Voted Accessory of the Year and Product of the Year in 2007.
The IsoNode isolation feet provide a cost-effective upgrade for your audio and video equipment. The unique IsoNode polymer rejects a wide range of vibration that would enter from underneath the component. The highly compliant IsoNode acts as both a liquid and a solid for superior vibration control. Adhesive backing included. The large size are each 1-1/4" X 3/4" tall and hold 42 lbs.
When you add the IsoNode feet to your audio and video equipment, the first thing you will notice is superior resolution and picture quality from video and increased clarity, dynamics and more extended bass response from your audio. As you play your home theater, more subtle improvements can be perceived: greater dimension and depth plus more vivid color from video and enhanced soundstage, smoothness and detail from audio. In fact, every aspect of your home theater is significantly improved! Eliminating vibration and resonance has a profound effect on a home theater system. Which component benefits the most from IsoNode feet? The source (DVD player, CD player, etc.) typically exhibits the greatest benefit, but all of the components in your system will improve by adding the IsoNode feet. The center channel speaker and any speakers in the same cabinet as the components are in critical need of IsoNode feet as they are the main source of harmful vibration.
If your component exceeds the weight limit of a set of IsoNode feet, you can easily add additional IsoNode feet under a component to increase the weight capacity. Each large IsoNode foot holds 10.5 lbs maximum and each small IsoNode foot holds 7.5 lbs maximum.
Even if your component weighs less than 30 lbs, the large IsoNode feet do have a greater ability to absorb harmful vibration than do the small IsoNode feet. The small IsoNode feet are best if you have height restrictions in your cabinet or want to maintain a lower budget.
Isolation Theory
Say something. Now cover your ears with your hands and say the same thing again. Sounds different, doesn't it? "Of course," you say, "my ears are covered!" Of course, you're right, but what you're still hearing are vibrations being transmitted directly from your voice box-the tissue of your body is absorbing and releasing the energy from your throat to your ears. Now play something on your home theater system and cover and uncover your ears. Even with ears covered you are still able to hear the music directly through the air from the speaker. In addition, some vibrational energy may be reaching you through the floor and chair in which you are sitting-especially from the subwoofer.
Your CD or DVD player is like your body and the equipment stand is like your chair. As the system plays the chassis is absorbing the radiated energy through the air and the conducted energy through the floor and stand. The chassis starts to resonate and conducts these vibrations into the DVD disc, the player's electronic circuitry and the mechanical parts. As these parts vibrate the information the player is reproducing becomes contaminated. Jitter in the digital bitstream increases, microphonics from the electronic circuits and mechanical parts induce a ghost image over the original signal wreaking havoc with picture detail, color rendition, tonality, bass response and dynamics as well as increasing the noise floor.
How do we best control unwanted vibration and resonance? By eliminating harmful vibration, resonance, and noise at the playback components. Individually isolating each component in the system to eliminate the harmful effects of loudspeaker vibration, AC and heating systems, traffic, etc., allows your home theater to be experienced uncompromised by vibration and resonance.
Adding the IsoNode feet presents a high-tech barrier to absorb harmful vibration before it can contaminate your system. Eliminating vibration and resonance has a profound effect: picture quality, color saturation, depth, imaging, tonality, dynamics, low frequency extension, detail, clarity, and dimension are all enhanced. In fact, every aspect of your home theater is significantly improved.
Bright Star vibration control products have been nominated four times by Stereophile for Accessory of the Year, Editor's Choice by The Abso!ute Sound and Fi Magazine, three times for the Golden Note Award by The Academy, rated Best of the Year by The Abso!ute Sound, Product of the Year by Soundstage!, five times voted Component of Merit by Bound for Sound', rated Cream Of The Crop by The Abso!ute Sound and listed in Recommended Components.
