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Do stands make a difference for equipment?

Does the kind of stand you use make a difference, especially with components other than turntables? I realize how much difference a good stand can make for a TT, but does it make much of a difference for your preamp, CD player, and other front end units? How about amp stands? I'm trying to decide if it's worth upgrading my stand to something more robust, which means pending $$$. I currently use an old Target T5 stand, which is similar to the Solid Steel 3 series, and have just switched to a Sound Anchor stand for my amp. Since I switched amps at the same time, and the amp weights 200 lbs., I'm not going to AB it with my old stand.
Would love to hear what experiences you have had with different stands.

Thanks and good listening,
Mike
mrvordo

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elizabeth
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A stand is at the 0.1% difference level.
Say you buy an expensive stand for whatever.. it may make a really small difference.. So.. is it worth the difference?
Not usually unless you are at the level where spending a few thousand is nothing to you.
The guys who say I put XyX stand under my amp and it was amazing improvement.. are magnifying the change all out of proportion.
Though i agree for TTs it is a different story.
elizabeth
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I do not waste my money sticking it into doodads. I spent it on the basic equipment.
I guess if you have state of the art equipment, and want to glean the last possible bits out of it, yeah, spend thousands on feet, stands and such. Knock yourself out!
If you have to live within a budget, then save your pennies for basic equipment. and skip the fancy stands, $1,000 feet, etc.
Just my opinion. Feel free to do whatever you want. For a person asking.. I gave my advice.
Racks. footers.. etc ALL get stuck into the 'Spend only about 10% of you budget on stuff besides electronics and speakers".

So if you want to scrimp more on cables to buy fancy feet no problem. I spent $1.25 per foot to buy Butyl rubber chemical bottle stoppers, size 10, lots of them for my glass shelf (cheap) stand.
Works great.
Allowed me to spend MORE on what matters.. like electronics.
When your doodads cost as much as your basic electronic equipment, you are in lala land. Even spending 25% on doodads is insane. Naturally you are free to disagree.
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