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Does anyone use wood for vibration control?

What kind of wood have you found to be best?
bksherm
mikelavigne
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wood is too random and has unavoidable colorations. witness the tuning people do with wood, considering various tonal shades. and once you bring one coloration into the equation, then you have to seek another one for balance. every coloration reduces the pure view on the music.

OTOH ’engineered’ materials using wood can allow for predictable resonance attenuation and a natural sort of predictable result.

I use an engineered wood called panzerholtz under every piece of gear. it’s not only panzerholtz, but it’s a particular thickness, and with a particular cut-out on the bottom and specific footer interface. it’s called a Dazia and made by Taiko Audio in the Netherlands.

I have 12 of these in my system.


www.taikoaudio.shop/daizaplatform
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michaelgreenaudio
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Why would there be any hit and miss LoL, tuning is tuning. Hit & Miss is called Plug & Play or random setups. The Method of Tuning is the most comprehensive system synergy method ever done in audio and music.

"always tinkering" LoL another funny. Tuning is the direct opposite from unknowns.

You need to get a stereo Geoff.

Michael Green

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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Michael, my offer to send a team of professional deprogrammers still stands. Although you’ve been using mass-on-spring isolation all this time it hasn’t sunk in yet, we’re on the same team. Hel-loo! Michael Green - unintentional isolationist. Geez, you’d think someone told you there was a horse thief in your ancestral tree. Welcome aboard, sailor! Now you need to learn the secret handshake 🤝
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michaelgreenaudio
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"wood is too random and has unavoidable colorations"

But I also think it’s a starting place for those experimenting. A lot of my clients start off DIYing their wood pieces which I think is cool. Then when they get the real thing and comment on why does the authentic MGA wood sound so much better. The products I do sound better because it is born with a purpose, it’s not random but specifically chosen and voiced. My curing shop resembles an instrument builders space.

I shipped 65 8’ long pieces last week to one client and when the shipper was loading he picked up a piece and went "d***". Then I played the piece of wood for him and he freaked out.

But again everyone needs to start somewhere and many times the first DIY approaches get the wheels turning so I try to encourage playing around with different tones. Ultimately though getting the real thing is much easier to tune with. Plus buying the real thing is a lot less expensive than the learning curve of voicing.

Michael Green

glupson
7,842 posts
 
This time both may be right.

Tuning the way michaelgreen does certainly seems time-consuming and, at least in the long beginning, "hit or miss". Inefficient from time and effort perspective.

At the same time, many people like doing things and figuring them out, perfecting their skills. They end up with good results after a while. Much less of "hit or miss" and much more predictable. That may be where michaelgreen is now. I doubt even he would say it was all smooth in the beginning.

Heck, some people spend days trying to get a golf ball in a hole somewhere far. No real use for it, but they have fun along the way. I would walk there and put it in by hand, but that is not what drives them. They love the feeling they got so good that they can do it from the distance in a very inconvenient way. No harm done.
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