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