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CTSooner/Geoffkait - I’m not trying the Shun Mook Mpingo discs. I’m trying the footers, the Giant Diamond Resonators (GDR) mechanical grounding product. The Mpingo are for room tuning, the GDR are for mechanical grouanding (ie. Footers). 

I just know they are a special type of ebony and then fabricated to a standard. Comparing these to a normal piece of ebony is like comparing a normal cylinder of steel to a StillPoint. 

They have a HUGE following and many have touted them to be the best there is. They are the only footers that defy explanation scientifically, or at least they do to me. So I hold judgement until my ears evaluate them. 

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Shun Mook Diamond Resonators are even more complicated than the Mpingo disc. Maybe there should be a course on how to knock off Shun Mook resonators. Like the Shun Mook Spatial Kit, that has three Mpingo discs on a wood bracket, the Diamond Resonators have to be all like tricked out when they’re assembled so the separate discs won’t interfere with each other. You know, since they’re directional. Been there done that. I would however, very much like to have a set of Giant Diamond Resonators.

Geoffkait - whatever it takes. We’re audiphiles..... we do ridiculous things to get better sound. If I need to spend a bit of time getting the most out of these tweaky bastards then so be it. All in the name of good sound! Huzzah!

i have no intention of knocking anything off. My comment was in regards to CTSooner saying he’s going to try some simple pieces of ebony under his components when I mentioned the Shun Mook product. I simply stated that the Shun Mook Resonators were as far from a block of normal run of the mill ebony as a StillPoint is from a normal cylinder of Steel. 

@mattnshilp 

I thought you would go for four. 😊

Matt, you know I was kidding....well sort of.  I WILL get a few pieces as I have a couple of nice pieces of Gabon in the basement.  I was actually told by a few that they use them under their gear.  I may as well try ;)....  I have heard the same things about Shun Mook for years.  It can't defy physic's, it's just that we don't know enough about them.  I wonder if they stumbled onto how they work or if they figured something out that no one else has.  Regardless, it will be interesting to hear your thoughts as always Matt.  

BTW, you have have three pieces of steel AND aluminum piping that is 1.5" in diameter?  I'll even try to mix and match the two materials, ;).....

I honestly can't wait to hear your thoughts on this last (will it be last) round of footers/shelves.  You know how amazed I am at what you are doing here as you are not letting any biases creep in.  It's your ear and your gear, but there is an overall sound that you come up with so that folks can figure out for themselves, what they will like.  That's why this is a 4 year old thread and it's going strong...Very strong.