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In Reply to: Bamboo for damping/vibration control? posted by chgolatin2@yahoo.com on March 17, 2007 at 16:04:06:
Image: Outboard power supply for preamplifier placed on a laminated bamboo isolation platform implementing Herbie's Audio Lab footersI first discovered that a .75'' thick laminated bamboo cutting board supported by a quadpod set of brass cones sounds excellent as a carpeted floor placed isolation platform for my power line conditioners. The laminated bamboo board does not seem to have an identifiable sonic signature to my ear as compared to some other materials that I've tried. When components are placed on the edge-grain (more resonant than end-grain) laminated bamboo board, the components weight dampens the materials ring just enough without it sounding "dead", which I don't care for when selecting materials for plinths and isolation platforms, except for one component...
The only relatively dead sounding vibration control device that I prefer is used for my digital transport: I replaced the transports stock feet with a quadpod set of Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfoot feet, it's then placed on a 1.25'' thick end-grain (butcher block) Acacia isolation platform (yet another cutting board) supported by a tripod set of Audio Point 1.0AP1D brass cones placed on a tripod set of Audio Point APCD2 coupling discs with Herbie's Audio Lab grungebuster Dots placed between the coupling discs and the surface of an ordinary MDF rack shelf.
Another laminated bamboo isolation platform that I use is the one drawn in the above image. The outboard power supply is very sensitive to vibration control methods. I tried a number of different configurations until I (very happily) settled for the configuration as shown. The resulting presentation is lively and musical while sounding quite controlled, with a rather uncolored sounding sonic signature, IMHO. I find the Gabon Ebony Dome and Iso-Cup with Gabon Ebony Ball combination to be very effective with the laminated bamboo board sandwiched between them. YMMV
Interesting bamboo info can be found on the web:
- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=bamboo+vibration+damping&btnG=Google+Search (Open in New Window)
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Follow Ups
- Bamboo + Herbie's is a good thing, IME (see image)... - Duster 10:11:28 03/18/07 (0)
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