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Isolation Feet Upgrade

Happy Holidays!
I recently upgraded my Ayre QB9 to its Twenty status and bought a Bryston BDP Pi. Everything’s sounds good but if I could slightly increase bass and warmth I’d be even happier. My thought is to replace the ASR power cable to a Cullen Crossover II and by adding more silver into the power cord, that I’d increase warmth that way. The second tweak would be to replace the Herbie's Tenderfeet but am not sure what would constitute an upgrade. I have read claims however that certain brand names will increase bass response. I remember the time I replaced the stock feet on my QB9 in 2011 and how surprised I was by the improvement in clarity and detail. Am I just chasing my tail with these tweak notions or can I really tailor my equipment into a slightly more preferable sonic signature. Price point is always a factor.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
goofyfoot

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gochurchgo
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Just for fun I ordered 2 sets of Amazon “spring loaded speaker/subwoofer” feet. I decided to put them under my Heresy 4’s, 4 springs on the rear and 3 on the front.

 

obviously higher and that changes how they sound but the imaging seems much more locked in. Could be placebo. I’ll listen all weekend and then pull them out and see. FWIW I’m on a concrete pad on the ground floor. Expectations are low but just having fun.

 

i made an error in that I didn’t listen without subs so I will have to do that before I removed. Kinda made I forgot.

gochurchgo
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@astolfor  I’d like to know more about these. Like the OP, I am looking at Iso pucks and have Herbies Tenderfeet currently. 
 

 

gochurchgo
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@astolfor so the cheapy Nobsound spring discs are almost as good as the expansive stuff?

 

Nobsound 4PCS Spring Anti Vibration Amplifier Feet Speaker Isolation Stand CD Player Pads

https://a.co/d/8vbNbph

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