Just one Mpingo disc in the room will change your whole way of looking at wood and looking at the world. And get this. The Mpingo disc is only 1 1/2โ in diameter. Hel-loo! Imagine my embarrassment when I was with Mapleshade at the show in 1997 with Mapleshade and the Mpingo disc I had knocked off was sitting right there on the floor in plain view near the speakers where Pierre put it when who should come walking through the door but the two dudes from Shun Mook. Knocking off the Mpingo disc is no easy chore, donโt try this at home kids, stay in school, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the fact itโs directional in the azimuthal direction as well as top to bottom.
Ceramic insulator cone under phono stage shocker!
I have used small ceramic insulator cones underneath my phono stage for quite some time.
Previous phono was a Gold note ph10 and it did not make ANY audible difference I could detect which way up the cones were so I had left them cone upwards.
When I changed my phono to a Manley Chinook I just left the cones same way.
This afternoon I decided to flip them over so cone down just to see.
I honestly could not and cannot believe the difference!
I may have lost a smidge of low bass but everywhere else is improved in spades.
Much more detail, resolution, air, imaging, dynamics.
Just completely shocking how much better a small change has made.
But I am perplexed why such a huge change on the Chinook where I noted nothing on the ph10?
Any theories here?
Previous phono was a Gold note ph10 and it did not make ANY audible difference I could detect which way up the cones were so I had left them cone upwards.
When I changed my phono to a Manley Chinook I just left the cones same way.
This afternoon I decided to flip them over so cone down just to see.
I honestly could not and cannot believe the difference!
I may have lost a smidge of low bass but everywhere else is improved in spades.
Much more detail, resolution, air, imaging, dynamics.
Just completely shocking how much better a small change has made.
But I am perplexed why such a huge change on the Chinook where I noted nothing on the ph10?
Any theories here?
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Anybody have any experience with these from Partsconnexion? Price is certainly right! https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-83389.html |
I've had a set for a couple of years. I hadn't had a chance yet to use them under a component that passes the music signal. Pretty neat design as it allows lots of flexibility. One thing I noticed in my particular use was the springs' slight movement inside the acrylic top/bottom plates can have a slight audible noise. I had always thought of making new ones out of Maple. The price is low enough to be a no-brainer if you like to experiment with such things. |
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