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All systems are different......

Posted by Winston Smith (A) on December 2, 2014 at 10:25:21

In Reply to: Some insight needed for points/footers. posted by acass on December 1, 2014 at 18:34:24:

..... and you'll need to experiment with compliance or rigidity, or a mixture. It's easy and fun, and can be done cheap as hell.

Rubber super balls resting on brass rings as stabilizer 'feet' can be a really cheap and effective footer tweak, and it involves both approaches to some degree, and some folks have really touted that as a nice sonic upgrade for next to nothing.

The brass rings can be had at Home Depot or Lowe's for a song (see plumbing supplies area for them), and the super balls, well, check your kids toy chest! ;-) Simply try different density balls for different sonic signatures. For around $25 bucks, you can literally have dozens of combos to try, and all sound different. You decide what you like, or not. And the rest are kiddie stocking stuffers, if that suits.

Another el cheapo footer are the combination cork/rubber feet that can be had for a few dollars each. Very effective and can usually take a LOT of weight. Mapleshade sells its "Isoblock" rubber/cork footers for quite a lot, but you can simply look at Mapleshade's website at their cork/rubber footers to get an idea of what you need, and then search the internet for a supplier (they are everywhere, and for VERY cheap, too.)

Usually, the cheap commercial cork/rubber footers widely available are lower profile than the Mapleshade, but I use these el cheapos in place of the Mapleshade Isoblocks (I have both to compare) and find no difference worth mentioning (or spending the extra cash on.)

In short, get creative and use whatever you like. Post afterwards and share your findings.

But there is simply no 'one-size-fits-all' approach that is infallible. Compliance, rigidity, or a mixture thereof, all can have their positive and negative sides. You simply need to experiment and see what you like.

And of course, always check the archives here in the Tweaks asylum for past posts on this very popular subject. You simply cannot believe how many options you have for next to nothing. Again, it's fun, it's easy and it's cheap, too.

Best of luck, and keep us posted.

Happy listening!

Cheers,

WS

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