Topic: Vibrapods?

[pickmando]

I use a 4960 in my playback and don't use any dampening devices - can you comment further on the difference in sound you realized, Moke?

[Nick Culbreth]

don't "think", try and know.

Solid advice Moke.  I'm not sure how anyone can come in and claim something is snake oil without having used said device.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

Seach the archive.  I think D did something to dampen his toshiba chassis and the transport mechanism.   Also, there are several 4960 tweeker sites that describe this in detail.   

[jpschust]

ok listen, if you are gonig to doubt without trying, it's not my system, so whatever. 

but if you are interested in trying, come on down to my place any day and we will do a side by side test.

otherwise i don't know what to tell you.

Oops, forgot who I was replying to there. jpschst, where are you located?

DC area.

[jpschust]

I use a 4960 in my playback and don't use any dampening devices - can you comment further on the difference in sound you realized, Moke?

this is really meant as no offense, but with a 4960 you'd do yourself a favor to just buy a better transport rather than throw a ton of money into it.

[Daryan]

I use a 4960 in my playback and don't use any dampening devices - can you comment further on the difference in sound you realized, Moke?

this is really meant as no offense, but with a 4960 you'd do yourself a favor to just buy a better transport rather than throw a ton of money into it.

It's a better transport than you think J, but by no means top of the line.  To dampen, just get some vinyl floor tile from hd/etc with the rubber bottom and the sticky stuff.  Damp the heck out of the inside lid of the case, the exposed surfaces underneath, as well as the plastic POS transport mechanism.  This should help.

Chi taper...

If you aren't going to try the vibrapods, then please stop posting here in this thread about how they don't work.  That's like me telling someone about running their gear but never having used any of it.  There is a ton of BS in audiophilia, but vibration devices are not one of them, and the results can and have been measured with a plastic tape accelerometer.  Power4 chords make an audible differnce too for that matter, though I think the law of dminishing returns applies even more in this hobby. 

I think everyone with stand mounted speakers should put vibrapods under them...then you can tell me they don't make a difference