Alternatives to Stillpoints

Totally agree @yoby

The little blue foam center with tread top and bottom. Useless for audio. Way way way to stiff. maybe drilling a gazillion holes in the foam might get them to flex some. They clearly are designed for multi- hundreds of pound weights. The vibrating air cleaner I placed a dozen under?  The wood below is vibrating just as much. So total fail. My butyl rubber bottle stoppers are way better.

Good to know Elizabeth as I was considering buying a set to trial.
Money saved....

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I received an order from Herbies a few days ago and my results are puzzling.
Bought 3 isocups and lamp black balls to place under my Ayre ax7e amp.

So placed under the chassis bypassing the existing 3 feet wrought a slight increase in depth and bass.

However placing under the existing feet gave a considerable change! Much improved bass and top end, almost like I had hit the loudness button...lol.

I thought the idea was to bypass the manufacturer supplied feet and go direct to chassis.
Tbh I was truly surprised to be really hear anything this noticeable. And I swapped back and forth many times just to be sure at least in my mind.

Any thoughts?

I like Herbie's products across the board and use the iso cups and balls under my Primaluna mono blocks to great effect (on Himalayan salt block platforms).

Hey Andy,
Where did you get  Himalayan salt block platforms large enough for your mono blocks? 

Amazon. I think this is it:

https://www.amazon.com/HIMALAID-Himalayan-Serving-Naturally-Provides/dp/B07L3BLLHH/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UT...

It's 12 x x 8 x 2 so it's footprint is a bit smaller than the amps.

Thanks Andy

@thyname, Ingress and Symposium roller and cup footers work well to damp seismic vibrations in rotational and horizontal planes. To get the best results you need to combine them with an air spring under a supportive plate made from a material with good damping properties.

Another point, @thyname. The Ingress should be set up with the ball directly touching the underside of the component and arranged in an equilateral triangle on plan.

Thanks for the advice @toetapaudio!

I have yet to receive the Ingress. Maybe next week. It's taking a while to get them from Canada

Values (Shore A and ASKER C scales) provided by Diversitech indicate the black rubber and blue "foam" materials used to construct the 2x2" EVA MP2E pads are similar in hardness to Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet.  For details see the 5:45PM 2/20/19 post at the thread here:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/vibration-isolation-2 

 

Even if you have a dedicated room for speakers and amps, equipment out of room is the best 

TW Isolation feet much better and much cheaper as well.