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One of our regulars posted a while back about using the tonal qualities of various woods for vibration control in a positive way, as opposed to simply the vibrational sink concept. Who was that and would that masked man please stand up and offer some advice? LOL
I've become interested in ebony, myrtle wood, etc. as potential footers for my DIY roller blocks.
Step up to the plate, those of you with real experience, please!
Has anyone experimented with carbon fiber as footers in this type of application? I remember someone did work with graphite blocks...
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Awhile back Duster posted a message regarding a page at the Vans Evers site that describes the "tonal qualities" of different types of wood. Duster's post is here:
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=tweaks&n=61889&highlight=purpleheart&r=&session=
A link to the Vans Evers site is below (thought it may also be in Duster's post).
I'd thought I remembered "tonemaniac" posting on this topic but I couldn't find anything just now.
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Yes, I did the search on the archives. What I'm looking for was from one of these guys who claimed to have actually tested and continues to use different woods for these specific purposes.
Didn't find anything that specific and want to correspond with that individual without opening a debate on the forum...
It was in the bogwood thread.
The use of resonant tonewood plinths and platforms as well as quite non-resonant laminated bamboo plinths and platforms is what I've mentioned from time to time in AA. My own discovery happened out of a want to share a single long-width MDF A/V shelf with two components and I did not feel that vibration control footers alone would provide adequate isolation from one another (not to mention my not being very keen about the sonic signature of MDF shelves in general). I found it rather interesting (if not a bit odd) that some high end turntable tonearms implement particular tonewoods rather than the usual metal tubing such as my vintage SME 3009 tonearm design. I figured that if a very sensitive to resonance tonearm would feature a tonewood, why not use tonewood as material for a DIY plinth to place under an audio component. Acacia wood boards have proven to my ear to be an excellent material for tonewood plinths (Myrtle is part of the Acacia family, BTW) and on the other hand, laminated bamboo boards do wonders as a vibration damping material to also build DIY plinths and platforms with. Even small ebony wood footers (Herbie's balls and domes) can deliver big results.
Check out my Inmate Systems page for some tonewood and laminated bamboo applications:
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