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RE: Too Economical Not To Try!

1. Did you have best results with four (or perhaps just three) under each component?

If you use it under spikes, or a 3 pillar speaker stand, a set of three is advisable, while a set of four is a better option for other applications, but experimentation is fine, IMO.

2. Are the anti-skid pads really necessary -- or would components be secure enough without them? If they're needed, I might stick one pad to both top and bottom of each disc as I'd rather not adhere anything directly to components.

The untreated surface of a Carbon Fiber Disc is too slippery, with poor lateral stability, and there seems to be too much microphonics generated between the hard surface interface of a components bottom panel and/or rack shelf or platform surface. The presentation tends to sound too lively or excited as if the hard surfaces are resonating against the hard and heavy Carbon Fiber Disc. It is surprising how well a very thin pad does to control the interface between the Carbon Fiber Disc and the surfaces involved. The same reason applies to adhering the disc to the bottom of a component or platform with Liquid Nails silicone adhesive rather than allowing the disc to slip and slide.

3. Would you recommend for loudspeakers that came equipped with spikes meant to be placed directly on the floor? (I see in the additional eBay photo that each disc has a small center indent meant to accept the point of a spike, I assume.)

Yes, if you use the disc as a coupling disc a.k.a floor protector, it's also very important to use an anti-skid pad under the disc.

At the very least, I'm considering trying three (unless you recommend four) between my Mapleshade Samson shelves and each one of my components: amp, preamp, transport, and DAC. (At the moment, I'm not using anything, and each component just sits on its own shelf.)

I find the disc to be useful for any application, since it presents a rather neutral sonic signature.

My TT sits, using its own coupling method, on a Mapleshade isolation platform with Isoblocks between it and a Mapleshade shelf. I may replace those Isoblocks with these carbon fiber discs.

That might be a good application, but the compliant Isoblock might be meant to help tune the heavy maple board. You'll need to experiment in this case.


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