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Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK

Here's a cheap (free) tweak for owners of ARC gear using the black tube dampeners. If you move both dampeners as far up toward the top of the tube as possible without having the top one fall off, taking care that both dampeners are solidly touching each other, you will get better dynamics, bass, mids, highs and a lower noise floor. Try it ... you'll like it.
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nkonor
635 posts
 
I have tried the Good, the Bad and the Stupid. Herbie's Tube Dampeners are the Real Deal. Period! Installed on tubes in my Manley Steelhead today. Another Wow moment in my audio Journey.
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oregonpapa OP
4,867 posts
 
nkonbor ...

As audiophiles we live for those "Wow" moments. It just keeps me wondering with every improvement I make how much more information is hidden way down in those record grooves and digital bytes.   
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Very very interesting stuff indeed
I wonder whether Herbies would make any significant improvement on the lone 6922 in my arc ls2?
Looks like about $29, not a lot of money tbh
Was considering fuses but $119 for a sr black.....ouch.
oddeophile
40 posts
 
Hi Oregonpapa. How high on the 6h30 tube should the Herbies be placed?  1/8"
from top of tube or all the way up?  

All the best. 
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oregonpapa OP
4,867 posts
 
Hi, oddeophile ...

According to the directions that come along with the Herbies dampeners, they should be placed about a third of the way down the tube. That's what I did, and it worked very well. 

Frank

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