DIY wood tube dampers

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I have been listening to Telefunken ECC83 smooth plate tubes and found it to have a bit too much of a good thing in terms of lushness, billowiness in upper-mid/mids.

I then tried the original teflon ring HALO tube dampers, which robbed too much sparkly life. Tried a DIY metal ring damper, which reduced the billowiness quite a bit but added a bit of artificialness. Tried spring-loaded tube cage/cylinder, but again was too much damping.

The current HALO III tube dampers look promising, but they are out of stock.

So I did what I had to, which just about struck the right balance between not robbing too much life and retaining enough lushness while enhancing clarity and detail.

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Topic - DIY wood tube dampers - Jon L 18:39:04 05/10/24 (4)

RE: DIY wood tube dampers - Enochisvalid 10:20:44 08/04/24 (0)

Placement of HALO tube dampers is critical, it's wherever the getter is. Nt - Geoffkait 08:03:49 07/26/24 (0)

RE: DIY wood tube dampers - Tre' 07:50:05 05/11/24 (1)

Microphonics - Jon L 14:24:52 05/11/24 (0)

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