Is the KAB Fluid Damper worth it if...

06-25-08: Radioheadokplayer
Ok james i bought the butcher block and vibrapods...

It says you can put them under existing feet....think that is good idea or také off tt feet?

You will get some improvement setting the turntable with OEM feet on the butcher block/Vibrapod assembly. You will get another jump in dynamics and clarity when you replace the OEM feet with *at least* Dayton brass cones from Parts Express ($20/set of 4 + shipping) or other feet such as Mapleshade heavyfeet. Adding the brass cones definitely is a noticeable improvement. My wife noticed both improvements easily.

Another alternative might be to replace the feet with Vibrapod *cones* with the turntable's foot thread sockets resting on the balls of the Vibrapod cones, but I haven't tried that setup yet.

Anyone try the mapleshade to see if worth extra $ over the dayton or vibrapod or others?

There are two mapleshade feet v3...one 2 feet high and one 1.5 high

The Mapleshade feet to get (if you get'em) are the Threaded Heavyfeet at $40 each, or $160/set for a Technics.

A-goners who have them like them a lot. I'm not sure if anyone has had the smaller Dayton cones and then upgraded for comparison. I am guessing that the Mapleshades would sound noticeably better than the Daytons. They almost certainly would sound different, as the heavier weight would change the mass loading, vibration paths, and resonant frequencies.

Ditto for the Isonoe footers. Some have Mapleshade cones; others have Isonoe footers at about the same price, but I don't know of anyone who has tried both.

james,

it looks like the dayton isolation cones are now $25.19 + shipping for set of 4 if I am not mistaken which product to order.

I will try this since its so much less than the mapleshade