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post #16 of 23
1/31/02 at 11:31pm
A very impressive looking device!

But my impression (from one who could never design such a beauty), is that the roller/ball bearings have metal to metal contact with the cone surface. That seems like it would create some sort of mechanical noise during motion. A very small amount of noise. But still, the purpose of such a device is to remove vibration, not add noise.

Then again, maybe I am jealous.

I am happy with my 18" ceramic tile and 1/2" foam from Home Depot. Then there is the 16" inner tube with the 18" ceramic tile.
All for under $10.

Now am I deluded, cheap, or both?
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post #17 of 23
2/4/02 at 5:43am
I can't possibly imagine how that could work better (or even as well) as three spikes. Heck, I'll bet propping your components up with three 1/8"-1/4" headphone jack adapters is just as good!
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post #18 of 23
2/4/02 at 6:07am
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Originally posted by Neruda
I can't possibly imagine how that could work better (or even as well) as three spikes. Heck, I'll bet propping your components up with three 1/8"-1/4" headphone jack adapters is just as good!
LOL! Or, better yet, propping up components with 3 K501 drivers. Since it is a well known fact that these do not produce any audible bass, they must be helluva stiff! In fact, they probably absorb vibrations since they refuse to give any out.

j/k

ok, pablo, you can kill me now.
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post #19 of 23
2/4/02 at 3:23pm
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Originally posted by MooGoesTheCow
ok, pablo, you can kill me now.
Hey, sounds like a plan!

So Jude! How long till you buy four of these?
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post #20 of 23
2/4/02 at 7:03pm
Thread Starter 
I belive Jude is about half way writing his review of these
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post #21 of 23
2/5/02 at 3:33am
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Originally posted by Neruda
I can't possibly imagine how that could work better (or even as well) as three spikes.
Well, there's two things. Spikes...well, they just support. They don't isolate. If you don't have a lot of problem with vibration, then you won't notice an improvement. For the rest of us that live on planet earth (for now, anyway), vibrations are a problem. So you need some sort of isolation mechanism, be it an inner tube or floating magnets or whatever. But I can imagine pretty much anything sounding better than just spikes.
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post #22 of 23
2/5/02 at 12:07pm
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Originally posted by DustyChalk
But I can imagine pretty much anything sounding better than just spikes.
That's the problem with a LOT of expensive tweaks -- the improvements are almost always imagined.
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post #23 of 23
2/5/02 at 12:16pm
Isolation? Slap a few layers silicone rubber sheets on a ½" plexiglass board with teflon feet. Cheap, looks like crap, so what, you got the effect that you wanted didnt you?
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