RE: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice

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Posted by Paul_A (A) on April 25, 2010 at 17:23:32

In Reply to: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice posted by mschlack on April 25, 2010 at 14:57:50:

I would try out some different solutions and see how they sound. I haven't changed the suspension on my audio rack, but I have experimented with different footers under my equipment and had to listen for what worked in my system. I actually followed some advice about what "the best" footers should be and used Black Diamond Racing Cones under my amplifier. It became quite aggressive and forward so I switched to vibrapods which worked very well (even though they get dissed by a lot of people). The vibrapods worked better for me, but that's probably because my system, untweaked, tends to be analytical, fast and forward. I also tried maple butcher block under my speakers and again got more speed than I needed. In that case, I ended up using Herbie's Big Black Dots, which are somewhat compliant, but not sloppy like the vibrapods I had used before.

I would try a variety of suspension methods and see what sort of results you get. I would also suggest living with the sound for a few weeks before making up your mind, unless of course the sound is obviously wrong.

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Topic - Building a rack and need vibe iso advice - mschlack 14:57:50 04/25/10 (13)

RE: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice - RioTubes 06:07:15 04/29/10 (0)

RE: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice - zanash 23:41:01 04/28/10 (0)

RE: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice - hahax@verizon.net 20:50:15 04/25/10 (3)

The jury is still out on spiking speakers to the floor - dave c 04:46:16 04/26/10 (2)

RE: The jury is still out on spiking speakers to the floor - hahax@verizon.net 20:22:55 04/26/10 (0)

RE: "Whereas the effect of the speaker cone moving the cabinet is absolutely tiny." - Paul_A 05:15:25 04/26/10 (0)

Some suggestions - bartc 20:19:55 04/25/10 (5)

RE: Some suggestions - mschlack 15:08:05 04/27/10 (4)

Some old pix just to get you started - bartc 18:01:43 04/27/10 (3)

RE: Some old pix just to get you started - mschlack 18:37:13 04/27/10 (2)

Note -edited for clarification - bartc 06:02:42 04/28/10 (0)

Look up "symposium clone" and "constrained layer" - bartc 19:14:28 04/27/10 (0)

RE: Building a rack and need vibe iso advice - Paul_A 17:23:32 04/25/10 (0)

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