Herbie's Mini Grunge Buster


Hi All, Yes, I think I've read some past threads here about the Herbie's Grunge Buster Mat for CD's, all with pretty much very favorable reviews by you all, and today, while ordering some Tube Dampers from them, decided to also order the little mini Grunge Buster.

I'm unsure just how much benefit this small tweak will make, but hoping their claims are accurate. I have used a Blaclight CD Mat in the past. Has anyone tried this new little Mat from Herbie, and how did you like it?
Thanks, Mark
markd51

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Markd51, I'll be curious to see how grunge buster mat works for you.
Could you post an update once you try it, please? Thanks.

BTW, I use the Hal-O tube dampers and they do work. I also tried the mini isocups with my preamp and it is an improvement enough that I kept them. However, the Tenderfoot feet under my ARC CD3 MkII cd player did not do much on my current component stand, so I sent them back. But I do know people who found Tenderfoot feet to improve the sound of their cd players. I guess this particular cd player plus the fact that it's sitting on the SolidSteel 5.4 component stand, did not benefit from the Tenderfeet.
But with 90 days trial period, you basically can't go wrong with anything from Herbie's.
Mark, any word on the grungebuster mat?

As a side note, there is something I wanted to mention....
As I said, I tried the Tenderfoot feet with booster blocks and on the component stand I have, they have not done much so I decided to send them back. Went to the post office, packed them up and send them Priority Mail. A thought of insuring the package never crossed my mind, since I have never had any problems with Priority Mail being delivered.
Anyway, a week goes by, I e-mail Steve and he states he doesn't have the package yet. It's very strange, since PM is ususally 2-3 days. But, despite the fact that he did not receive the package yet, he refunded my money anyway. How many other companies will do that for you?
This is what I call customer service!!!
And I have an update. Steve e-mailed me and said that the box finally showed up. It took 7 days for the stupid Priority Mail package to finally get from NY to Texas. So much for a 2-3 day service.

Mark please keep us posted as you evaluate the mat further. I want to try it. I'll probably get it anyway, but for a next month I won't have my system, as my amp will be worked on. But I am expecting that the mat should work good on recodings with certain sonic signature. Not all the digital recordings are bright, but unfortunatelly good ones are rare, so I think the mat may come in handy.