into the mix, and it becomes essentially impossible for anyone to tell you what you're going to like.
The good news is that some generalizations can be made so long as it is understood that they're generalizations and exceptions do occur.
In general, compliant footers (such as the Vibracones and Isonodes)tend to do a very good job of cleaning up the upper mids and highs. The wow factor is often high with compliant footers, since the lowering of the noise floor can be dramatic. Another benefit of compliant footers is that they can naturally provide a bit of damping to the component chassis (assuming the compliant material is in contact with the chassis - I believe Vibracones don't fit that criteria, while Isonodes do). I believe the downsides are that some of this silence is artificial (in other words it potentially comes at the expense of some detail), and bass performance is usually a tad bloated (compliant footers likely have a resonant frequency somewhere in the audible bass region).
Rigid footers tend to yield a much leaner, meaner, and more extended bass than compliant ones. This often sounds bass-shy to people at first, but extended listening will often discern it as a more faithful reproduction of the recording. Rigid footers have the ability to be very neutral throughout the mids and highs, however, most rigid footers will have a resonant frequency somewhere in the upper mids to lower highs, so a brightness or glare may rear it's head. These types of problems can sometimes be addressed by playing with positioning or damping techniques.
The bottom line is that you'll have to play around with different vibration management techniques to know what'll work for your ears inyour system. There is a ton of good info in the Tweakers' archives that will allow to experiment for very little cost, or even free. It may help to experiment just determine which you prefer - compliant footers or rigid ones before making any purchases. As always, only buy from vendors who back their products with a satisfaction guarantee, as it's completely possible that a solution that works wonders for one application may sound awful in another.
-Pete
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- If anyone knows the answer to your question...... - pburant 06:12:12 03/22/05 (0)
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