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What *are* you talking about??? :-)) ...

Firstly, what about putting the passive XOs into that same "vibration-prone environment" (ie. the box)??

I run my 3-Series Maggies, 3-way active. See pic (the box behind the panel contains 3 amp modules, a 3-way (mono) active XO and 4 PSes):





So active speakers don't have to imply the amps are inside the speaker cabinet ... in, as you say, a highly vibration-prone environment.

That being said, I was surprised to hear a sonic improvement when I placed the amp/XO box on a slab of stone kitchen-bench offcut, resting on 12 squash balls (a DIY air-isolation platform). Resolution was greatly improved - so I assume what must've been happening before was that vibrations were passing into the slab floor from the spikes under the Maggie stands ... and were then passing up into the amp chassis which was resting on the carpet ... and causing sonic damage! :-((

Isolating the amp/XO box with the air isolation platform stopped these slab vibrations from getting to the electronics. :-))

Regards,

Andy


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