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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1767: An interesting observation by N-set on 2021-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I needed to lift my PP1500 off the carpet as it had not enough air circulation. Somewhere in the PurePower materials I read that vibration isolation is advisable, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone. I've got a set of nice metal roller foot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Low frequency vibration is not so easy to deal with by anthony on 2017-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Anthony, I'm sure you realize that air springs and bearings can only isolate from the structure born vibrations. Placing the tubes so close to the speakers you give them a great chance to catch strong airborne vibrations. Or will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #220: Interesting. by xandcg on 2022-07-29 
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Interesting device: Accurion Workstation_Vario....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: Grounding, tarnnies and diodes by N-set on 2011-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]If you can do it, try isolating both cases/chasses from your "ground plane(s)". Use one inclusive "ground plane" for both the PS and the gain/RIAA sections, and ground this "ground plane" to the house "neutral" wire. Do NOT conne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Interesting… I was under suspicion that only Vibraplan allows LF decoupling but here is another California company the offers an alternative solution. http://www.minusk.com/ The Vibraplans did work fine and the principle was very simple, I read wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1907: One step forward, two steps back by Amir on 2023-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The problem of most solutions in high end audio is "one step forward, two steps back". Personally I prefer to hear all information/dynamics of  sound even if the sound is out of control.when I use Isolation Transformer, AC filters (both parallel and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Enjoyed this discussion... by clarkjohnsen on 2013-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
...of wines and power conditioners and Bruckner and cigars. That said, I don't do cigars; I really, really do do Bruckner; power conditioners vary in their effect from place to place, day to day, and hour to hour (not only that, but most of them need...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: DSET amplifier is designed by anthony on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
It took a LOT of time in CAD using what I had learnt from building the power supplies and then adapting it to match the requirements of the rest of the system.  I have decided to mount the DSET on the horn stack and direct connect the speaker cables....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sort of like the double horn by steverino on 2014-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I ran across this Negative stiffness isolation platform (the anti Viagra??) independently but I should have known the Cat had pounced years earlier. It is hard to tell how much the concept has advanced since 2007 as I only found one firm doing it (Mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Suspension of disbelief by mem916 on 2011-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tritium Turntables in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know anything about Versa TT.  I spoke with Tritium TT maker (about different subject) and he told me that various platter mass are available for his TT, including 100 pounds platter. Still, as mem916 point out: th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #168: EMF and "Split" "Grounds" by Paul S on 2011-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
If you can do it, try isolating both cases/chasses from your "ground plane(s)". Use one inclusive "ground plane" for both the PS and the gain/RIAA sections, and ground this "ground plane" to the house "neutral" wire. Do NOT connect any shielding to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Splitting the DSET by anthony on 2015-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
So I am currently working towards this concept for my Macondo (see below) and I have just the Upperbass horns left to turn and prep.  I am thinking about how to best integrate the DSET with Macondo and have come up with something like this… Perha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Steel-slate interface by N-set on 2013-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] I'm looking for a nice material to interface between the steel frame and the slate topas a contrained layer--would be a sin to loos such an occasion for constr. lay. damping.After some research, Sorbothane seems unsuitable as it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Heating is an issue... by anthony on 2015-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Generally I like it but I have some concerns, whatever rubber feet and decompiles you will be using you will not defeat the vibration if you have a few transformers and a few 500A input chose sitting at the bottom. You w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: MkII idiocy by N-set on 2013-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
Making my little research on vibration isolation, I came across those fantastic pictures hereof how Proscenium suspension is made:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/walker9/2.htmlI've always thought that he uses some custom-made pneumatics,but those ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Mass loading by N-set on 2013-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not know if “stupid, indiscriminative mass loading is a road to nowhere”. [/quote]Let me try to explain why I think so. Adding mass (e.g. sand+shot loading of steel profiles):1) makes the vibration amplitude smaller f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About rationalism of twin-units isolation efforts. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-28 
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Audio people frequently go astray in their thinking and actions and this creates a good breeding ground for all possible audio sale opportunists. I would like to explore one moment that has not a lot of public attention and to look at the moment slig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Mastorack cont. by N-set on 2013-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Paul, as you write the pendulum effect is unfortnately unavoidable if one wants the levelingfreedome of spikes, so I try to live with that. I looked at Walker...tjaa....$1750 for a record clamp...I also saw how he works on his suspension (look at my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Not yet by anthony on 2016-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi N-Set, I am three quarters of the way through assembling the first power supply to power-up stage so I have not tested the "singing" as yet.  It is something that I have thought a lot about.  First and foremost I wanted a steel skin around the pow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I nice platform. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
A very nice made rack. I do not know if “stupid, indiscriminative mass loading is a road to nowhere”. To me all of the solutions with rack design are road to nowhere. There are many reasons why some of the solutions are better or worse and they all d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Suspension and vacuum hold-down by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tritium Turntables in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
[quote user="mem916"] Oh, by suspension, I meant the tuned spring suspension that the versa (and many other 'tables) use to isolate the plinth platter, and arm from vibrations coming up through the floor and the stand. I don't think of a platter bear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #274: Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End by RF at Ona on 2010-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  RF at Ona wrote:Personally, I think it debatable whether the mouth edge should be free or attached as there are desirable aspects to both approaches. If attached, it need not be attached with great pressure.  Robert, ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: That all need to be though out. by Romy the Cat on 2016-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Shaking from ULF is another matter. [/quote]    I think if such a woofer “ignites” shaking within the attic then all bets are off and it need to be avoided by all cost. To do “right” thing I would put pneumatic decompiled be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Gotcha by mem916 on 2011-11-30 
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OK, I understand now when you talk about suspension and will translate to "bearing".  I don't know if it needs to be the turntable or the stand but something needs to be responsible for isolation.  I have heard good things about the vibraplane and wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I am inclined to agree with them... by anthony on 2018-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I engaged is a discussion about my IB project with some guys who do IB for a while:   http://ibsubwoofers.proboards.com/  , the My Projects Section, I think you need to login to get it…   What is interesting is that the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #122: Very good by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-18 
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Agree, it is very good. For the vibration isolation, I would worry only about the driver tubes. If you have some money to waste then you might look for ALNIC made tube sockets vibration dumpers. They are VERY effective and if you buy them in bulk ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-14 
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Since I am now in the Super Zarathustra conceptualization mode am paying attention to the hybrids out there. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2362 I still do not see any interesting Class “A” hybrids but it looks like regular AB hy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #271: Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn by RF at Ona on 2010-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
You can improve the vibration decoupling by lessening the weight on the horn mouth edge. There is no need for the edge of the horn mouth to bear a great deal of the weight of the heavy end of the horn, although that seems your current plan. Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: The Federated Mike about LAMM ML3 by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
In his RMAF the Federated Mike post some comments about his use of ML3: http://www.audiofederation.com/hifiing/2008/RMAF2008/report/1500/floor_9/#audio_federation Even though his comments from my point of view have “issuers” but Mike’s comments sti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Ideas by noviygera on 2016-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Maybe make a manifold and mount drivers vertically in push pull. No sagging, much less vibration. But I would not use fiberglass insulation behind the bass channel and remove any existing fiberglass in that area, replace with cotton/denim insulat...
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