The Problem

Every piece of equipment
is a vibration generator

Continually our enjoyment of music is being masked by vibrations, from the floor, feedback from loudspeakers, sound waves, and internal mechanical and electrical devices which form part of the equipment itself; these include transformers, compact disc motors, turntable motors, etc. In addition we have the internal components, capacitors, resistors, diodes which are all micro phonic.

How best to control vibrations? One way of controlling vibrations is to isolate the component, but this has the damning effect when we find that most vibrations emanate from within the components themselves. By isolating the component, we have captured and harnessed the vibrations we are trying so hard to reduce, these vibrations become intensified, and can be heard in the colouration and timbre balance of the music. Another way is to support the equipment on something solid either attached to the equipment or shelf to drain vibrations, but unfortunately this does not deal with the problem with regard attenuation of vibrations and resonances, solid materials can only alter.

Oriton believe the importance of controlling vibrations and resonance is often not realised, each having the ability to rob music of crucial information or alter it, by minimising resonance and vibration through design we can begin to realise realism. Oriton conducted a lengthy research and found that the battle regarding the control of vibrations must start as close as possible to the equipment and hold little mass, which is why we developed the Oriton r33.

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These products and designs are protected by various patents and patents pending.
Any specifications are subject to change without prior notice to provide for continous product improvement.

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