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Opinions Golden Sounds DH Cones, I just bought some,they came in today

I bought some Jumbos to go under Preamp. Will try them this weekend, they just came in today. My tube CD player has easy access so I replaced Mapleshade brass with jumbos. I placed them in biggest triangle possible and found them a little exaggerated in the highs. I moved the back two feet 2 or so inches closer together and it smoothed out very nicely. That's as far as I've gotten. Very nice improvement over brass which I swapped back in just to confirm my findings. ย If you have used the DH cones which component faired the best with the cones? I have amp, Preamp, phono preamp, turntable power supply,. I've heard 2 up 1 down, 2 down 1 up. Any advise were to place under component. I am going to buy Gaia Oreos next anyone compared the two, thank you.

paulcreed

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I just went to goldensound.com and found the page for DH Cones and was able to place an order for Super DH Cones in the shopping cart, all within about 20 seconds.

https://www.goldensound.com


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Back at ya, Slick.
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One would have to be pretty short-sighted ๐Ÿ‘€and perhaps not have his thinking cap on, or a tad down and out to buy inferior springs for what amounts to the same price as those from your humble narrator. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Talk about pinching pennies.
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No, you cannot buy springs at an industrial supply place. You must buy my springs.ย 
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An interesting experiment for those with lots of cones lying around. Construct a double layer wood stand for the component, using two maple boards or Baltic birch ply. Separate the two wood layer with cones, then place cones under the bottom wood layer and cones under the component. You can use three cones for each layer for total of nine cones. This two-stage setup will sound superior to the case of one set of cones under the component.
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I stand corrected. ๐Ÿ˜› I once had fifty count em! Supers in my system. No thatโ€™s not a typo.
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I say this as a former dealer for Golden Sound and major user of DH Cones. The advantage sonically of DH (diamond ๐Ÿ’Ž hardness) Cones over other products is their extreme hardness for high-speed transfer of energy, so the paper label reduces the effectiveness of the cones by creating a โ€œsoft barrier,โ€ slowing down the energy transfer. ๐Ÿ” Also, even through Jumbos are almost exactly the same size as Supers the Supers actually sound a little better due to their more ballistic shape. ๐Ÿš€ The Supers are priced higher for a reason. ๐Ÿ˜›
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One thing I can think of, if the cones came with paper discs on the bottom they should be removed.
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