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RE: Chassis questios



I'm not going to have time to give you all the tech. involved here. Let's just say I understand materials pretty well.

Anytime you try to dampen something that is reproducing music, you will also dampen the musical performance. For this reason, I set tube sockets right into the steel chassis as a very tight fit. I cannot stand to listen to insulating, dampening, or suspension devices. It's like stuffing a pillow inside your speaker.

MDF is just horrible-- for speakers especially, and for anything else.

In reproducing music, you NEVER "kill" what you do not want. You ALWAYS "bring-out" what you DO want. To me, that is anything and everything that was recorded.

So, the best sounding material has not much sound of its own (THICK steel), but much more importantly-- it doesn't dull anything. Now, THAT is VERY important!

Steel is magnetic, of course, and for this reason, you can't let it get influenced by transformers, chokes, and wires laying inside the chassis, close to it. You simply suspend everything unless you have a concrete reason for not doing so.

Again,, NEVER dampen vibrations-- in anything. Instead, use the right design and materials so that-- inherently-- you don't have the vibes you don't want-- in the first place. That way, the real vibes that are in music can still get through.


This is how I can give you a performance that is powerful and dynamic--but much more importantly, it sounds VERY REAL.

Think of dampening as unwanted negative feedback. All right! Now, it makes some sense.

Remember also, that ALL metals are influenced by magnetic fields. It's what the metal does with it that you are interested in.

You won't find me using wood, plastic, aluminum, copper, mu-metal or anything else for a chassis.... except steel. Steel sounds so much better-- IF it's used right-- that there's just every reason to learn to use it properly.

----Dennis----

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