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RE: Can Passive Dedicated Line Conditioners Benefit Sonically from Proper Vibration Mgmt?

Posted by stehno (M) on October 31, 2014 at 18:50:36

In Reply to: RE: Can Passive Dedicated Line Conditioners Benefit Sonically from Proper Vibration Mgmt? posted by Dryginger2 on October 31, 2014 at 11:56:27:

Hi, DG.

First, just as you allude, there is such a thing as shock and impact. But that has nothing directly to do with proper vibration mgmt.

An extreme example of shock and impact might be a plane crashes into my home. A less extreme example might be a 350 lbs. woman doing the 2-step right in front of your turntable, causing your stylus to skip 9 grooves with every step she takes.

But in general shock and impact are infrequent occurrances of some significant event. It's worth noting that after a shocking event, vibrations will generally ensue. But in general shock and impact is outside of my scope and I care not about them.

On the other hand, vibrations are more of a constant. A power supply or motor will generate a constant bombardment of internally-generated vibrations. All electrical parts within a component will generate more minute vibrations so long as an electrical current is flowing.

Then there's the air-borne vibrations generated primarily by the music, which for the most part could be considered a constant. If you're hearing and feeling the music, you can bet dollars to donuts your sensitive components are too.

Anyway, to answer your question, it is well known that electricity is always seeking the most expedient path of least resistance to ground.

Well, it just so happens that electricity is just another form of vibration. As is everything in this universe. Like electricity, resonant energy is always on the move and wants to attach itself to everything it can and if the object it attaches itself to is firmly anchored to another object, it will continue its energy transfer. If the object in question is not firmly anchored to another object, then much of that energy will begin to dissipate right then and there.

Hence, my goal is to create a super mechanical conduit between normally disparate objects (components, racking systems, sub-flooring systems) to make them as congruent as possible (just shy of welding) so as not to allow that energy wishing to travel to become bottlenecked. Once, the bottlenecking starts, it's game over.

In other words if energy is already seeking ground and finds its way there, why should I be bothered by it? That's nature taking its natural course. Whereas vibration isolation works against the laws of physics, though many fart smellers will die trying to accomplish this impossible feat.

I could go on but that's it in a nutshell.

Edits: 10/31/14 10/31/14 10/31/14

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