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• footers - Chuck 19:47:16 12/03/06 (2)
  In Reply to: Altmann, Germany Altmann Attraction DAC DAC Processors posted by Helge Gundersen on December 2, 2006 at 07:04:21:

  I should clarify: I've used the sandbox on felt pads on a decent stand under my dac for some time, and this preceded my getting the Altmann. When I first got the Altmann dac, I simply placed its wood footers on the top of the sandbox (which is MDF). The Ack dac had benefitted from separation from the sandbox's MDF -- even with the sand "vibration sink," the MDF vibrated a little from the bass. With the Ack, in the end, I settled on several mixed pucks consisting of cork and rubber, with a heavy weight on top of the dac. With the Altmann, because of its different construction, I tried the sorbothane pieces between the MDF and the Altmann dac's wood footers. The result was a small but noticeable improvement in clarity of leading edges of transients, of tonal liquidity, and of the tightness of images. I haven't tried anything else as a footer, because, to be honest, I'm so astounded with what I'm getting with this setup.
  
  

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  • Re: footers - Helge Gundersen 12:50:50 12/05/06 (1)
    In Reply to: footers posted by Chuck on December 3, 2006 at 19:47:16:

    Thanks for your reply. It's often said that sorbothane and things like that kill PRaT and dynamics, but you have obviously a different experience.

    Actually, I have the Attraction DAC myself, but I have only placed it directly on the parqueted floor to begin with, and it's the time to see if I can find a better arrangement. But you have a much more revealing system that me, so I think I might as well wait until a get revealing headphones and a ditto headphone amp in a month or two. The same thing goes for analogue interconnects.
    
    

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    • Re: footers - Chuck 08:24:43 12/06/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: footers posted by Helge Gundersen on December 5, 2006 at 12:50:50:

      I had tried sorbothane as a turntable mat a few years ago and found that, in that application, it did muddy everything. In this application it didn't. Not sure why the difference. So far I'm quite happy with the configuration.
      
      

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