In an audio system, all components vibrate and resonate, and analog and digital transports generate heavy mechanical vibrations due to rotations in motors and platters.

It is important to be aware of these mechanical vibrations because even the smallest vibration has a huge impact on the electronic components and circuitry boards and it also generates new unwanted energy that will resonate backward and forwards in the system.

For instance, in an audio system, the loudspeakers are the source of the most profound vibrations. Furthermore, amplifiers are subject to 50/60 Hz resonances caused by the current driving the power supply. Even DACs, phono stages, and other low-current electronics create internal vibrations and compared to other electronic devices, they are even more sensitive to external tremors and pulsations.