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In Reply to: using magnets posted by rhyno on August 4, 2007 at 14:19:17:
At one stage I experimented with placing those flexible fridge magnets on top of component cases. I was originally looking for some light, non-massy, form of cabinet damping. My feeling was that the sound cleaned up somewhat when they were first placed on the cabinet but that I often didn't notice a difference at some later time if I removed them, though subsequent replacement after an interval produced the originally noticed improvement again. I decided that the largest part of the effect was due to the magnetic side of things and that the improvement disappeared when the magnet saturated, which probably happened pretty quickly with the material in a fridge magnet.
A similar effect can be gained by using containers of activated carbon placed on top of the component, over the transformer. I suspect the carbon acts as a shield and I believe that carbon fibre material is one of the things used in the Z-shield. The amount of activated carbon used is important because using too much makes too much of a change for my taste. You need to experiment with this one. Just to prove that archery shops aren't the only interesting places for us audiophiles, you can buy small quantities of activated carbon pellets in aquarium shops where it's sold for use in filters.
David Aiken
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