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| Acoustic treatment material Owens Corning 703 is a semi-rigid material, unlike the fiberglass insulation you’re thinking of. Nothing to worry about, that’s what all the Pro companies use. You're going to cover it with fabric, right? | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering @uberwaltz and @elizabeth, the idea I came up with when I first saw Barry Diament's big Maggies on roller bearings, but transferred to my carpeted room and the pair of Tympani IVa I thought I would be able to shoehorn into that room (alas, that wa... | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering In looking at the diagram blowup of the GAIA on the IsoAcoustic website, I came to the conclusion that whatever isolation they are providing must be by way of some sort of rubber. They say it's not Sorbothane, but may it be Navcom? That stuff is s... | |
| Tune of the Day @77jovian, thanks a million, I'll look it up. I haven't yet seen her live, and she may never make it to the Portland, Oregon area. | |
| Bi amp pros out there I could use some help! First time Bi Amping... A line-level cross-over can not necessarily be used in place the speaker-level one installed inside that speakers' enclosure. The speakers' cross-over often contains electronic parts that are used in "compensation networks" needed to optimize the ... | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering @uberwaltz, Barry Diament wrote that the roller bearings made more difference under his Maggie 20.7’s than under his electronics. But then he uses all solid state stuff, and records in digital. He uses the 20.7’s as monitors! You can see them on h... | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering @redlenses03, if you want pneumatic isolation, and don’t mind spending a little money and time, you can keep your eyes open for the old Townshend Audio Seismic Sink platforms that were made in the 90’s-00’s. There were a few different versions, bu... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @shadorne, I have two Gretsch sets, one veneered with the no-longer-available Brazilian Walnut, the other wrapped in Black Diamond Pearl, my favorite vintage finish (hence the bdp of bdp24. The 24 refers to my preferred bass drum size, 24"). Great... | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering So true @uberwaltz. For not much $, one can substitute harder, smoother tungsten carbide ball bearings for the stock steel balls. Symposium charges a small fortune for them, but they are available from ball bearing vendors for far cheaper.By the w... | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers Great @uberwaltz, can't wait to hear what you think of them. My VPI Aries is taken apart at the moment, so I'm in no hurry. By the way, the GAIA III (good for up to 70 lbs., sufficient for most tables) sells on Amazon for $189/set of 4. | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering Stock interconnects, power cables, power cords, and fuses work "pretty good", yet that doesn't stop audiophiles from spending far more on them than would the cost of installing a set of roller bearings under every component in their system. I have... | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering Heck, the Ingress Level 2 V2 is $95 CAD for a set of three cups and ball bearings. It is superior to the twice-as-much Symposium Roller Block Jr., and WAY cheaper than even a single Stillpoints foot.Geoff, I’m going to guess the spinning platter o... | |
| Cardas XLR to RCA adapter comparison? While the Cardas have nicely finished connectors, the material used in their construction is brass, the same as the cheapies. Brass is not the best conductor, but I guess copper is too soft a material with which to make an XLR. | |
| Ingress Audio Engineering Geoff's excellent post has refreshed my memory. The concept of the roller bearing is a compromise between maximum isolation capabilities, and practical considerations. A set of three ball bearings between two flat, very hard, very smooth surfaces ... | |
| Tune of the Day Yup, me too @slaw. My Dad had only a couple LP’s, one being Andy Williams’ Greatest Hits. My Mom had a few, amongst them Pearl Bailey’s Naughty But Nice and Johnny Cash’s I Walk The Line. I remember opening the Johnny Cash LP when it came to the h... |