Has anyone tried these, as an alternative to various well known alternatives? Currently trying 3 under an ND5 XS2.
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IMHE feet are part of the voicing of Naim gears in full Naim chain context. Now using these gadgets underneath, and you change the voicing in an unknown way, which ime killing Naimās lovely bass response most of the time. Not recommend even if it sounds good for some songs, cause it just means for some would sound worse.
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Interesting, are you using the pads or platforms for equipment?
Underneath the ND5 XS2 so it is resting on 3 of these (not via its feet) with a glass rack shelf underneath. I will listen with and without when I have the time. My dealer recommended that to try rather than having 4 - one per foot. They are less noticable (visually) than Isoacousticsā equivalents.
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I trust Naim to have mastered the good vibrations with their anti-resonance R&D.
Yes, I use the large ,round EVPās under my speakers on a floating, wooden floor. They work very well for me.
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Let us know how you get on - constrained layer damping is a science, hard to believe all these folks that doubt the improvements and miss out.
Itās fine having faith in Naim, however Naim themselves recommend Fraim for mechanical isolation so obviously there is opportunity to improve support for the base equipment. Iāve no doubt Naim choose footers carefully, but it would likely be cost prohibitive to include higher level supports.
I use it in my listening room walls, floor, SPods for the Magico speakers plus soundeck (very good, and excellent value) and Black Ravioli for different components. Iām fabricating my own carbon fiber/copper equipment support for the NDX 2, also employing CLD - I may post details once complete. It is already very effective, yet not even laminated as the polymer takes a while to ship.
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@AntonSmith meant to mention, try offsetting the feet rather than placing them symmetrically.
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Very nice setup and room @varyat.
Did you make your own wall panels or have you covered commercial panels with slatwall?
@Protegimus Thank you! The panels are an assortment of Vicoustic and GIK. The slatted ones are GIK Monster Traps. I fabricated a DIY panel to sit behind the center painting; 4 1/2ā deep, Rock wool.The painting is hung onto the absorptive panel.The ācabinetā below the record shelving is actually a bass trap as well with a GIK 6ā panel on the face and an additional 8ā of Rock wool inside- so about 14ā of absorptive material. I have ten of these ācabinetsā around the periphery of my room. I just refuse to get on my hands and knees to search for a record nowadays- raising the record shelves up to a comfortable level allowed utilizing these bass trap cabinets underneath. We moved to this new house about a year ago and this dedicated āofficeā has been a long, arduous project. I am finally done with the room and am focusing on getting the system tweaked. It sounds pretty amazing , I must say 
Another shot-looking up from listening positionā¦.
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Two at the front.. one at the rear.. more over towards the right where the transformer is.
Steady that way.
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I use HRS Nimbus dampers under my 252 and 300DR, both on shelves of a HRS EXR system rack. They come in different sizes. I use the shortest ones.
I recently moved on from a pair of Fraim racks to the HRS ones instead. The 252/300 sounds better with the new configuration. More focused, more musical, and less anemic and brittle sounding by comparison.
Iām a huge believer in isolation products, when theyāre done well. I now consider them as components equally to everything else.
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The room and the setup looks terrific. Congrats. Enjoy!
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The only thing Iāve used that was ever successful in my system was an early Townsend platform under a Naim CDX. The bladder inside finally perished and that was that. Otherwise, any sort of āfeetā under it, or other Naim components changes/improves one aspect of sound, to the detriment of another.
We tried an acrylic platform with soft sorbothane isolation feet under our NAC52 and it had a tremendously bad effect, so it was extracted PDQ.
The same platform and soft feet then went under a Moon 320 phono stage and had a tremendously good effect and has stayed there ever since.
Isolation is a physically complex subject, so universal ātruthsā tend not to apply.
It does make the experimentation interesting though!
Best regards, BF
Many thanks for the further responses. I will try various permutations over Easter and see if I can actually hear any improvements. Or if my wife can.
You havenāt said what the product is or who make it?
The product name is in the thread name and in the picture, āEquipment Vibration Protectorsā, made by A/V RoomService.
Ah, a name that just says what they are! Refreshing! But the maker is useful to know, thanks.
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The HRS racks are great if a bit pricy.
Gave my system a much fuller richer sound. Easily the best any of my systems over the last 35 years has ever sounded.
I found that I had to pull my speakers out from the wall a little more to make up for the considerable extra amount of bass heft I was getting.
Havnāt tried the isolation system they sell yet will experiment in the next few weeks.
Have you tried any of the isolators with a turntable?