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About to purchase some air dried maple platforms, which the manufacture offers brass footers however I dont know how good are they so I was looking into mapleshade brass footers fairly expensive but I was wondering if they do make a difference or if just any good solid brass footer will do the job? Any recommendations? Need them for my speakers, amp and cd player
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I think as far as brass cones go, the Mapleshade are great. They "worked" better than smaller, less expensive cones for me under speakers, CDP and preamp used upon maple board. That said, I recently switched to Herbie's iso-cups with ebony gabon balls under the CDP and have enjoyed a more "open" sound and a wider soundstage.I'm using Herbie's ebony half domes and black dots under my speakers and haven't discerned any noticible improvement or difference with these devices in this application compared with the Mapleshade cones.
I'm still using Mapleshade brass cones under my preamp. Haven't experimented with anything else in that postion...yet.Essentially, you may need to experiment with various devices to find what works "best" in your application. But, in answer to your question, the Mapleshade cones are as good as it gets for brass cones IMO. As someone else mentioned, the 30 day return policy is a plus.
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Maple platforms are awesome! Issue #8 of my magazine, the Ultra Fi Times, contains an article on maple platforms.Also, a letting bit out of the bag here, the sring 2007 issue will contain a DIY article on making isolation footers....they work REAL well with the maple platforms.
They're sold with 30 days money back if your not impressed.
a.k.a. cutting boards for $65 apiece. The legs come off with a little work, and leave 3/8" holes that can receive a threaded insert. Hopefully having the end grain up will be more acoustically dead than a flat board.
Are these maplewood? or just regular butcher blocks lol!? Maplewood is way better than a butcher block however I am no expert on wood but most audiophiles prefer Maple...
You will find most cutting boards to be made of maple. Butcher block as well are usually maple. Maple is renown for being a hard closed pore wood. This latter attribute is why maple is used over other species. That and its availability. Maple is a more common than a rare hardwood.The closed pores minimizes the places for the growth of bacteria. This also reduces the chance of finish (sealant)leaching back into food.
You may find cutting boards or butcher blocks made of other species, but this is more the exception than the norm. A quick test is to see if you can make an indentation in the wood with a fingernail. This is not likely to happen with maple or other hardwood species. Softwood substitutes (poplar, fir, pine, etc) will to some degree fail the figernail test. LOL
DaveT
It's maple. John Boos has a number of cutting boards and most of them are made from maple.
Hello there: during the last few years I have been trying several isolation vibration systems under my components, speakers and subwoofer, including Walker Audio and many others, with mixed results. Now I have my speakers (Ambience Superslim 1800se speakers) over a set of 4 Threaded Megafeet and my Velodyne DD-15 Subwoofer over a 4" thick mapleshade platform, with three Megamounts on top of it and four Threaded Megafeet screwed at the buttom of it. The results are beyond my highest expectations: a much better mid range, a smoother treble and a deeper and better focused bass; the overall presentation becomes much natural, realistic and vivid, without any excess of brightness. Very expensive, that's true, but I don't know nothing comparable to those extra heavy behemooths (weighting more than 7 pounds each one). Those Massive Brass cones could be known as "The Mother of the Brass Cones". I have also my McCormack DNA225 "Platinum Edition" over three of those Mega mounts with great results as well. Best, Antonio Machado.
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