How to isolated stand from springy floors?


I currently have a relatively heaving stand with a couple tube amps and a turntable on it. My big issue isn't really sound quality but my concern over tube life. My Manely Stringray II makes an audible tube rattling sound when ever my fairly light self walks by and I hoping I can come up with a fairly simple and hopefully cheap solution to this.

What would you guys suggest? Damping the underside of the shelf the amp is on comes to mind or possibly some sort of iso feet for the whole rack to cut down on vibration.
ohnofiasco

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As a quick effort at low cost, what I have done is beneath those components where there is no interposed individual maple board base supporting the component, simply place three or four Cryo'ed Mini Springs between the component and the existing hard, flat base.
Even though some of your components may quiver when you walk by, there won't be a jarring shock to any of the protected components.
The sound you hear from your suspended components will surprise you with the improvement heard.
Long ago, the Aurios ball bearing approach also allowed for this quivering or rocking when footfalls affected components on my equipment stand, but the sound improvement was nowhere near the significant upgrade with the Mini Springs from Machina Dynamica.
There are variations in implementing these springs.
This minimalist approach is fast, simple, audibly impressive -- even though not the "ultimate" implementation of what is termed Baby Promethean Mini Isolators by Machina Dynamica.