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In Reply to: RE: I'm on a miniscule budget myself now that the kids have become older... posted by hifidave2006@yahoo.com on October 29, 2008 at 16:10:56
I really believe isolation is one of the foundational, and therefore one of the best, places to start one's optimization process. Steve (Herbie) can give you a LOT of valuable advice on the topic. I wouldn't be without Machina Dynamica's Promethean isolation bases either. I have my amps and power conditioner on those while my preamp and source components are on a Sound Anchors rack with Herbies and Golden Sound component interfaces which are relatively elaborate compared to the average bear. dBNeutralizer/Ikea beech cutting board shelf/dBNeutralizer/DH Square/DH Cone or Herbies Tenderfoot footer/component. Because dBNeutralizer is relatively new it could be that my wild success with the material is attributable to last tweak syndrome. The stuff simply seems to be magic nearly everywhere it's utilized.
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Do you think some of these products are better than mounting the equipment to the exterior wall of the house? Like I said, when I did this with my turntable it made a big difference.
But as you would expect, my experience, like that of EVERYONE else, is incomplete. Herbies has some new footers called the dBNeutralizer(t.m.) Tenderfoot that I would expect to be out of this world good in SOME applications. The Iso-Cup footers with Lampblack balls are exceptional value too in my opinion. NOTHING seems to be universal, except perhaps dBNeutralizer, I've yet to see it muck ANYTHING up. In my view, DH Cones are a vital part of one's tweaking arsenal as well. My results, using various combinations of Herbies isolation products, Golden Sound (DH Cones & Squares) and Machina Dynamica Promethean Base isolation stands, have been so successful that I'm not likely to bother looking elsewhere. After all, there are only so many hours in a day for one thing.
I will look into these dBNeutralizer's. If and when I sell my stuff on audiogon I may pick up 4 of these feet. Where do you recommend I put the first, pre-amp, cd player, phono stage or amp?
A buddy of mine has his equipment in a completely different room from where his speakers are, he has one of the best systems I have ever heard. But, from what I gather reading your posts you are saying, isolating the equipment from the speakers is good but you need to isolate them from other things in the environment as well?
Do you think it's better to have long RCA cables or long speaker cables? The reason I ask is, I could put my equipment in another room if I needed, but it would require some really long cables, say like 35 feet or so.
Thank You
The answer to your question about cable length is—I don't know for sure. I'm familiar with the various theories. In my case I've followed my electronics manufacturers recommendation of running long interconnects and short speaker cables as that is best with the design specs of their equipment. That particular mfg is VERY high on locating electronics in another room if possible.
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