help on isolation/absorption/coupling


I am new to tweaking. Can someone direct me to a reference or briefly explain which should be applied to the components and the rack. Which products isolate and which couple/absorb? I have searched this forum but the threads run too long and are too confusing to a newbie like me. I have a slate floor, a cd player, and a integrated single end tube amp and very efficient speakers. Thanks.
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If you have old Stereophiles, the November, 1995, article by Shannon Dickson on vibration control must be considered a classic. He reviews the Townshend Seismic Sink and the Vibraplane platform in the same issue, and all of this makes very revealing reading. One general idea is that cones )or tiptoes) and pucks (elastomers) tune resonances rather than eliminating them--move them around to a place possibly more to your taste, and nothing wrong with that, but by no means a genuine elimination of resonances. It's a discouraging article, for people hoping for a relatively cheap way to get in good shape vibrationwise. But best to know the truth.