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Does it have any advantage in sound compare to using equipment rack?
thanks.
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Mapleshade Isoblocks and Maple platform raised my turntable quite high on it's wall shelf. The CDP is on the floor.
It works very well as a platform to stand on to change records.
I use innertube on rug and then 2 inch maple and then footers which are currently Walker lead/brass pucks and on top of them DH cones (next to largest one sounds best).....works for me.....great sound.
If your floor is suspended, a rigid rack will turn the rocking motion of the floor into a lot of horizontal motion at the top of the rack. Think of a vertical stick attached half-way between the edge and center of a trampoline. If someone gets on the trampoline, the center sags and the stick goes from vertical to some angle. The top of the stick swings horizontally a great deal even though the bottom does not, because the angle changes. A suspended floor flexes like a trampoline and your rack will rock back and forth due to music vibration in the floor unless it is located exactly on top of a supporting column or at exactly the geometrical center between supports.
CD players seem to be especially sensitive to horizontal motion. This is probably due to the laser arm servo, that has to keep the laser on the track. If the servo has to fight horizontal vibration as well, then it might be compromised.
Spiking the maple platform to the floor might give better overall performance, since it can rock by itself if just resting on the carpet.
An alternative way to overcome the horizontal motion problem is to use a roller-ball suspension under the CD player, such as Symposium. This would allow you to put the CD player at a convenient height on the rack.
I have carpet over the concrete floor in my listening room in the basement.I guess it does not apply to my case. Currently my gears are resting on cheap stand. Every time i push the stand slightly, it's shaking like crazy.
That's why i want to get maple board with spike . I see lots of folks on a'gon sell maple board with reasonable price.
thanks.
To each is own and one must certainly experiment to find what works best in each situation.
The most sonically pleasing results I have had so far when a component needs to be placed on the floor/carpet is a 1/2 inch thick piece of marble, supported by heavy spikes thru the carpet/padding to the cement floor and a 6 or 8 inch inner tube filled with 3-5 PSI sitting on the marble and the component sitting on the tube.
Of course, one could replace the marble with wood and change or shift the sonic signature to suit their system/tastes.
Cheers,
~kenster
My amplifier sits on a set of Ultimate Triplepoints, which sit on top of a Timbernation maple board, which then sits on the carpet.
Essentially, the carpet acts like isoblocks.
I'd bet a cd player would be fine in this situation, but do you want to bend over every time you switch discs?
hmmm..lots of audio jokes to be made with that last statement!!
My question to you would be, what is wrong with the cdp sitting on the rack?? Recomendation: if your amp is on the rack, get it on the floor.
matt
Hi,
i forgot to ask if 2" or 3" thick make different? Or heavier gear requires thicker maple board?
thanks.
Mapleshade sells these behemoths. I have my CD burning hardware resting on one, and it works quite well.
I think there are a lot of variables to doing maple correctly...unfortuneatly for many, only Mapleshade has really hit a home run with this type of tweaking.
Their 4" finished platform is bad-ass, plain & simple. I have 2" timbernation maple & 3" timbernation tiger maple...both are pretty dreary sounding next to the real expensive board. I have no clue how to even validate this statement though, just based on my experience with my gear. this is one of those areas where your wallet and ear have to weigh the pro's & con's.
If $ is an issue, look into getting cheaper flat grain maple butcher block platforms.
If you don't plan to couple the gear to the board, the quality of the board may matter less....just my opinion.
If you can get away with leaving the cdp on a shelf, just put some thick, rigid paper in between the chassis and your shelf. For my phono preamp & psu, LP covers sound/do the same as an expensive board.
I have a cheap rack that i bought a long time ago from Bestbuy. THere are 2 shelves. CDP on the top shelf and integrated amp in the bottom shelf. Every time i light push the stand , it's shaking like crazy.
I plan to get maple board (such as the one from Timbernation) with spike
I used to have an audio rack between their speakers this killed sound stage- Keeping equipment on the carpet floor on dense wooden blocks has been the best for me
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