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Re: Sandbags and other thoughts

Posted by Duster (M) on January 14, 2007 at 15:45:24

In Reply to: Re: Sandbags and other thoughts posted by Patster on January 14, 2007 at 14:26:35:

Laminated bamboo is not springy, in fact it’s quite hard. According to ASTM 1037 tests, bamboo shows an average hardness of 1642, making it 21 percent harder than white oak and 13 percent harder than hard maple (some info states it to be 16% harder than maple and in some instances as strong as steel). I find it's sonic signature to be rather transparent when used as a component platform in conjunction with Herbie's Audio Lab footers. A platform that implements a compliant footer + hard footer combination works well for me in many cases. In your situation, I think a tripod set of Gabon Ebony Dome footers should be gentle on your ceramic floor (coupling discs can be used if not), and IME the Baby Bootie footers perform well when placed under my PLC's that rest on top of a floor-placed laminated bamboo component platform. I much prefer laminated bamboo's sonic signature over other woods that I've tried for PLC platform projects (bamboo is actually a grass, so it's not wood, per se). YMMV

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