Alternatives to Stillpoints

Yes @yoby I do use wooden shelves and rack. But those are not your warehouse woods. My rack is made of 4” and 2” thick air dried solid maple wood from Mapleshade:

http://www.mapleshadestore.com/SAMSONv1racks.php

They are excellent. So may I suggest you take a look before you put them down?

I actually make a dual layer mass on spring iso stand, the Nirvana, Revelation Audio has one, it’s two stacked layers of heavy masses on springs. The trick is keeping the resonance frequency of each mass on spring layer far enough apart to avoid any untoward interaction. It’s how the big boys do it.

@ thyname, I own a 2 inch  maple shelf from Mapleshade as well, and have done extensive comparisons of different shelves over the years ( Mapleshade,  Adona, and Marigo Audio)  I meant no offense to you and apologize if I did. 

Pop quiz,

Why is a 4” maple board better than a 1” or 2” board for isolation?

No problem @yoby no offense taken. I am pretty happy with Mapleshade and don’t see myself changing anything anytime soon. Are there better things out there? Sure are, but I have to stop somewhere and be satisfied. Like with everything in life. Honestly, I had been very resistant on racks and platforms over the past 15 years or so, and only used cheap racks before from VTI and Pangea. It took getting the Samson rack locally from someone last year to change my mind. So yes, racks matter, and I do realize I can do better. But not for now. Mapleshade will do.