Cones/Bearings for CD player

Wait till you're feeling lucky before you make a decision, 'cause it's kind of a crap shoot. Agree with Sam above -- lot of products shift tonal response, but you might find one that complements your system. I can see how bearing supports give you a good shot at neutrality; I haven't yet rationalized the expense of trying them in my low-cost system. I think the Neuance shelf also is good for providing a neutral baseline for your equipment. Be coldheartedly clinical when evaluating any of these devices -- easy to change the sound, harder to improve it for long term satisfaction. Well, I haven't said anything new. Best of luck!

Good point, Sam. I liked the N-shelf under my CDP and would have tried 3rd party footers/cones with it, but I was simply tired of the fussing, and simplicity became a very attractive value to me. The shelf is not under my CDP now but under my TT. Also, if my CDP had more compliant stock feet, I'd be more motivated to try a better coupler between it and the shelf. That said, I am using the tall stock rubber feet of my Planar 3 with the shelf, since they're not just chunks of rubber but have a particular design. But sometime, for kicks, I'll try some other feet. I see the design of the shelf as more successfully following a "first, do no wrong" (i.e., don't add anything to the sound) approach than some other devices, so it's plausible that it could work with a wide variety of stock footers. Perhaps I'll locate the mother of all isolation/footer threads and put some additional shelf comments there. Oh, the shelf directly contacts my metal rack.