I replaced the metal plate with a cardboard plate. I could feel the same vibration but there was no audible humming sound! Problem solved!
After I adjusted the Magix on top of the board I couldn't feel vibrations of the board anymore, maybe something subtle. Having the disc of Magix perfectly in the centre seems to be impossible, it just flicks back and forth, maybe it works with more than 3 Magix, but I'm too poor.

Best setup now: Feet of Silence -> cardboard plate -> Magix -> component







Metal plate from computer case has horrible resonance problems, I don't know what the computer manufacturers are thinking. I remember 4 years ago when I had a harddrive screwed into the computer case, it was horrible, I still have nightmares. I have all my harddrives on top of foam inside the closet, no problems.

Calm down, consolidate some posts, and wait to give us impressions. Tweak on, but four in a row? Wow.

Wow, I didn't expect to hear a difference from changing the metal plate into a cardboard plate. Everything sounds smoother and more open, similar to Magix without any Feet of Silence under them.

I'm not hearing any blackness anymore . Now I know the openness doesn't come from ground vibrations like I first thought. The openness comes from properly balanced Magix. With bad balance the vibrations reach the Feet of Silence and then some of their signature can be heard. I was hearing a combination of both signatures plus the signature of the metal plate. I liked it but the humming bothered me.

With the cardboard plate everything sounds flatter and less emphasized. It sounds more boring. I think I'm hearing more transients now. With the metal plate the transients were edgier. Maybe with the metal plate the balance of Magix was worse? I will adjust the Magix and let the vibrations enter the cardboard plate...

Vibrations of plate: Wow it sounds edgier now, everything is more solid. Bass is more emphasized, it sounds less open. The edginess gives the illusion of more separation between the sounds. The edginess and separation gives the illusion of a blacker background with more dynamics.

No vibrations of plate: Transients are smoother. Bass is in background. Everything sounds flatter, fuller and more open. Transients sound sharper because there are more of them, but they aren't as edgy. There is longer attack and decay of the transients which makes them less apparent.

Wow, impressed from your doings, i´ve tweaked my sound systems EXTREM like you!

I placed these MEGA tweak pupates overall in my room:


WOW i never belived that the sound improvment can be THAT grade! Because of the big difference i´ve optimized the sound of my beyerdynamic!


Wow, what kind of SOUND!









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Ah, patrick, you shall forever be dumb in my eyes.

Patrick,You have very nice equipment . Instead,why dont you try to enjoy the beautiful music rendered from it ...another words use it for it's intended purpose instead of working yourself to death with these external tweaks.

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I don't listen to the music, I listen to the tweaks. Each album has the same sound signature and that is what I want to hear.

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Patrick already started a whole thread on that subject, that he does not understand what it is to enjoy music. Therefore, put all tweak threads by Patrick in this context, and hakuna matata.

I put the Rack of Silence under the Magix of my DAC and got better sound.


Disc of Silence -> suspension shelf -> Feet of Silence -> Magix

First impressions: Bigger and tighter bass. Less muddiness of bass, but still bigger and with more impact. More speed and resolution. More low-level detail. More vocal information. More blackness. Everything sounds louder.

Wow, the improvement was so huge I need to post again.

First impressions 2: I'm hearing extra bass transients. They weren't there before. There are more bass transients because a new world of low-level detail has opened up, and the new world is clear and not muddy. The new bass transients that appeared are tight and fast. They don't interfere with the rest of the music. There is better layering. Quiet sounds are clear even when loud sounds are playing.


Problem is my legs don't fit under the table anymore. But since it sounds better I will keep this new setup.

lol. Patrick you're hilarious. Keep posting brother and keep up the good work! I'm eagerly looking forward to your next tweak!!!!!!!

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Hey,thats cool Patrick.Whatever makes you happy .

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I noticed that 3 Magix doesn't work good, 4 is needed!
When I used 3 Magix I could hear the sound signature of the isolation beneath it. After I put another Magix under the DAC1, I got more low-level detail and smoothness because the Feet of Silence signature was reduced.



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I also experimented with the amp, I have 1 Magix under each ICEpower module, I'm using cable pulling to balance it on the disc, but it isn't perfect, so the isolation beneath it is important.

Amp -> 1x Magix -> 3x Magix -> 3x Feet of Silence sounded the same or little better than Amp-> 1x Magix -> 3x Magix.

But the difference between Amp -> 1x Magix -> 3x Feet of Silence and Amp -> 1x Magix -> 3x or 4x Magix was easy to hear.

With the Magix + Feet combo everything was blacker and whiter, it gave the illusion of faster bass transients. The was more sharpness but it was fatiguing after a while, the low-level detail was emphasized from the edginess, but when focusing on the music it sounded like something was missing from the attack and decay.

With the Magix + Magix combo everything was smoother with about the same low-level detail, but it wasn't emphasized like with the Feet of Silence. Everything sounds fuller because the attack and decay is longer. It makes vocals sound more realistic.

When I used Magix + 3x Magix I got worse low-level detail than Magix + 3x Feet of Silence. But with Magix + 4x Magix I got the most low-level detail.
I also tried Magix + 8x Magix, and it sounded about the same as Magix + 4x Magix! The difference was audible between 3 and 4 Magix, 4 is the best.

I think my camera just died. I was able to save these pictures first. There are Magix under the ICEpower modules, in the 2nd picture you see them a little.

Patrick,

i am trying these things in awhile. i ordered 2 pairs of these acryllic feet and they suppose to do more for the sound then alot of more expensive tweaks.

http://www.hifi.nl/recensies/3037/Qu...dervoetje.html

Quadraspire acryllic feet for "just" 35 euro's per set of 4.

The reviewer is raving about them and clearly states that they do more then most other expensive tweaks.