Hi Slappy,
Yes, I read about this a while ago. At first, I think we will all get a small chuckle out of it. Actually, the fact that soaking a wooden cone in sake makes the cone perform differently than a non-soaked cone shows the insidious nature of vibration and how it can affect an audio and video system. Almost ANYTHING we do in the realm of vibration control makes a difference. The question is whether that difference brings us closer to faithfully reproducing what has been captured in the recording or takes us further away from that goal.
I am not a proponent of cones (they do not isolate a component from vibration and because they are a rigid device, they transmit vibration up through the rack and shelf into the component. They also do nothing to address air-borne and internally generated vibration). But the fact that a company like JVC is actually using a "tweak" kind of item in one of their designs is heartening.
Best Regards,
Barry Kohan
Disclaimer: I am a manufacturer of vibration control products.
Yes, I read about this a while ago. At first, I think we will all get a small chuckle out of it. Actually, the fact that soaking a wooden cone in sake makes the cone perform differently than a non-soaked cone shows the insidious nature of vibration and how it can affect an audio and video system. Almost ANYTHING we do in the realm of vibration control makes a difference. The question is whether that difference brings us closer to faithfully reproducing what has been captured in the recording or takes us further away from that goal.
I am not a proponent of cones (they do not isolate a component from vibration and because they are a rigid device, they transmit vibration up through the rack and shelf into the component. They also do nothing to address air-borne and internally generated vibration). But the fact that a company like JVC is actually using a "tweak" kind of item in one of their designs is heartening.
Best Regards,
Barry Kohan
Disclaimer: I am a manufacturer of vibration control products.