{"id":5747,"date":"2020-09-17T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T19:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T19:11:40","slug":"two-sides-to-vibration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/two-sides-to-vibration\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Sides to Vibration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all know that vibration is essential to music. It is, after all, the way that sound travels from our loudspeakers to our ears. However, vibration can also be extremely damaging to sound. Unwanted vibrations from any source have the ability to alter sound, causing distortion, disrupted imagery, and even timing issues to the music you\u2019re trying to enjoy. Typically, when people in the hifi-world talk about the \u201cnegative vibration\u201d in a system, they use it as a blanket statement. But to really understand what is happening and, more critically, to address the problems in your system, it is important to distinguish which type of vibration you are talking about: external or internal.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vibration.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vibration.png 644w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vibration-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vibration-500x196.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">External<\/span><\/strong> vibration<strong> <\/strong>refers to any vibration from the environment surrounding your system that could transfer to, and impact, your loudspeakers, components, or audio rack, therefore affecting the sound produced. Air conditioners, household appliances, uneven surfaces, foot traffic, and outside noise or vehicle rumblings can all have an impact. This even means that elements of your own system could be the cause of negative, external vibrations, ie. if the bass from your subwoofer is causing your components to shudder\u2026 that is harmful external vibration.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Internal<\/span> <\/strong>vibration<strong> <\/strong>concerns the vibration that is generated from within the components themselves. The inner-workings of audio equipment is composed of transistors, capacitors, wires, circuit boards, and power supplies. Each of these elements produce some sort of mechanical energy and, as a byproduct of that energy, resonate. Those tiny internal resonances accumulate and have a real and audible impact on the performance of the components they construct and the sound that systems as a whole produce.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>To learn each of these harmful vibration types can be addressed, check out some of our previous blogs on anti-vibration techniques: <a href=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/three-ways-to-address-vibration-control\/\">Three Ways to Address Vibration Control<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/4-easy-free-ways-to-address-vibration-in-your-sound-system\/\">Four Easy, Free Ways to Address Vibration In Your Sound System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also download our comprehensive guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/info.nordost.com\/vibration-control-download\">The Importance of Vibration Control<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that vibration is essential to music. 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