Spikes versus wall coupling

Why change form? Are there no losses in conversion? If you let it vibrate, like it will do anyway, no matter what and you provide a efficient path way for vibration to exit would there not be be less loss than high mass dampening? Some coupling devices have a geometric bandpass at 4hz and below to reject the incoming at the point tip..Best Regards ..Tom

Hi Tom,

Tom asks: "Are there no losses in conversion?"

Converting to what?

If you are asking about the conversion from mechanical energy to thermal energy in the vibration control system I described the answer is yes, there is a great deal of loss which is the objective.

"If you let it vibrate, like it will do anyway, no matter what and you provide a efficient path way for vibration to exit would there not be be less loss than high mass dampening?"

You are right. There is LESS loss of mechanical energy when coupling is employed. What we want is MORE loss of energy so that it will have less effect on the signal that is flowing thorough the component.

"Some coupling devices have a geometric bandpass at 4hz and below to reject the incoming at the point tip"

Which coupling products manufactured for audio systems have resonant frequency and bandpass at 4Hz and below? Are there measurements to show this?

Please let me know if I had understood your questions correctly.

Best Regards,

Barry

So this must be why when someone runs next to me on the beach, I can feel his pounding footsteps in the sand under me.

TWL, Maybe its because the sand is wet? Did you consider that. Your friend should loose some weight, for his health sake, if nothing else. :-)

BTW when you and Tom are asking these kind of questions and/or making observations about a competitors products, don't you think it would be fair for you and Tom to once again identify for the uninitiated who your employer is and/or what products you sell?

Ok, I'm an employee of Starsound Technologies, and I asked the question about the sand.

Actually, I felt that I was being remarkably silent, considering all that was being stated here.

Truthfully, the reason why I was(and still am) at a loss for words here, is that I wouldn't even know where to start addressing all of the things mentioned on this thread, except to say that I'm not in agreement with hardly any of them.

I'm just letting the guy say what he wants to say.