2k euros, I may have you beat at 2500usd as cheapest on Audiogon. I have not tried to isolate my gear yet as i have them sitting on my hardwood floor. I was thinking of using some marble slabs with some felt glued to the bottom as a base, then getting some isolation tips for my cdp and reciever. my speakers already have tips installed and just need to be placed on something more substantial then nickels (yep 5 cent). Im mostly worried about room acoustics as I have a small area rug in front of the speakers covering the hardwood floor, but there is a large living room picture window directly opposite the speakers. Your room looks pretty bare, are you experiencing any acoustic distortions due to this? If so what are your plans?

bugsjr July 19, 2005 08:15

Nice system and certainly not the cheapest on the Gon! If that CD6000 is anything like my CD5000, you would benefit from some isolation points and mass-loading. Just stick something heavy on the top, a weight, bag of sand, etc and take care not to choke off its ventilation. Could maybe be good in conjunction with the inner-tube tweak noted above.

dirtyragamuffin July 17, 2005 18:31

Junyan906, As with Photofreak there is a wealth of knowledge to be had from audio enthuisits here and many have acheived outstanding results using DIY tweaks, I myself just found it fit to use a name brand product as I'm not too handy but I am paying attention. There is multipul combinations of different ways to control vibrations and peices to do so that work extrodinaly well in combinations I think we have to read between the lines in some posts to get that. As well as Vib Control, cables (Pandora's box)make huge differences as well. I myself also use (4) 48" Room Tunes and (4) Corner Tunes in my room and have for years now and yes, I dropped my teeth with the difference it is so amazing, even as I changed to Infinty Kappa 8s then to Apoggee Slant 6s that I use now. Don't sell yourself short as you begin, just give yourself ample time when you change to evaluate the differences. :)

rsjm80 July 17, 2005 12:43

Rsjm80, I also have a rather low budget system that's still a work in progress. Here is a cheap tweak that really works, all though few people believe it does. Go to wall mart, K-mart and get some 12inch bicycle inertubes, blow them up and put them under ALL of your components, do an A,B comparison. This will make a very noticable difference in the sound as it isolates the electronics in the cases away from the outside world. Besides their only $2.99 each! How can you go wrong? Works great for turntables too. You should listen to AMC's DAC-9 great sounding and great priced.

Have fun!

Photofreak

analogman9 July 17, 2005 08:47

Thanks for your opinion Rsjm80, unfortunately I built up this system without any help or guidance only by reading reviews:( I have seen many vibration stuff on the market, but I didn't really pay attention to. Again thanks for sharing your experience. I think I will try some of the brands you mentioned.

junyan906 July 16, 2005 18:22

congrats, I also would have to be considered a "cheap" system if you will, my mentor (whom I established a repore with thru AudiogN) has helped to guide me in this direction with astounding results and not too much investment to boot! The biggest difference that has been palatable is vibration control acheived thru Bright Star Audio. I sing thier praises constantly becuse of the hugh difference they have made.Mine came thru the Air Mass/Big Rock 3 under the CD and now an Big Rock 3 under the integrated, I couldn't beleive the difference and I took time listening to each peice for a week at a time as I made changes, they were BIG.
The sound stage opened and widened, the presentation was more relaxed and deeper. I have also made additional important changes as well and my system continues to evolve getting nothing but Better. go slow but as you go you have to pay very strict attention to vibration control or you'll miss out on what the new changes are really expressing to you and may end up spending substaintually more than you'll need

rsjm80 July 16, 2005 12:14