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Recommended Component 2025 – Stereophile
A Quantum Leap in Quashing Vibration
Unique shape and design give AudioQuest Q Feet a qualitative advantage over competing isolation feet for a quantum leap in vibration control.
The unique Q Feet are filled with the same energy absorbing Sorbothane damping gel as the old half-sphere shape of AudioQuest's Big Feet. But damping ability is now improved over the solid Sorbothane design by the distinctive 'Q' shape, which reduces shear in the horizontal plane. The net result is improved vibration control.
You'll find ubiquitous uses for Q Feet, from DVD players to surround sound processors, receivers, and more. The two-piece design lets you use them safely on fine furniture. Q Feet are way Qool!
"Recommended Component" Honors
Stereophile honored AudioQuest Q Feet by awarding them the magazine's coveted Recommend Component status for 2025.
According to Stereophile,"Each cute, Q-shaped SorboGel Q Foot measures approximately 3" in diameter and stands about 1" tall in its PVC holding tray. Like Bright Star Audio's IsoNodes, Q-Feet are black, slightly squishy, and somewhat sticky, and are designed to absorb resonances and isolate components from external vibrations. Each Q Foot is rated to support 6.5lb. Because of their larger size and slick, rounded trays, the Q-Feet were far easier than the IsoNodes to properly place under the Music Hall USB-1 turntable. Atop the Q-Feet, the turntable seemed more stable and less susceptible to shifts, found SM [Sasha Matson]."
Great for Gear with Spinning Mechanisms
One particular place that the Q-Foot is particularly effective is under any spinning mechanism, be it a disc player, turntable, or hard-drive/computer combination. Spinning mechanisms do not like their own vibrations, or others for that matter.
The shape of the foot makes a very big difference. The partial hole in the center increases compliance and horizontal surface. The extra vertical surface means more movement of the material is possible, and therefor more kinetic energy can be lost (turned into heat).
The All-Important Damping Aspect
The damping aspect of Q-Foot is often more important than the isolation ability ... though it is the non-specific frequency ability to both damp and isolate which makes Q-Foot so universally effective.
Q-Feet are effective over a very wide band, the only strong caveat is to make sure that under a turntable or other more-than-average sensitive device, that the Q-Feet are not pressed down on so hard that they lose their compliance. It's always more effective when there's "give" left, just more give is required to be most effective in such applications.
Each Q-Foot supports up to 6.5 lb.
