Vibration Isolators

I also am using the Aurios 1.2 with bearing currently under CDP, it took me a while to effectively nuetralize my VD Nite AC cord's effect so they work properly. Agree with others that you must try many things they all sound different and I still own several other footer systems, and shelves.

The Daruma II bearings will give you a "taste" of the Aurios 1.2 for under $100 a set of three. If you keep looking you can get a used set of Aurios 1.2 for @$200 here.

BTW I find the Aurios 1.2 with bearing a noticeable improvement vs original Aurios MIB both in sound and easier set-up.

If you don't want to fool with hassle/cost of bearings the huge Mapleshade Heavy Foot brass cones work very good for $60 a set of three.

Another strong vote for the Aurios Pros, and don't agree for a second that they contribute any bass-heaviness if used properly. All Aurios work best supporting something with spikes. A combination, for example, of a Signal Guard II isolation platform with spiked feet resting in four Aurios Pros is a great upgrade--not cheap, but this isn't a cheap hobby.

Somebody explain this to me. You have your speakers, amps, everything on these bearings, vibropods, sandbags,concrete, and other esoteric whatevers. Now where is the isolation? Are the resonances from the sounds put out by your speakers airborne? How do you keep that from your components? You can't. Better to couple everything. Send all those resonances to the floor. Vibration can't be stopped. There are many good vibrations. Why would you want to absorb them? Sand, lead, the like, don't differentiate between the two. This new speaker support system I just purchased from Star Sound Technologies is based on this principle of resonance transference. I am still in awe of what I hear from my speakers. I am a tough sell, with these golden ears of mine. Can you relate? More about these stands in a bit. Back to you with more.. Got's to go and run. Be gentle with me.

No quarrel with anything that works, Warrenh. I don't understand the physics behind vibration isolation or tranfer (lowly English prof that I am), but I know what works. And just as I don't for the life of me understand why different power cords affect the sound radically, so I don't understand what makes the Aurios so effective (or, for that matter, why they have different sounds from one another). This is an inductive business, and we'll let the scientists figure it out in the future. If it's good enough for medicine (see under aspirin, for instance) why not audio?

Warrenh, When the system is not playing I find that I don't need any of these whatevers you describe. Yes, I do think that primarily bass energy from speakers/subs can cause trouble with electronics( I could be wrong?), especially tube electronics, Cd players, and turntables.If ya got no real bass then it likely won't be as significant. I do know that when I decoupled my sub from the floor by taking the standard spike feet off it and puting it on the pods the sound became much more realistic and focused. I am not atributing this entirley to lessening vibration getting to my components, more it took some of my room acoustics out of the equation. This is what I believe to have happened in my room/system/opinion. Set up is an art form. Do what works for you. I am with Swklein, let someone else expalin it, as long as it works for me, or whatever you use works for you. I have heard some very costly systems in homes of audiophiles that I would not want to live with. They must like them.