Isolation Feet for Blu-ray Player?



What inexpensive, low height, isolation footer solution would you recommend, or currently use, for a Blu-ray player? I bought a set of Vibrapods for my DVR/Cable Box (HD resonance through cabinet) which worked well. But I'm curious what else is out there and yields good results.
sakahara

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Sakahara,

I agree with your point, my bad for not providing a complete description of how wooden blocks can help - maybe I should clarify.

I suggest placing hardwood blocks under your player on top of a significant block of wood or other material that absorbs and dissipates the vibrational energy from the drive mechanism and digital boards. Brass or other stiff material works well to transfer vibration away from the player chassis, but brass footers generally cost a lot. You can purchase a thick piece of solid maple or maple or other hardwood composite chopping block and make a few wooden blocks of the proper height for well under the cost of a set of brass or other dedicated footer solutions, and I my experience is that you will get very close to the same performance in my opinion. And having brass footers alone above a glass, thin MDF or other compromised shelving will not provide adequate vibration control.

The problem with soft solutions like sorbothane is that they can help protect your drive from external vibration, but do less well at transferring internal vibrations away from the player. One solution is to have a large, thick wooden block supported above your rack by sorbothane or other flexible material, and support your player above the large block with smaller hardwood blocks, brass footers or some other hard support that will drain vibrations away from the player and into the body of the wood below.
If your shelves are adjustable, try isolating them from the cabinet frame with a little piece of Blutack or sorbothane dots between the shelves and their supports, and if you don't have space in your cabinet for large wooden platforms under your gear, then isolate with Herbie's or similar footers as suggested above.