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In Reply to: VansEvers Sonic Spice Kits?????? posted by Jeff Starr on July 14, 2000 at 19:29:44:
I don't know exactly what woods are used in the "Warmth Kit", but if you look up the info he has on the resonances of various woods in the tuning white paper, it isn't difficult to find ones that will effect the warming of the sound [ie adding midrange presence and smoothing the highs].Mahogany has it's resonant areas in the lower and upper midrange and has a lack of support for the lower treble on up, so a few small blocks placed on top of your components should do the trick. Oiling the blocks will further smooth the high frequencies, the Jasco butcher block oil is good for this and is available at hardware stores.
Placement is a matter of experimentation, try placing blocks toward the outside edges as well as the center of the components to hear what sounds the best. Using more than one size of block is best, otherwise you will reinforce the resonant areas too much. A smaller block will shift the resonant points up and a larger block will shift the resonant points down in frequency. Start with a block about 3/4" thick, 1" wide and 1.5" long. Keep the thickness and width the same and increase or decrease the length.
You will need to find a store that deals in imported hardwoods to find mahogany, as normal hardware stores will not stock it. Look in the yellow pages under hardwoods for a store in your area.
Happy experimenting,
Analogon
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