Carbon is the answer to the problem
Sound is an example of a mechanical wave. Mechanical waves are the kinds of waves that cannot be propagated without a medium. As such, these waves cannot travel through a vacuum, just like how sound cannot travel through space, since space is a vacuum.
The difference between conductors and insulators is because
of electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
Anywhere we have free electrons, we have a hard conductor
where free electrons help in conduction.
In electrolytes, charged Ions do conduction.
Dielectrics (or insulators) don't have free electrons current.
Free electrons mean, the electrons that are not related with
a specific atom, they are allowed to move nearby the crystal lattice.