Uh new strange twist.
My brother was over and going over the chassis (He is a mech eng and is very familiar with machining) and I notice that there are now only 3 black diamond racing feet on the amp and power supply sections.
There were 4 feet on each. Now there are 3 in a triangle config rather than 1 in each corner.
What is up with that? Did he need two feet? Is there a sonic improvement in this triangle config? Funny he didn't mention this "upgrade"
Maybe he pawned them to buy some wall warts. I don't know.. so confused.. so bizarre.
You might wonder.. is Icarium smoking crack? Maybe there was always 3 feet.
Well I can pretty much guarantee you that there were at least 4 feet on the amp section and I am 95 percent positive there were also 4 on the power supply section because well I bought 4 of the matching pucks for the amp section because when placed on the power supply (These are black diamond racing carbon fiber feet which are quite slick and the power supply is smooth anodized aluminum and it was quite slick).
I paid 55 dollars each for the pucks. Thats 220 dollars for some stupid pucks. If I only had 3 feet then I would have been happy to only pay 165. Trust me on that
You can check Music Direct for prices.. its 20 bucks a foot so he ganked 40 bucks of feet from me and I now have a pointless 55 dollar puck with no foot to match.
It was not just a set of 4 as the invoice below shows!
Import and Domestic Vinyl, SACD, DVD Audio, Audiophile Hardware - musicdirect - (800) 449-8333
Here is my invoice:
Dear ,
Invoice number: 90001727
Date: 2007/09/18 01:09:06
Billing Information
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Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:Mountain View
State:CA
Other:
Zip Code:94043
Country:USA
Country Code:
Area Code:XXX
Day Phone:XXX-XXXX ext:
Email:
XXXXXXX@gmail.com
Charge Account Information
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Account Number:xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
Exp:XX/XXXX
Card Type:Mastercard
Name:
Address:
Mountain View, CA 94043
Zip Code:94043
Shipping Information
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Name:
Address:
Address2:
City:Mountain View
State:CA
Zip:94043
Country:USA
Other:
Phone
XXX)XXXXXXX
Products Information
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Sku:ABDRPITM4
Product Name:BLACK DIAMOND RACING - BDR PIT MK4 (EA)
Quantity:4
Price:$55.00
Discount:$0.00
Tax:$0.00
Subtotal:$220.00
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SHIPPING:$5.86
TAXAMOUNT:$0.00
TOTAL:$225.86
Note: Yes I could have fabricated this invoice for the extreme paranoid given I did just spend a bunch of time censoring a lot info in it.. but uh..
Here are pictures of my 4 pucks and the bottoms of my amp bits.
Yes yes my desk is filthy and dusty. I am a slob
And here is the amp section followed by the power supply section. Count the feets! Btw I hope nothing embarassing is reflected as I am not wearing pants as I take these and my boxers are old and ratty.
Anyway so now I am missing 40 dollars in feet and have a useless 55 dollar puck that I also had to pay for it to be shipped. Superrr. Minor in the face of everything else, but so bizarre.
Bonus: For anyone who cares and wonders why I spent 220 on feet.. it seemed like a sound investment at the time since the amp section would easily slide off the power supply section because both surfaces were so slick. I would maybe tug a little on the headphone cable and bam it'd slide. I would bump into it maybe and it'd slide. I'd unplug some xlrs and it'd slide. I'd plug and unplug cables in the back and it'd slide... the pucks prevented the amp section from falling and breaking or damaging the admittedly somewhat sexy chassis. 220 seemed like good insurance against the breaking of my "15.6k" amp at the time... Plus maybe there are some leet sonic voodoo benefits.