stacked equipment isolation?

Also check if you get any hum from the amp and player stacked first.

Hi I have the same situation. I had tried various tweaks to isolate my cdp from the tuner, on wich it is placed on. None of them worked really. Finally, I found a solution which seems to work: maple platform, bought in Ikea, on the tuner. 4 nordost pulsar points on which there is an another maple platform. This platform is relatively small: about 6inch x 1 12 inch. The base of the cdp is on this small platform in between the feets of the cdp. It seems to me that layered solution finally bought some positive impact: more focused soundstage, better bass definition, more treble energe, nicer midrange.

I guess sometimes it seems that one could spend a very large amout on isolation and such. Then these posts are full of vendors;giving input and suggestions;and sometimes they argue with each other. Once you have big-buck stuff;spend big-buck for isolation. There are some amp stands that cost more than many amps being used. I do understand a cd player spins; some of the other things can wait.--Don't let the tail wag the dog.

i agree george, but i'd still like to build a solid foundation for quality audio reproduction. barry and TWL, could you suggest specific item(s) that would perform decent isolation? maybe one budget set-up and one ideal? (maybe they'd be the same??;))i have a digital cable box on a dvdp on an int. amp. thanks again everyone.

http://www.geocities.com/controlsoftware/RIPPAD.HTM

Great product and service, and very fair pricing. Maybe all you need. Good luck.