Forget Expensive Gel Absorbers

I have to admit your "ACE is the place" comment made me bust up!

I chilled, sorry if I seemed angry. I just feel these things did a good job at isolating my equipment.

Mhubbard: Do you also find yourself checking out the houseware sections of super markets and the toy sections of five and dimes (if you happen to be in them) for tweaks? I do, I will admit it. Art stores are also a great place to cruise. I have even used the little brass trim nuts (used to hold up old fashioned ceiling light fixtures) as spike and cone point protectors when having placed components on good furniture in the past. I am still looking for cheap and ready made (either ball or triangular shaped) reflectors to place in the living room corners at the ceiling (my wife is all for it if I paint them primary colors).

Im all for CHEAP! I bought some pillows from a 5 + dime cut them in half (triangle shaped ) removed a bit of stuffing and hot glued the seams together.They are now in my upper corners in my room.No doubt they did what I wanted.Less upper mid brightness/glare.Just be careful with the hot glue.It burns the skin like crazy!!! I had blisters on my fingers for days.Im gonna have to check out the "Ace-Pods" All I ever saw was the hard ones at Wal-Mart... I wonder if the hard ones "Wal-Pods" would work better than my BDR cones.

David: Did the hot glue hurt more than when you stepped barefoot on the Aleph? Also, are you related to Kublakahn in any way?

Dekay- The bottoms of ones feet are naturally tough.Probably from our ancestors who use to walk on hot coals at beer and pot parties.My hands are nurses hands.Frequent washing and lotioning.I pamper them!
To answer your question..when I stuck my bare (R) foot
on the (36 hours on) Aleph I kept it in place for several seconds before quickly removing my foot with a same time comment of "OH,SHIT!" When I was hot glueing the "corner tunes" there was a continuous scream throughout my glueing procedure.There is no comparison to the pain level,trust me.