In Reply to: Final Lab Daruma 3-II Isolation Feet with SCD-777ES (long) posted by Jim Treanor on November 30, 2000 at 07:19:33:
Bought two sets of Daruma feet last week from the US importer - one set went under a Meridian 508.24 (two front/one back) and the other under an EAR 834 (one front/two back). Results - amazing! I immediately noticed an improvement in overall clarity, even while still standing in front of my equipment rack adjusting the volume. Once I sat down and listened for a couple hours, I was able to confirm the following: good increase in soundstage width, modest increase in soundstage depth, substantial increase in midrange clarity, and slight improvement in bass dynamics and articulation. The Darumas really do work, but I'm not all that hot to try out competing designs because it's such a major pain-in-the-ass getting the top and bottom cups of all three feet precisely centered under the equipment. Mr. Goff's comments are interesting, however, and my reading of his web page leads me to believe that the design of the Aurios feet may eliminate this problem for those dexterity-challenged folks among us, like myself. If Mr. Goff wishes to send me two sets for evaluation, I'll compare them with the Darumas and report back on whether I (a) called him with my credit-card number or (b) returned them. Either way, my point is that these types of isolation feet are worth trying, be they Darumas, Aurios or Rollerblocks (which appear to be yet another variation on this same theme).
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Follow Ups
- 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)