Any comments on Symposium Svelte Shelf?


Hi everyone,
My girlfriend just bought me a symposium svelte shelf (don't ask why, I don't know). I took a look in previous threads on Agon and I only could find 1 or 2 msgs stating that the svelte shelf was worse than having no platform at all... I'm hesitant to open it (still sealed).

Does anyone have comments or experience with this shelf. I use a Sim Audio Eclipse CD player with some YBA amplification...

What should I expect when using the Svelte shelf under my CD? Right now I'm using a custom made MDF rack. The cd player sit on a 2 inch thick sycamore wood slab (one piece, 20X20).

Thanks for the inputs...
lgregoir

Showing 3 responses by theaudiotweak

If you use isolation devices in your system then you are only masking and dampening the glare that is stored in your components.
To make any component sound better seek out a Sistrum platform or better yet their complete rack. They let you, for the first time hear your system under real dynamic conditions.
Hello Ken Lyon,the fill material for the Sistum product is not a dampening material,it is actually a steel alloy.The steel bearings are smaller in diameter than a human hair.You drop these babies and they are hell to chase around and get up.Anyway you fill the interior void between the inner steel rod and the outer stainless steel shaft that you see.The micro-bearing was choosen to continue the high speed transfer of noise to ground. As I understand these processes, all the materials in the Sistrum products were chosen for energy transfer and extraction and not dampening.When I first received my Sistrum platforms for my Dunlavys and was on the floor adjusting them.I noticed as the music was playing you could feel them vibrating, almost like a bee buzzing, of course this was inaudible. You think about the basic design principal involved and this type of reaction in response to the speaker cabinet is exactly what you would want and hope for.Tom