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Tweak worth 100X It's price - Vibrapods

While I WAS not a big beleiver in the "tweaks" of audio to a any appreciable extent, I must rave about the performance recieved form these littel rubber pods. I purchase a few a couple months ago to place under my electronics and I was extremely happy with the result from the pods in combination with soem MDF particle board placed under the equipment pods combination. Rather than go into extreme use of adjectives regarding the improvement that was expereinced, just let me say that EVERYTHING opend up and became better. I thought my system sounded good but this little, cheap tweak was eye (ear?) opening.

I was extrememly happy with the imrovement to my electronics and then I thought - Why not the speakers also? I bought and installed pods for each speaker and
installed them. This was "as big" if not a bigger improvememnt to overall sound. I was experiencing some bass control problems around the real low end. These problems were now gone along with all the other distortion that I was experiencing and really not even knowing it or knowing it and blaming it on "room colorations".

You have just got to try these things. At $6.00 a pop you can't go wrong. Plus you can get a discount for quantity purchases usually. You will need a minimum of 4 per compopnent. $24.00 bucks that will make your system sound like you just put $2,400.00 into it.

I am a personal user and this is not an ad but I got my pods, along with a plethora of help from CJAudio/Video through this (AudiogoN) site. (www.cjsaudvid.com) Craig will take good care of you.

Feel free to email me (mackpat@apk.net) if you have any questions / comments.

I can also send you a picture of the stands i built for the speakers to incorporate the pods / and the Legacy supplied spikes if interested.

Relevant System Info:

Processor: Aragon Soundstage
Amp: Aragon 8008BB
Speakers: Legacy Classics.
CD: Denon 5 disc carousel.
Interconnects: HT ProSilway II (Pre - Amp)
Monster Coax Digital (II) (CD- Pre)
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bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
Mack many of us share your enthusiasm regarding Vibrapods. I am confused regarding your shelf setup though. You put the pods under the component & then the MDF shelf under the pods?
I have always used them the opposite way - that is:
Black Diamond shelf under the components (I do not remove the component's feet) then the (appropriate for weight) Vibrapods under the B.D. shelf.
For my CD source only, I also have B.D. #4 cones in between the player & the B.D. shelf. I have even been advised to now mass-load the player on top with some lead shot (placed into a black sock) or a thick piece of wood, but I haven't yet experimented in that regard.
So I always have a whole collection of different value pods on hand in case I want to try something else. I even have sets of #5's for under my speakers but haven't yet played with that either. These things are simply amazing & the price makes 'em even moreso.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Sure miss "Megasam" and "Redkiwi" they were our tweek gurus. There are probably many of their opinions in the old threads. (Well worth looking into.) 4shure
sean
6,231 posts
 
George, you bring up a good point. Where have Sam and Red disappeared to ? While i know that Albert has been laying low due to being busy, house reconstruction, etc..., it seems as if more than a few people have wandered off. That list should also include Angela and a few other regulars such as Joe aka Trelja, etc... I know that some folks have taken up "dual residency" both here an on the Asylum, but is there REALLY a need to stop contributing on one / both forums ??? I just hope that everything is okay with all of these folks. Sean
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megasam
798 posts
 
Hey, speaking of tweak freaks, yes I love those little vibrapods and keep many of each size around. I find best application is not vibrapod sandwich but direct contact of
vibrapod against component body, I never remove existing feet or use under component feet. You usually need more height clearance so go to local home improvement center and get black 4x4 bath tile to set under vibrapod to gain another 1/4" this is usually enough to clear component feet.

If component is irregular shape or very high clearance you need vibrapod sandwich, set component on shelf material of your choosing and vibrapods under this.

I do recommend experimenting with pods under speakers, can be very beneficial in many ways, but also can produce too much bass response depending on speakers and type of music listened to, there are past threads that go into this in much more detail please check them out.

Red and Trelja I'm sure are checking in from time to time,
but after a while you burn out answering the same questions over and over, I much rather listen to music than be tweaking or constantly evaluting cables etc.
rgd
656 posts
 
On MIA members - can't speak for but just one, Joe aka Trelja is just fine and is taking a long break to remodel his home and would probably would probably more enjoy listening to music with his sparce free time versus reading/posting.
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