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Music...let it move you!
I've always known about vibrations and smearing. I've understood gear can make its own internal vibrations. Isolation of audio gear is so important to the hobbyist. If you're like me, you want to turn that bad boy on, put on a tune...sit back and enjoy...especially after a long day at work.
My room is in a finished basement. Carpet over concrete floors and sheet rock on the walls. Pretty solid. My gear is isolated on a wood audio table. At one point I had my gear lifted up off the wood about two inches with ceramic tiles and blocks. My TT has a motor that's not attached to the plinth and it too had great isolation from vibrations on its own platform. I also understood my amp and preamp didn't have the best platform with ceramic. But still, I could feel no vibrations with the touch of my hand but I knew they where in the amp and preamp. But no worries.....sound was great...good detail and separation of instruments...no smearing as far as I could tell.
I had some wood platforms for my preamp and CDP....but I had nothing big enough for my new amp. Took a look at Maple shade and too expensive for wood platforms...same with Timberland. So I took a look at Overstock.com and order two platforms...one for the amp and another for the TT. Got two maple blocks..20 x 15 x 3...perfect for the TT and amp for the price of one this size at Maple shade and Timberland. Each board cost me $79.
You never know how much your music is smeared until you isolate it even more. Maple is about one of the best for vibration contol. I was very happy to see even better sound from my Vincent...I expected it especially with tubes, but was just on the floor laughing my tail off over the TT! Who would have thonk it! Concete floors....sitting on a platform though it was ceramic, and lifted up on a wood audio table with a motor unattached to the plinth! No vibrations right? Wrong! The level of detail and staging that's coming from my records are just amazing! And its all because of vibration control...yeah, those dreadful internal vibrations....yeah, we know you're there, and we got something for ya!
Here's a pic!
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My room is in a finished basement. Carpet over concrete floors and sheet rock on the walls. Pretty solid. My gear is isolated on a wood audio table. At one point I had my gear lifted up off the wood about two inches with ceramic tiles and blocks. My TT has a motor that's not attached to the plinth and it too had great isolation from vibrations on its own platform. I also understood my amp and preamp didn't have the best platform with ceramic. But still, I could feel no vibrations with the touch of my hand but I knew they where in the amp and preamp. But no worries.....sound was great...good detail and separation of instruments...no smearing as far as I could tell.
I had some wood platforms for my preamp and CDP....but I had nothing big enough for my new amp. Took a look at Maple shade and too expensive for wood platforms...same with Timberland. So I took a look at Overstock.com and order two platforms...one for the amp and another for the TT. Got two maple blocks..20 x 15 x 3...perfect for the TT and amp for the price of one this size at Maple shade and Timberland. Each board cost me $79.
You never know how much your music is smeared until you isolate it even more. Maple is about one of the best for vibration contol. I was very happy to see even better sound from my Vincent...I expected it especially with tubes, but was just on the floor laughing my tail off over the TT! Who would have thonk it! Concete floors....sitting on a platform though it was ceramic, and lifted up on a wood audio table with a motor unattached to the plinth! No vibrations right? Wrong! The level of detail and staging that's coming from my records are just amazing! And its all because of vibration control...yeah, those dreadful internal vibrations....yeah, we know you're there, and we got something for ya!
Here's a pic!
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