Here's my opinion: vibration control makes a subtle-but-useful improvement to the SQ of most components - even if not using loudspeakers. I.e. the component themselves generate vibration - particularly the mains transformer.
I agree with BIG POPPA that the difference is more subtle than for cables (so if you're not a cable believer, then not much chance of you becoming a vibration control believer).
I also agree with shaizada that the effects get more noticable the higher the resolution of your system becomes. So if you've spent thousands on your main components, but nothing on vibration control, then you're doing your system a disservice.
I'll also add that the effects are more likely to be noticed if you approach this in a structured, planned way. I.e. if you randomly swap in any cone, spike, polymer thingey onto a random glass/wood/specialist platform, then you are likely to get a random and poor result.
I use HRS polymer feet thingeys and HRS damping plates below and above my Nagra CDP power supply and Stax SRM 007t energiser (the damping plate NOT covering any of the ventilation holes), and RDC cones under the CDP itself. In pure sound quality improvement, they were worth the high-price-considering-apparent-material-content. But I didn't think these were night-and-day differences.
One day, I may go into this in a more structured (read expensive and time consuming) way, but for now life's just too short for me to worry about it.
PS. If anyone wants to have their minds completely blown away by the alleged potential value of a structured approach to vibration control, then check out issue 59 of hi-fi+ magazine. They devoted several pages to various vibration control products (Stillpoints, SRA, etc) costing several thousand pounds in total - and then making a case why these and a few more thousands of pounds worth of mains conditioners are as good a buy as spending the same amount of money on the main components. I can't comment on whether it's true or ridiculous, but it was entertaining and certainly made me think.
I agree with BIG POPPA that the difference is more subtle than for cables (so if you're not a cable believer, then not much chance of you becoming a vibration control believer).
I also agree with shaizada that the effects get more noticable the higher the resolution of your system becomes. So if you've spent thousands on your main components, but nothing on vibration control, then you're doing your system a disservice.
I'll also add that the effects are more likely to be noticed if you approach this in a structured, planned way. I.e. if you randomly swap in any cone, spike, polymer thingey onto a random glass/wood/specialist platform, then you are likely to get a random and poor result.
I use HRS polymer feet thingeys and HRS damping plates below and above my Nagra CDP power supply and Stax SRM 007t energiser (the damping plate NOT covering any of the ventilation holes), and RDC cones under the CDP itself. In pure sound quality improvement, they were worth the high-price-considering-apparent-material-content. But I didn't think these were night-and-day differences.
One day, I may go into this in a more structured (read expensive and time consuming) way, but for now life's just too short for me to worry about it.
PS. If anyone wants to have their minds completely blown away by the alleged potential value of a structured approach to vibration control, then check out issue 59 of hi-fi+ magazine. They devoted several pages to various vibration control products (Stillpoints, SRA, etc) costing several thousand pounds in total - and then making a case why these and a few more thousands of pounds worth of mains conditioners are as good a buy as spending the same amount of money on the main components. I can't comment on whether it's true or ridiculous, but it was entertaining and certainly made me think.
