[jtwrace]

Source (Tenderfeet)



Dac (Tenderfeet)



40lb Preamp (Iso Cup)



All rack equipment has the grungebuster dots under the granite.



100 lb per mono Amp (Iso Cup)



Between the speaker and the stand (Big Fat Dots)



The five tubes in the preamp also have Rx Tube Dampers.

Thanks Steve!   

[jostber]

Looking nice! You should have the vibration issues under control.

[jeffreybehr]

GREAT idea, jt.  I'll have to fotograf and post my uses of Herbies' products.  I too have LOTS of Tenderfoots.

[jtwrace]

GREAT idea, jt.  I'll have to fotograf and post my uses of Herbies' products.  I too have LOTS of Tenderfoots.

Yes, let's see it.

[jimbop]

Here's a few interesting examples.

- On my 6SN7 tubes I use a tube damper around the glass, and a grungebuster washer between the tube and the tube socket.

- On my 2A3, because of the odd shape, I use a tube damper around the top of the tube, and a second damper where the base meets the glass. Also notice the individual grungebuster washers around each of the tube pins in the last photo.

Jim D.









 

[max190]

Herbie's Audio Lab Preamp UltraSonic 9 Damping Instrument Used In Amp & CDP



(4) Big Tall Tenderfeet under CDP, (4) Iso-Cup w/Lampblack Ball under Int Amp
Super Black Hole CD Mat



Cone/Spike Decoupling Glider under Dynaudio 3.4's

[jeffreybehr]

Here are mine.


The equipment rack is a modified Sanus.  Here 'tis before I installed the cocobollo front-trims on it.


The verticals and top-front-back rails (FBRs) are hollow and are filled with lead shot.  I've drilled holes in the bottom FBR and 2 of the shelf-support FBRs and filled them with leadshot.  Notice the white holeplugs.

I need to do that to the 3 on the left side, but they're harder to get to, and this thing is HEAVY and essentially unmovable with any equipment on it.

Principal source in my system is an Opp '83SE discplayer.  It...


...and the conrad-johnson MET1 preamp...

...each use 4 Tenderfoots, resting on the steel straps I replaced two shelves with.

I've added a layer of thick SoundCoat to the bottom of one strap and need to do that to the other 3. 

I use Grungebuster dots on a bunch of steel 'bricks' I had cut.  Both 3" wide, the brown ones are 1" thick while the black ones are 3/4" thick.



Each of 5 Marantz poweramps rests on 3 tall Tenderfoots.



I use HAL-O-Jr. dampers on the 3-front-channels' interconnect RCAs...



When I had 805-powered SET monoamps, I used dampers on them, too.


Not being a GEA easily able to hear tiny differences between amost-any change, I have no good idea what any one of these Herbies products does to the sounds of the system.  I do know that my system sounds anything but edgy and unattractive, being extremely transparent, smooth, detailed, attractive, musical...the best I've ever heard, anywhere, any time.

Thanks, Steve.

[max190]

Jeff, nice system sir
Are those Vandersteen 5A carbons?
What do mean by the statement of "Not being a GEA"

[jimbop]

GEA = "Golden Eared Audiophile"

[jeffreybehr]

max, TY for your system comment; it's taken about 40 years.   .

Yes on definition of GEA.

The 5As are regular ones, with 3 (of about a jillion!) crossover caps replaced with betters.  The paint color is Porsche Arctic Silver, apparently the 2nd pair that VS ever painted that color, and the same as my car, an '06 Cayman S.

I did NOT plan it that way; I bought both of them used.   

[max190]

Sweet ride. My buddy has a black '06. Turns like its on rails

[PHamm]

Here is a photo of Herbie's stuff in my modest system: tenderfeet under the Mac mini, EE Minimax DAC and Sensation amp; baby booties under the battery power (for the amp) and hard drive; supersonic stabilisers on top of hard drive, Mac Mini and EE Minimax DAC; interconnect dampers on cables (not really visible here); and isocups and bases under all but one of the maple shelves. The base rack itself is a cheap Ikea product designed for use in a bathroom (!) which i spray-painted black to make it virtually disappear. The whole rack rests on big fat dots. The PS Audio Quintessence on the floor sits on gliders.

[Mills9000]

I use Herbie's Tenderfeet on my DAC and his decoupling spikes under my tube amp.  I feel I hear better imaging, a worthwhile investment.