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Mather said:
Just for the multitudes of forumers interested in my current journey through the never-ending adjustments of my room correction suite... I have dialed back the Grado a touch, I repeat, we have a slight De-Grado-ing... Play tests to follow...
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I hope you get it dialled in perfectly but I gotta be honest, this level of readjustment, stress and psychosis makes me so happy that I have no room correction software on any of my gear!
 
Joe Mac said:
I hope you get it dialled in perfectly but I gotta be honest, this level of readjustment, stress and psychosis makes me so happy that I have no room correction software on any of my gear!
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I actually like it. I can pretty much tailor the sound to whatever I please and I can hear the music without worrying about the various aspects of my listening room like windows etc getting in the way of what it should ideally sound like. I haven't touched the adjustment in 5 years, just decided to make some changes this week. It's great when it comes to vinyl because if I spend a fortune on a cart that doesn't really turn out like I want, I can adjust to a degree to add or takeaway from whatever aspects of it I please. And if I really want to I can go pure direct AAA and bypass all the digital circuits.
 
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Mather said:
I actually like it. I can pretty much tailor the sound to whatever I please and I can hear the music without worrying about the various aspects of my listening room like windows etc getting in the way of what it should ideally sound like. I haven't touched the adjustment in 5 years, just decided to make some changes this week. It's great when it comes to vinyl because if I spend a fortune on a cart that doesn't really turn out like I want, I can adjust to a degree to add or takeaway from whatever aspects of it I please. And if I really want to I can go pure direct AAA and bypass all the digital circuits.
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How is it on warps?
 
Here’s a cheap and effective upgrade. I’ve been looking at vibration solutions. Even though my house is a single story built on a slab, I could feel vibrations on the top shelf of my rack when playing at medium to higher volumes. That means a small amount vibration could theoretically reach my turntable and tube amp. Both are susceptible to vibration.

I’ve looked at everything under the sun, ranging in cost from $100 to $1000. My solution costs $10 per component. Easily available from Amazon, and they work. They will support and isolate any component up to 200 pounds. It seems to me that once something gets the “for Hi Fi” designation, the price shoots up, so I started thinking “outside the box”.

Meet the Hi Fi Guy Isolators. They work brilliantly, and I swear I hear an improvement in clarity and definition.

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HiFi Guy said:
Here’s a cheap and effective upgrade. I’ve been looking at vibration solutions. Even though my house is a single story built on a slab, I could feel vibrations on the top shelf of my rack when playing at medium to higher volumes. That means a small amount vibration could theoretically reach my turntable and tube amp. Both are susceptible to vibration.

I’ve looked at everything under the sun, ranging in cost from $100 to $1000. My solution costs $10 per component. Easily available from Amazon, and they work. They will support and isolate any component up to 200 pounds. It seems to me that once something gets the “for Hi Fi” designation, the price shoots up, so I started thinking “outside the box”.

Meet the Hi Fi Guy Isolators. They work brilliantly, and I swear I hear an improvement in clarity and definition.

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When an isolator can support up to 200lbs, its probably pretty stiff and would best match with something heavy enough to give a little squish, right? For example, if your amp weighed 10 lbs (I know yours is closer to 70 lbs probably), you might want something with a lower weight tolerance. AFAIK you want the isolators to minimally compress to some degree. I think.
 
Splunders said:
When an isolator can support up to 200lbs, its probably pretty stiff and would best match with something heavy enough to give a little squish, right? For example, if your amp weighed 10 lbs (I know yours is closer to 70 lbs probably), you might want something with a lower weight tolerance. AFAIK you want the isolators to minimally compress to some degree. I think.
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You’d think that, buy my experience says otherwise. I’ve used Vibrapods under lighter components, and they are a total waste of money. I bought one set of the new solution and put them under the Ultradeck- 24 pounds. I liked them enough that I bought two more sets- one under my amp- 66 pounds and one under the phono stage- 22 pounds. I can’t see how they will help the Sutherlands, but for $10 they won’t hurt either.

I had Vibrapods under the Ultradeck feet solely because it stopped the table from sliding on my rack- but they weren’t a good fit and had absolutely zero effect on vibration. I was actually more concerned about the effects of vibration on the amp though, namely the tubes. The feet on the PL are hard plastic with no vibration control whatsoever. The isolators do have some give to them- they aren’t super stiff. They do compress under the lighter components.

They are cheap enough that I’d recommend experimenting. If they don’t work for you, you can always return them. You won’t even have to pay return shipping.
 
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