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Guillaume!
Where did you position the Ansuz Ceramic pucks underneath you amp?
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guillaume what was the price per on those pucks?
im currently eyeing off the HRS nimbus coupler that was mentioned here and they are VERY cost effective!
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Has anyone totaled the cost of their system tweaks and compared it to the cost of their equipment?
I am afraid to balance it on a spread sheet.
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27-Sep-2015, 09:39
(This post was last modified: 27-Sep-2015, 09:43 by Mikeeo.)
I was part of that audience that Guillaume talks about and in one word, these Ansuz footers transform the system in such way it is hard to understand, one must listen to believe it. Even at this price they must be seen as good value as no fancy cable or anything would give that hike in performance.
As I am still waiting for my Aavik to arrive but in the meantime I am testing Mad Scientist footers (Zirconia and Tungsten carbide balls) which shares some ideas behind the Ansuz (or was the other way around) ie decoupling with very hard materials. When I put these under my D400 I had the same hike in performance as the Ansuz had on Stefans D800 some months ago. These footers are about 1/6 to 1/5 lower in price.
I will of course compare with Ansuz feet when the Aavik is here as the Aavik is already prepared to take 4 Anusz feet.
The Devialets are for sure extremely sensitive so footers should be considered mandatory. Try your selfs and have the best upgrade of the year. Mind you that Ansuz and Mad Scientist footers are the best, with a margin, I tried.
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27-Sep-2015, 12:20
(This post was last modified: 27-Sep-2015, 12:22 by Manoet.)
The idea of hardness in decoupling is old as the hills and been used in audio circles for decades. The opposing view has held tenaciously to soft media that is compliant and decouples via absorption. Most of the methods today has or is migrating towards hardness as their preference. My own favorite and (relatively) cheap footers are the Symposium Acoustics HPDE Rollerblock Jr with tungsten balls used between hard anodized 7075 aluminum cups at +/- $100 per corner new. That puts the tungsten balls at 72HRC (Hardness on the Rockwell "C" scale) and the hard anodized aluminum oxide corundum cups at a Mohs scale of 9. In comparison zirconia can only manage an 8 on the same scale. Mohs scale is for crystelline minerals while Rockwell is for metal... no direct conversions available. Just thought one or a few might like to know.
Speaking of the hardness factor and footers I'm now wondering if placing a couple of my Rollerblocks under my D200 might now add even better/more enhancement than prior to anodizing since the hardness factor of corundum (Mos 9) has been added to the D200 belly pan and extending further up the decoupling chain. Will be interesting to find out some day in the not-too distant future.
But I'm absent from my prescribed duties and goal playing here... must get back to that now.
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(27-Sep-2015, 09:39)Mikeeo Wrote: I was part of that audience that Guillaume talks about and in one word, these Ansuz footers transform the system in such way it is hard to understand, one must listen to believe it. Even at this price they must be seen as good value as no fancy cable or anything would give that hike in performance.
As I am still waiting for my Aavik to arrive but in the meantime I am testing Mad Scientist footers (Zirconia and Tungsten carbide balls) which shares some ideas behind the Ansuz (or was the other way around) ie decoupling with very hard materials. When I put these under my D400 I had the same hike in performance as the Ansuz had on Stefans D800 some months ago. These footers are about 1/6 to 1/5 lower in price.
I will of course compare with Ansuz feet when the Aavik is here as the Aavik is already prepared to take 4 Anusz feet.
The Devialets are for sure extremely sensitive so footers should be considered mandatory. Try your selfs and have the best upgrade of the year. Mind you that Ansuz and Mad Scientist footers are the best, with a margin, I tried.
Mike
Hello Mike, can You tell me the spots where the footers are placed?
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