Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil?

I always like the "I don't believe in dbt - I know what I hear" (I just don't have the cojones to objectively prove it apparently). Sorbothane is most effective against vibration, but apparently many don't like it - go figure

The emperor is naked, no wait, maybe he's got clothes on, hmmmm, I can't really see (or hear) that good, maybe I don't know after all, damn, for this amount of money they better do something, or I got suckered, oh well, Mr. Golden Ears says they work, and who am I to argue.

If it makes you feel good, do it.

Next discussion, "soundstage champ power cords - on wood blocks or not".

Let's see if I've got this right -

1) Vibration induced into a component's chassis can be heard through the system in some form, and it's a bad thing.

2) Wooden blocks modify the frequency depending on the type of wood used, which will induce a chassis vibration at a frequency different than the original. (How could this be good if it was bad in #1?)

3) People don't like Sorbothane because it deadens the transfer of vibration into the chassis. (Ummm, isn't our goal to be closest to the original signal, and isn’t vibration bad?)

4) So, what I got from this is that if you want to change the vibration characteristics of your component to result in a different type of distortion or noise, then you should try different types of wood underneath.

You want to try a cheap and effective method of resonance control? Cut up old mouse pads and put underneath the cabinets. Orders of magnitude less vibration into a component’s chassis.