Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long)

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At present you catch me at a disadvantage since I have not used the Daruma in my own system, although I will soon. I can report what our dealers have said, since they have had the opportunity to perform the comparison. They have all told our distributor "not to worry, the Daruma is not in the same league as the Vistek."

Obviously, the Aurios and Daruma appear to operate along similar principles but, as I mentioned in the previous post, the one who better understands those principles can take advantage of them to produce a better product. Properly applied knowledge is power! To wit: I know what materials and geometries comprise the Daruma and I can reasonably project that (without having heard the Daruma) it will sound more clouded and closed in, having a less incisive and clear transient response, as well as a more ragged frequency response.

Perhaps that conclusion may seem a bit presumptous, but consider the analogy of two racing car designs and their designers. Each designer can accurately evaluate the other's design assuming that he knows what's "under the hood and under the chassis" for both vehicles.
I am making the same sort of assessment based upon my understanding of what makes the VISTEK product work as it does. When the remaining patents for the Aurios MIB concept are finally cleared, we will be free to more openly discuss the technical aspects of our design. Until then, what has been posted here and what is found in the hifi press review articles will have to suffice. I venture to say that if the designers of the other ball-bearing isolators knew which principles were truly significant, they would definitely change their designs!

VISTEK's history in producing anti-vibration solutions for industry and medicine has, of necessity, involved considerable research into material and geometries for those products. The effects of these understandings are reliably measureable via analytical equipment generally used in the vibration analysis industry. This is an obvious advantage! But, as I mentioned before, the marketplace is where the efficacy of all products is put to the acid test. VISTEK has been very successful in displacing air tables marketed for industrial and medical applications. We expect to do the same in the electronics industry, including entertainment electronics such as those used by the audio and videophile.

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Topic - Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Jim Treanor 07:19:33 11/30/00 (21)

Results with Daruma feet and Mr. Goff's comments - steve 14:07:26 12/02/00 (2)

Re: Results with Daruma feet and Mr. Goff's comments - craiggoff 22:12:00 12/03/00 (0)

Come on Mr Goff, pony up some Aurios to Steve. - MJ 21:08:00 12/02/00 (0)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - craiggoff 22:42:16 11/30/00 (5)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - MJ 09:14:52 12/01/00 (4)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - craiggoff 10:24:11 12/01/00 (3)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Boris 11:26:42 12/01/00 (2)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - craiggoff 23:03:25 12/01/00 (1)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Boris 18:35:32 12/02/00 (0)

You're lucky.... - Chris Garrett 12:46:27 11/30/00 (5)

Re: You're lucky....No you are! - Les Lammers 17:01:00 11/30/00 (1)

Re: You're lucky....No you are! - Jim Treanor 07:23:53 12/01/00 (0)

Re: You're lucky.... - Jim Treanor 13:15:00 11/30/00 (2)

Metal choice, but he was vague and..... - Chris Garrett 15:04:59 11/30/00 (1)

Don't despair - Cato 03:53:22 12/01/00 (0)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - theob 08:35:59 11/30/00 (4)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - libor 13:34:00 11/30/00 (0)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Jim Treanor 08:48:05 11/30/00 (2)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Les Lammers 17:08:17 11/30/00 (1)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Jim Treanor 07:25:59 12/01/00 (0)

To eliminate confusion... - Jim Treanor 07:24:31 11/30/00 (0)

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Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - craiggoff 10:24:11 12/01/00 (3)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Boris 11:26:42 12/01/00 (2)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - craiggoff 23:03:25 12/01/00 (1)

Re: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) - Boris 18:35:32 12/02/00 (0)

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