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RE: Shelves are trouble.

Posted by kenster on August 27, 2007 at 20:37:08:
Don't mean to hijack this thread but IME, the rack/shelves have just as much influence on sound as does the component itself due to the ability and/or inability of the shelf/rack to dissipate the sound impinged upon it which can be directly correlated to the manner of the component coupling to the shelf/rack.

One way to deal with this energy transfer is to apply an energy/vibration transducer to the shelf/racks and to isolate the component from the shelf/rack via means ranging from air to lead to brass combined with lead to all manner of roller balls/cups.

The main goal here is to mitigate the vibrations of the shelf/rack before they can transfer said energy to the component(s) and the addition of vibration transducers can have a tremendous effect. In other words, float your components via air and then apply vibration transducers to the shelves on which the air isolated components rest.

Let me know if U want to know more as I have spent the last couple years exploring just how component isolation from the listening environment effects component performance and have some very interesting results.

Cheers,

~kenster