Sometimes stuff just happens by accident.
In need of a place to "rack" my Rega to get it off my wifes antique table her great-grandmother brought over from Germany (at least that's her story) and a place to store units as I'm fixing them for sale so they don't just get stacked around the house, I put together a wire rack system I inherited from my dad. Then to decouple the units from the ringing, resonating metal, I needed some shelves. I cut them, as those on the forum would guess of me, light and stiff, 1/2 inch birch plywood. While cutting and sanding, I came across some styrofoam packing material. I cut it into 3" squares and put it under the shelves, between the wire rack and the wood. I figured what can it hurt? I'll try both and if I don't like it I'm not out anything.
I'll be a son of a gun. This has reinforced my belief in a mix of strategically damped (or not at all) casework and light, stiff shelving on sturdy heavy racks. To make it better the difference in detail and depth with the little styrofoam squares is pretty remarkable. And no "lightening" of the bass. Just a nice, open, coherant sound.
And one more thing. Sony tape decks suck! Can't wait to get one of my Naks up and running!
Sometimes stuff just happens by accident.
In need of a place to "rack" my Rega to get it off my wifes antique table her great-grandmother brought over from Germany (at least that's her story) and a place to store units as I'm fixing them for sale so they don't just get stacked around the house, I put together a wire rack system I inherited from my dad. Then to decouple the units from the ringing, resonating metal, I needed some shelves. I cut them, as those on the forum would guess of me, light and stiff, 1/2 inch birch plywood. While cutting and sanding, I came across some styrofoam packing material. I cut it into 3" squares and put it under the shelves, between the wire rack and the wood. I figured what can it hurt? I'll try both and if I don't like it I'm not out anything.
I'll be a son of a gun. This has reinforced my belief in a mix of strategically damped (or not at all) casework and light, stiff shelving on sturdy heavy racks. To make it better the difference in detail and depth with the little styrofoam squares is pretty remarkable. And no "lightening" of the bass. Just a nice, open, coherant sound.
And one more thing. Sony tape decks suck! Can't wait to get one of my Naks up and running!