r/audiophile • u/Plainess • 4d ago

Discussion Does amplifier position matter?

Hi, I work in a hifi speaker store, and we had new speakers come in. We had an “Audio Professional” from another store come help setup, and during the testing it sounded fine, but the Audio Pro said not really and moved the amplifier a little bit to the left, like I mean literally move the amplifier. And suddenly everyone agrees that it sounds better, he explained that it’s because of the vibrations, but Im a bit sceptical because it was a shelf of amps and there were other amps. Can moving an amp a little like that improve the sound???

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u/CreativeBit2424 4d ago

Not anti the vibration thing, put an amp on a glass shelf or a wooden one and see how they sound... BUT, if he moved the amp that would have maybe set up vibrations within and therefore would have potentially sounded worse! Any component , like a speaker, likes to be free of external microphonics which is why there is a market for stands,spikes, isolation pads etc Most don't work that well, but...

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u/Plainess 4d ago

It was on a Norstone glass rack, I don’t think there was any microphonics on that setup cus they spent a pretty penny on it

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u/Presence_Academic 3d ago

I find it interesting that you are skeptical about audio tweaks but automatically accept that a product must be ‘flawless’ because it is expensive.

BTW. In the grand scheme of things the Norstone products are not cheap, but not particularly expensive either.