Alternatives to Stillpoints

Hi thyname: According to the system picture you have posted you're using wooden shelves on your rack. Although they look really nice, wood is not the best material to use sonically. Keep the Stillpoints  Ultra SS footers you have for now and try upgrading one of your shelves first. There are many brands to choose from, although the better ones can be quite pricey.

I owned stillpoints with risers, an old version. I replaced them with Machina Dynamica Springs, which control vibrations in 3 dimensions and relatively speaking, cheap

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.