Racks, equipment and footers

Ha, I see the stuff in parentheses in my post is messed up - hurrying to help my wife walk the dogs.

I have not kept up on the EVP price increase since I haven’t been in the market for footers lately. I believe these were originally (and maybe still are) made from 703/705, which sort of corresponds to the medium and high densities given for different weight ranges. The Selectsound Board in black may be a newer product for Owens Corning since I don’t remember seeing it previously.  I do like the new round option for the EVPs and also the new rubber surfacing that doesn’t look so industrial.

How do you like the EVPs compared to other products you have tried?

I suggest that you start with the easiest and cheapest which may be hockey pucks in stacks of two in contact with the chassis. My discovery that the second HP is where the magic happens, i.e. heat dissipation. They blend well aesthetically for most situations, at least in my man cave. I HAVE OVER A HUNDRED IN MY PRIMARY SYSTEM. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL AND I FOUND A FOLDED STIFF RUG, CUT TO SIZE, WORKS WITH THOSE EXCEPTIONS. After that spend away to get the flavor you crave.

If you want a rack made of wood and info on footers for the rack I would check out Massif. If you’re more concerned with a rack with an isolation system designed into the rack I would check out Core Audio Design. Both owners are very knowledgeable and very helpful. You can also get a lot of info from the websites.

@tvad 

Regarding the ringing, I suspect it may have related to using Nobsound springs under gear with tubes in it, as you mention.  The Nobsound springs do not appear to be as well damped as other spring solutions such as Townshend's.  I damped my individual springs (from Century Spring) using loosely applied, very thin wall heat shrink (poked a couple of holes in the heat shrink to prevent an air lock within the spring). Another thing might be what the springs are sitting on.  Mine sit on carpet, which helps.

Both the EVPs and the platinum silicone hemispheres that I currently use are well damped, as would be Herbie's products.  I cannot hear a sonic difference between Herbie's footers (Giant Fat Gliders) and the platinum silicone hemispheres, which I tried after using springs because they behave more like a damped spring than do the Herbie's products, which behave more like the hockey pucks used by @singingg (vulcanized rubber).   IMO, the Herbie's Giant Fat Gliders would work well under the legs of an equipment rack, regardless of whether other footers are used under the individual components.