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Active Vibration Control - Holy Grail?

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Maxamillion

In Reply to: RE: Vibration Control. posted by kirillzolotov on April 18, 2010 at 17:41:06

I've been wondering if an active vibration control system such as the one linked, using advanced ceramic piezoelectrics, might be an answer to our audiophile dreams. Why absorb vibrations when you can actively cancel them?
By the way, their vibration harvesting system (on another page of their website) is also interesting - it generates a regulated 3V DC from absorbed vibrations, so you could absorb vibrations and convert them to usable DC for microcircuits as well.
http://www.advancedcerametrics.com/pages/active_vibration_co (Open in New Window)

Edits: 04/19/10

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Active isolation is outstanding. There have been reviews of the Halcyonics - Norm 12:15:48 04/19/10 (2)
I had three of these costly units at one time, and in all applications they greatly improved the sound. Unfortunately, at $12k each they are not reasonable for the average audiophile.
- Halcyonics Micro 40 (Open in New Window)
- Hmm, Effective but too costly? Sounds like a DIY project is needed! - Maxamillion 13:25:47 04/19/10 (1)
  Considering the availability of off-the-shelf OEM sensors/actuators such as the one I linked, this might be a fertile ground for DIY experimentation.
  
  Time for some further thought...
  - Could be. I had never seen the components of such a system before. - Norm 14:08:38 04/19/10 (0)
    The Halcyonics uses eight sensors and reactors. Four are vertical and four horizontal.

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