I picked up my brass/bronze feet (cones) today. I had them turned at a local metal fabrication shop the make bearing, spigots etc...
I purchased the bronze and brass from Metal Supermarkets - they have locations globally.
I had three diameters
- 2 1/2" bronze
- 2" brass
- 1 1/4" brass
- 3/4 " brass
The angle of the cone is 10 degrees from horizontal. I kept this angle shallow (less pointed) because from what I had read, maintaining mass seemed to be quite important.
The vertical shoulder
- on the 2" and 2 1/2" cones is 3/4"
- on the 1 1/4" cone is 3/8"
- on the 3/4" cone is 3/16"
Botom line - they improved the clarity and details and expanded the image over the Beech cones I had purchased
Bass seemed to have more tone without the loss of detail or texture
Some instruments seemed to be placed further back into the image - so they seemed to get lost a little compared to the Beeach cones
The Beech cones sounded a little richer in that you could hear more of background instruments
I think it’s all a matter of taste as to which ones each individual would prefer
There was no difference between the Brass and the Bronze cones - except the bronze was a little more expensive - there was also very little difference in appearance.
The Brass/Bronze cones (5 sets of three) cost a little over $330 CDN.
The wood cones (3 sets of three) cost $100 CDN
All of the cones worked great on my Granite/Foam/MDF shelves.
The brass/bronze cones looks so much nicer than the Beech wood
Hope you find this info useful
This isn’t an exhaustive comaprison into Feet/Cones - just something I was able to try to satisfy my curiosity:-)
I will try to post pictures in a couple of weeks on my system page
Regards - Steve
I purchased the bronze and brass from Metal Supermarkets - they have locations globally.
I had three diameters
- 2 1/2" bronze
- 2" brass
- 1 1/4" brass
- 3/4 " brass
The angle of the cone is 10 degrees from horizontal. I kept this angle shallow (less pointed) because from what I had read, maintaining mass seemed to be quite important.
The vertical shoulder
- on the 2" and 2 1/2" cones is 3/4"
- on the 1 1/4" cone is 3/8"
- on the 3/4" cone is 3/16"
Botom line - they improved the clarity and details and expanded the image over the Beech cones I had purchased
Bass seemed to have more tone without the loss of detail or texture
Some instruments seemed to be placed further back into the image - so they seemed to get lost a little compared to the Beeach cones
The Beech cones sounded a little richer in that you could hear more of background instruments
I think it’s all a matter of taste as to which ones each individual would prefer
There was no difference between the Brass and the Bronze cones - except the bronze was a little more expensive - there was also very little difference in appearance.
The Brass/Bronze cones (5 sets of three) cost a little over $330 CDN.
The wood cones (3 sets of three) cost $100 CDN
All of the cones worked great on my Granite/Foam/MDF shelves.
The brass/bronze cones looks so much nicer than the Beech wood
Hope you find this info useful
This isn’t an exhaustive comaprison into Feet/Cones - just something I was able to try to satisfy my curiosity:-)
I will try to post pictures in a couple of weeks on my system page
Regards - Steve