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In Reply to: RE: Also concerned about in-rush current posted by Duster on August 6, 2016 at 16:43:47:
The transformer is currently resting on the floor under the cd player. I have made an amalgamation of differing feet combinations. I am at this point using bronze colored elevator bolts which are 1 1/4" wide at the bottom and are 5/16" thread and 2" tall, flat side on the floor, followed by a 3/16" thick leather washer - 1 1/4" in diameter followed by a 1 and 1/8" diameter 7/16" tall piece of ebony, followed by a 1 1/4" diameter stainless steel washer on which the weight of the transformer rests. On top, a brass washer followed by a bronze colored washer/nut combo. The color thing just happened to work out. I had the same assembly, shorter bolt and without the ebony, sitting on an 1 1/2" thick koa wood cutting board with thin rubber feet under the koa wood. Bass regions are better articulated without the wood cutting board and slightly more impactful as well. I want to remove the stainless washer and add brass there instead, because I think that it, the stainless steel washer, maybe reflecting vibrations from the transformer, back at the transformer and not in a good way, just because its the hardest part of the assembly. I also want to try that combo, on the board and put that whole assembly on top of three older Daruma II Final roller block assemblies that I have sitting around. I do have, but have not tried, 2 differing stiffness versions of silicon pad feet to be placed between the elevator bolts and the floor or koa wood board. I'd also like to try just using Mapleshade Audio brass heavyfeet tapped at 5/16" as the transformer is pretty heavy, 40+ lbs. and I don't want it falling off its perch, so to speak. The silicone pads/feet were an earlier suggestion by you, so thanks again for that. Its all a bit time consuming but quite educational. Working with ebony is a pain in the ass without a drill press and don't bother using precision wood bits, you'll dull them, bits designed for metal, work more effectively. Like I said educational, with a bit of irritation thrown in, as the results were not as precise as I would like. Sorry for the length, but details make it so.
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- The transformer is currently resting on the concrete floor... - dcuhl 16:06:31 08/09/16 (0)
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