edstrelow
Responses from edstrelow
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today I had the same problem with D5, i.e. washed out sound. However I also use what used to be called Deoxit Gold ( the company seems to be changing the names) and that was quite the opposite, i.e a big improvement in sound quality. As I understand it ... | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both The discussion here is like something from the stone-age. Firstly the discussion starts with a confusion of enhanced treble with detail. Certainly you will hear more high frequency detail with hyped treble, youwill also hear more high frequncy ha... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? I find that spikes for speakers work to some extent as do sorbothane footers for electronics but I get much better results with stick on sorbothane. backed with 4 layers of electrical tape to create what is known in mechanical engineering as const... | |
| Filling speaker Stands? You need to dampen vibrations and that means more than just adding mass. Sorbothane is the only material I know of which actually converts the mechanical energy to heat, thereby getting it out of the system quickly. I recommend 1/4 inch self stick... | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money I am sure this machine sounds nice but it is over-engineered in at least with respect to vibrational damping. There seems to be a widespread belief that increasing mass will get reduce the impact of vibrations from a spinning cd, lp or even from... | |
| High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference? I would correct geoffkait on his claim that sorbothane needs to be constrained to work. I have been using it unconstrained for years with good results, on speakers, headphones cd players etc. However constraining, i.e. covering the surface which... | |
| Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing What you are doing with the vibrapods is adding mechanical damping to the speaker cabinets. I have been working on this issue for a while doing constrained damping. In my case this is sorbothane glued to the cabinet with the sorb covered with 4 l... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote It is far better to post your experience of what in your experience works to give a good audio result than lauching general attacks on entire fields. But I think we already know that we are dealing with a troll here. | |
| Speakers "Disappearing" Not being flip but the best way to make your speakers disappear is to close your eyes or turn the lights out. Experimental psychologists have studied the "ventroloquism effect" which is a tendency for the perceived direction of sound to be where t... | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? "Soft materials?" You mean sorbothane? Why the circumlocution?I worked with airborne sonars at one time and am sceptical about the transfer of acoustic energy to turntables through the air, since depending on frequencies and the size of the turnta... | |
| Deoxit for cables I am definitely a fan of deoxit gold. I also recommend using it in combination with Silclear, a silver paste from Mapleshade. I add a bit of Silclear to the brush before I dip it in the deoxit. This gives a more full sound that deoxit alone. Plain... | |
| Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions? As regards technology being based on data, that is actually generally not true inasmuch as the only data is about technical performance when what is needed is data about the listener's reactions. As well, technical innovations are often confounde... | |
| Dynamic compression in speakers themselves? I have been experimenting with mechanical damping on both speakers and headphones using sorbothane glued to the front speaker baffle or various locations on headphones. This can give an amazing increase in dynamics and improvement in timbre. Wha... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic I have been using Silclear, a silver paste, mixed with Deoxit gold aka Progold. Dip a brush in the Silclear then in the Deoxit and apply sparingly. Sounds very much like what is being reported here at a fraction of the cost. My jar of Silclear wi... | |
| Best Footers for DAC? The purpose of a footer is to allow vibrations in a piece of equipment to disperse rather than remain, causing microphonics or possibly other kinds of distortion. Footers, both metal or sorbothane -type will do some good but still leave the equipm... |