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Post by MartinT on Mar 31, 2017 21:36:25 GMT
They sound far better with sorbothane underneath in my system and some of my friends Agreed, my S1NX shelf sounds best with sorbothane pucks underneath and the turntable on RDC cones above. I've tried a LOT of supports underneath and sorbothane is king - for the turntable, that is. |
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Post by Rexton on Apr 1, 2017 14:58:11 GMT
Sorbothane should be used IMO on areas of the deck which are placed under high vertical load i.e. the feet and nowhere else. It surpresses vibration by being loaded with a vertical weight or compression. I use sorbothane a lot under washers when I'm trying to improve the coupling of a plinth design. My Lenco 75 being a good exAnchovyle (see the development thread elsewhere in this forum). I do think sorbothane sucks the life out of Manta and I've tried Sorbothane feet on my 1210 to my great disdain and disgust with respect to what it did to my soundstage and is why I went down the route of Bamboo and spiked feet.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 1, 2017 15:32:06 GMT
Are these boards worth trying underneath pre or power amps?
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Post by Rexton on Apr 1, 2017 17:08:48 GMT
I would suspect that they would probably stop any transformer based vibration from getting into a turntable from the pre and power amp, but I honestly wouldn't want to comment on if they would the sonics coming from them.
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 1, 2017 19:44:10 GMT
My solution is, lots of sorbothane feet (too support the not inconsiderable mass), a granite chopping board, a layer of mdf and then three Still points under the granite plinth of the deck. I tested my way forward to just that combo, back in the day when I had energy for such things  |
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Post by Stratmangler on Apr 4, 2017 17:41:09 GMT
]Next time your passing Mangler pop in and borrow some soft rubber pads to put underneath Thanks for the loan, and you're not having 'em back (the hemispheres that is - t'other ones are still in their pack)  Looks like the beers are on me next time. |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 26, 2017 13:23:11 GMT
Morrisons supermarkets sell laminated bamboo chopping boards. I bought a small one for £3. Have just put it under my recently obtained Graham Ingle design (Black Cat) amplifier electronics (PSU is in a separate large box). Hmm. These bamboo board things do make a difference. More lucid and naturally relaxed, musically fluid. I put some large (40mm) sorbothane hemispheres under and imaging improved but the whole presentation went a bit lazy. Now with 3 ceramic cones under the board and am really quite impressed - got the musical excitement back but still retained the improved image focus and natural fluidity that the bamboo board seems to allow through.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 26, 2017 16:32:02 GMT
... I've been listening all afternoon to old and new tracks/albums and the improvement is rather more than I thought at first.
The whole soundstage kind of projects out now, much bolder and more 'present'.
Quite a change, actually.
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Post by John on Apr 26, 2017 17:06:30 GMT
Its only £4 at Morrisons
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Post by Rexton on Apr 26, 2017 20:24:55 GMT
£4!!! It might be worth buying even more and plonking them under ALL my various source components.
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Post by The Brookmeister on Apr 26, 2017 20:35:44 GMT
£4 thats a bit steep!
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 26, 2017 20:48:43 GMT
I thought so, too -- I was thinking of placing a wanted ad for a used one.  |
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Post by Rexton on Apr 26, 2017 20:50:59 GMT
£4, HMMM, probably check gumtree first. Certainly gets rid of the middleman.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 26, 2017 20:57:33 GMT
You could always try growing your own bamboo...
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Post by The Brookmeister on Apr 28, 2017 20:49:30 GMT
I thought so, too -- I was thinking of placing a wanted ad for a used one. Well some bright spark will no doubt say if I sold it for £4 I was ripping people off and he can buy it for £1.50 Trouble is these bright sparks never add in postage do they! LOL |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 28, 2017 21:40:32 GMT
You could always try growing your own bamboo... Have you tried getting rid of the bloody stuff? |
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 28, 2017 22:20:40 GMT
You just need a mate with a gang of Pandas.
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