Footers for your Bryston Amp?

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rabpaul

Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« on: 21 Oct 2009, 07:10 am »
I have been using Solid Tech Discs of Silence underneath my Bryston 4B SST2 which is sitting on top of a 2" thick maple block on a maple end table. 
When I first got my 4BSST, I thought of using footers then decided against it simply because it was too heavy for me to lift with one hand and place a footer with another. So its placed on the bottom rack as is.
I use Feet of Silence for my CDP so I am very open to using another product from Solid-Tech such as Discs of Silence under the amp.

What other footers do you guys use for your Bryston Amps?
How much of a difference would these footers make?

robb

Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #1 on: 22 Oct 2009, 02:27 am »
Good question. I would like to know some experienced thoughts too.

rob

ian.ameline

Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #2 on: 22 Oct 2009, 02:32 am »
A properly designed solid state amplifier (and all of Brystons amps fall clearly into this category) will be unaffected by vibrations coming from the environment. Putting it on soft foam pads or suspending them from springs might make it look cool or might make you imagine it is doing something, but it will not.




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Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #3 on: 22 Oct 2009, 02:34 am »
I use the ones that came with the amp, haha.

I'm not a fan of these aftermarket tweaks, basically.

We can get into a big argument about these products, but I'm not privvy to that.

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Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #4 on: 22 Oct 2009, 02:34 am »
A properly designed solid state amplifier (and all of Brystons amps fall clearly into this category) will be unaffected by vibrations coming from the environment. Putting it on soft foam pads or suspending them from springs might make it look cool or might make you imagine it is doing something, but it will not.





I agree.

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Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #5 on: 22 Oct 2009, 10:17 pm »
If items such as these truly work, I would think that the audio manufactures would incorporate them into their amplifier designs.

Robert D

Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #6 on: 23 Oct 2009, 10:52 am »
Ketih, that whats installed on my Rack Top and Bottom
Disk of Silence  Top shelf Where BCD-1 just sits
Spring loaded. Good for heavy foot steps and Dogs jumping next to BCD-1
I call it protection
My Wife Dances with her friends in the same Room next to Stereo Stand  Ouch.....

Feet of Silence 3 heavy springs adjustable per leg of rack Solid as a Rock

Only way to go

Robert

 

Robert D

Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #7 on: 23 Oct 2009, 11:03 am »
Ketih, that whats installed on my Rack Top and Bottom
Disk of Silence  Top shelf Where BCD-1 just sits
Spring loaded. Good for heavy foot steps and Dogs jumping next to BCD-1
I call it protection
My Wife Dances with her friends in the same Room next to Stereo Stand  Ouch.....

Feet of Silence 3 heavy springs adjustable per leg of rack Solid as a Rock

Only way to go

Robert

 
The Bryston Equipment is Bulit solid as a Rock.
There is absoultly no reason m why Bryston would include springs or modified rubber feet for there equipment.

In My eyes it depends on where when and why any person would need to have springs or Type of equipment that would prevent any type of vibration to disturb a CD player or a TT player.

Robert

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Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #8 on: 23 Oct 2009, 12:38 pm »
I would tend to think the only area that would benefit this is the CD player and Turntable as well! I don't really think there is much advantage for the amp itself but I could be wrong!

Robert D

Re: Footers for your Bryston Amp?
« Reply #9 on: 24 Oct 2009, 01:16 am »
danman

Yes Sir
You said it

Robert