The Pedestal™ is Wilson Audio’s Special Application Engineering (WASAE) division’s all-new isolation foot. The Pedestal reduces musically destructive vibrations in components with unparalleled efficiency. Its small bottom element partially absorbs vibrations traveling up from the surface beneath the equipment. The damping material inside the Pedestal—“V-Material”—takes vibration reduction a step further. V-Material, along with a proprietary viscous damping material inside the Pedestal, acts as a spring to minimize, absorb, and dissipate the vibrations into heat. Where other manufacturers use low-grade, inexpensive magnetic steel in their isolation pods, the Pedestal uses austenitic (nonmagnetic) stainless steel, which exhibits superior vibration-mitigating characteristics and effectively eliminates undesirable electronic interactions with components caused by magnetizable steel. When weight is applied to the Pedestal, the internal V-Material element, along with other critical components within the housing, decouples from the stainless steel exterior. In the reverse direction, any vibrations from environmental factors or the audio system travel into the top pad of the Pedestal, where they are absorbed. The Pedestal—WASAE’s solution for near-absolute vibration isolation.
