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In Reply to: Anyone else built DIY cloud-9 type isolation device? posted by tds234 on August 5, 2005 at 08:11:04:
When dropped from waist level, they bounce about 2" high and stop. They absorb more energy than racquet balls. I have a Cloud 10 under my table, and I like it a lot. I use squash balls under my preamp and CD player.I cut indentions in small scraps of wood to keep the balls from rolling. Racquet balls can be used as well. They are similar to Ginko's mini-clouds. I don't sell them. Ginko lawyers leave me alone.
The balls Ginko uses are smaller than racquet balls and specially made.
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Couldn't resist. Shows my true mental age. Did you glue the balls to the block are screwed from underneath? Thanks
The balls just sit in indentions. I made some that sat lower and some higher. The ones pictured are the taller ones. I made quite a few and have given some to people. Some folks like them and some don't. I think all of these tweeks are system/component dependent. They really did a good job on my preamp when I had some microphonic tubes in it- not so much for my CD player.
Was using three tennis balls, set in black plastic abs couplers from Home Depot. Used with two different much heavier (than my current) tables. Not the last word, but no great harm to the music. On balance, I ever so slightly preferrred them to inner tubes. Which were simply a pain.The racquet balls (nice green color), set atop white pvc coupler/adapters (Home Depot), give a nice measure of musical freedom. Like tuning an instrument. Less balls/couplers (three), ya get some loosey goosey base. Four (what I'm now using), tighter, but still plenty tuneful. Heavier table? Maybe add one more? Or two?
A good balance between compression/isolation and stability/firmness. Costs nothing, easy to try. Pretty much agree about system/component dependency. What works in one's system, may not bring it for another.
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