Anti-vibration platform with „sandwich” structure. Double shelves 2 x 30 mm thick and bases 30 mm thick are separated by BBS. BBS has kinematic and dynamic qualities which enable isolated masses to “float” to the sides relative to the system axis, maintaining point support at the same time. BBS also makes it possible to level the stand shelves. The shelves are covered with natural wood veneer (in the version shown, it is high gloss maple wood). Antivibration platforms are designed for high end audio components.
The audio platform structure incorporates a new proprietary Rogoz Audio antivibration system, BBS (Balancing Board System, Patent P.404137). The system consists of a threaded, height-adjustable spike made of high-fiber-content steel alloy, on top of which two elements are placed, each with an inner bearing. An intermediary (middle) element is made of carbon fiber and supports another element, a steel bearing inserted into the shelf. Point contact between the steel spike and the carbon intermediary element prevents movement of either element relative to its axis, but it allows pendular motion. Meanwhile, the contact between the intermediary element and the bearing inserted into the shelf allows restricted rolling motion and sliding motion. Consequently, the advantages of spike point support (contact area has been minimized and kinetic energy turns into heat) have been combined with the effects of deadening vibrations owing to to sliding friction and rolling resistance.
ROGOZ AUDIO ANTI-VIBRATION AUDIO PLATFORM VOLTA/BBS
The platform in the test >>tweaks<< the midrange the most. While the upper range is sweet with it and the low range is nice, somewhat soft, pleasant, the midrange seems to flourish. That’s why Ellington’s piano on the aforementioned CD was so neat with it, so ‘present,’ but it’s also why the recordings of JEAN-MICHEL JARRE’s electronic music included on a CD from the Houston and Lyon concerts sounded in a pleasant, malleable way. And malleability is an important category for this platform. It describes the sensation of three-dimensionality and smooth transitions between blocks of sound.
(“High Fidelity”, No. 209, October 2021)
ROGOZ AUDIO ANTI-VIBRATION AUDIO PLATFORM VOLTA / BBS
Here we are dealing with the highest possible quality and a PREMIUM class product. [. . .] After these several days of listening, I decided to take the ROGOZ AUDIO VOLTA/BBS platform and listen to how the system sounds without it, and unfortunately the lack of this platform is audible. [. . .] It’s all about what we hear and what the perception of music is after a long time, when the new equipment is removed from the system. And I heard that I began to miss something. Maybe not so much in quantity, but in quality. These are nuances to some, but to me and a few of my audiophile friends, they are important things, especially in an analog audio system that is very sensitive to almost anything related to acoustics. The isolation of the turntables from the ground is exemplary in this case. I think that the full potential of such a HI END platform will be exploited by owners of very advanced audio systems, especially if they have proper decoupled audio tables and, most importantly, a room dedicated to music, equipped with a set of acoustical systems that will squeeze the maximum, as much as possible, out of any equipment and room.
(AUDIOSTEREO 10/2023)
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Overall height: 116 mm
Overall width: 590 mm
Overall depth: 540 mm
Leg profile: sandwich MDF+MDF+HDF 30 mm thick
Top shelf: sandwich MDF+MDF+HDF 500 x 470 x 30 mm / 420 x 430 x 30 mm (surface without chamfer)
Bottom shelf: sandwich plywood + plywood 500 x 470 x 30 mm
Maximum load: up to 60 kg
A COMPLETE SET INCLUDES
1 platform
double BBS between two shelves and two bases
APPLICATIONS
CD players;
Analog gramophones
Power amplifiers
Integrated amplifiers
Preamplifiers
Loudspeakers
