Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction?

In my very limited experience, I found that hockey pucks, sometimes stacked on sponge pucks, have offered satisfactory isolation of a component.  However, it would certainly depend on your environment:  my components are on a concrete slab, not a suspended wood floor.  I tried some spring loaded isolation footers, and while they isolated from vibrations of the underlying component stand better, the sound was far inferior.  

I love Mapleshade brass cones...totally different concept than the vibrapod...much prefer the Mapleshade, but do use the Vibrapods in a few places the Mapleshades won't go...

Vibrapods are not that effective compared 

To the more expensive isolation devices 

Such as stillpoints critical mass and other similar devices

If you hear critical mass centerstage footers it is like upgrading a major component

You gain an increassed soundstage greater clarity and  imroved dynamics 

DAVE and  TROY 

audio intellect nj

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