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In Reply to: RE: SHOOT-OUT: Stillpoints Ultra SS Footers vs. MSA BlackPod Footers posted by Winston Smith on November 30, 2014 at 02:38:10
When dealing with basic laws of nature (like mechanical vibrations and their behavior) and staying within those priciples, the benefits are massive, they are many, and they are across the frequency spectrum without any negatives whatsoever.Hence, based on your findings, IMO, each of the models you've evaluated had to have one or more shortcomings in their design. Or perhaps it was your execution that caused the shortcomings? Or perhaps a combination thereof?
I almost forgot. If you're not allowing each of the products to settle in for a minimum of 7 - 10 days before swapping out or completing your evaluation, your evaluation is essentially worthless.
Just as you should not evaluate new components without first allowing them to fully burn-in. Mechanically, there is a settling in period that is almost exactly like an electrical burn-in. The only difference here is that once burned-in a component will stay burned-in (for the most part). But with mechanical settling in, any movement whatsover, the objects must go through the entire settling-in phase as if starting from scratch.
And if after 7 - 10 days untouched, you hear little change, the product and/or the execution is a dud.
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Yup. And there's no way around it. And the 7 days is absolute minimum.Otherwise, it's no different than A/B comparing 2 brand new out-of-the-box components. Actually it's worse because when it comes to mechanical settling in, often times there's little to no benefit whatsoever. At least with brand new components you still are able to achieve 60 - 70% or so of the component's raw potential.
Not so with mechanical objects. I put a component into my shelf, there are little to no gains for the first 5 - 7 days. Then the magic kicks in and usually takes up to 15 days to complete with multiple very distinct and audible gains occurring daily during that time.
If it's any consulation to you, my latest amps and my new extreme install method took near 5 months to fully settle in with the first improvement occurring on day 7. You don't want to know how long it takes my rack to fully settle.
You don't wait, then any conclusion is little more than a charade and you're not helping yourself, the mfg'er (if they even are aware about this), nor the community.
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... as hardly anyone can remember something in that detail and it perhaps even necessitates not listening to other music in between.
So in fact a dealer's cables which have been burned in (albeit in a different system) might be the best bet.
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