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In Reply to: RE: Feetz posted by Lew on May 14, 2015 at 17:29:36
Interesting, Lew. I have the same setup -- partially, at least. I have the Sound Anchor stands with butcher blocks under my Atmas. Hadn't thought about brass Mapleshades though. I'm still astounded by how much difference the Critical Mass footers made under my phono and pre. Even had a salutary effect on my digital setup.
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Feet do make a difference, but I am not willing to use the superlatives found in a Mapleshade catalog. I am also a big believer in DIY feet and tweaks in general. For my turntables in slate plinths (which I also made or had made for me), I use small cans of Mandarin Orange slices in water. At the bottom of each can I glued Black Diamond Racing tiptoes, because they were given to me for free. There is a method to this madness; I hypothesize that energy is dissipated as heat in the watery content of the cans. The orange slices (or whatever) serve to keep the water in disorder for better capacity to dissipate energy. The tiptoes assure that downforce is transferred up into the contents of the can (and down from the can into the shelf), via the thinner metal of the top and bottom of any "tin can", rather than along its stiff sidewalls. Best of all, I can believe whatever I want.
I did determine that Mandarin Orange slices sound a bit better than Sauer Kraut, probably because the former cans have a much higher water content. You can't go wrong at $2 per foot, plus the value of the tiptoes.
Hmmm. I DO have some Black Diamond Racing cones and pucks . . . .
Any tiptoes would have been ok with me. I used the BDR cones because they were there, in a drawer in my listening room. The only tiptoe/cone that I ever perceived as slightly superior to others are the Goldmund cones. I have a stash of those, but they are too dear to have used them on the turntable "feet".
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