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low tech rubber tweaks

I read a post by Jejaudio in which he described a technique he uses with some success:
"I went to the hardware store. Strolling down the plumbing aisle there it was...A simple Sillcock Handle(round, out side faucet handle)
Combine this with 1\2 round chromium steel balls grade 25. That's 7 balls per handle 6 under the faucet handle, one on top. This one ball is the one that will be touching your unit. I use 3 faucet handles per device. That's 21 balls per units. The 1\2 balls fit in the slots on the faucet handle perfectly."

now don't laugh...but my question is...if rubber helps to eliminated the vibrations which would work better
1) hockey puck on bottom, vibrapod on top of that, superball on top of that?
2) Jejaudio's idea substituted with superballs?

I plan on getting a bunch of superballs, hockepucks and faucets thingers and trying this all out for myself for the fun of it:)
just wondering if you had any predictions!
Geoff
geoffgarcia
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
Actually Sean, the vibrations do drop to the point that I can't detect them anymore.

I never said I buy wine for the corks---although, as I re-read my post, I can't help but be grateful that you didn't pick-up on the fact that I lay my 4' high speakers on their sides---commenting that they might start to look more familiar, normal that is, as the evening progresses........
vvrinc
323 posts
 
...you just beat one of us to it, Unclejeff!
jejaudio
110 posts
 
Hi,Geoffgarcia. I still use my sillcock handle tweak in my main 2-channel system. It has worked very well for me. So well in fact I have stopped trying to find something better to replace them. With that said, I can understand why some are less than convinced. I have added an "end-cut" maple cutting board 1-1\2 inch thick. I place 3 solid rubber official(used) NHL hockey pucks $1.00 dollar per puck. From top to bottom it goes... CD player - Sillcock handle tweak - 1-1\2 "End-Cut maple cutting board - 3 rubber hockey pucks which sit on your rack shelf. This works very well on EVERTHING in my system. I at first had the sillcock handle under the maple cutting boards as well as under the componet in my system. It sounded a little bright on some cd's. When I replaced the sillcock handle under the cutting boards with the rubber hockey pucks there was a rightness to the music. The hockey pucks work great with the 1-1\2 maple cutting boards. As a whole everything sounds very good. BTW I have also created my own version of the Shatki Hallograph that sounds great. I found this "Strolling down the lumber aisle"
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