@millercarbonThanks man, appreciate your posts. BTW, I picked up some of
those Nobsound springs and sandwiched them between two butcher blocks
to try under my turn table. They worked! No more vibrations! Well, far
less vibration anyway. I’m noticing they work better with only half of
the springs they come with. I’ve ordered 2 more sets of 4 to play around
with under my speaker stands and maybe my subs! So thank you again for
being a proponent of those!
You're welcome. The springs you will probably find sound best when compressed a lot, more than half for sure. With four under my 63 lb turntable they sound best with only 3 springs per unit. The springs are small but very stiff! I've experimented with several different much larger springs, all work best when compressed at least half way.
As for paint, I was for years almost totally obsessed with Porsche- driving, showing, everything. Won my class at a multi-region PCA concours. NOT an easy achievement by any means! That was a long time ago. Technology advances. For automotive paint there may now be some nano or ceramic tech that is more durable. For appearance though nothing beats the depth, luster and gleam of carnauba.
With black however you really do need to be obsessed. The year I won there was another car, newer, absolutely perfect black paint. When I say absolutely, the paint was so perfect you couldn't even see it! You would see the sky, the clouds, buildings, whatever was reflected. Several times I caught myself thinking I was looking at the paint. Then a mote of dust would land, give my eyes something to focus on. Only the did I realize it was the reflection and not the paint I was looking at. Its almost impossible to describe how perfect this car was.
(Obsession: they had a guy with a very old cotton T-shirt perched on lookout. So much as a dust mote lands and the guy is up and the dust mote is gone. Seriously. There's obsession. And then there's Porsche.)
The next year, same owner, same car, nowhere near as good. Oh, it was much better than probably anything you ever saw in your life. But not as good as that. The year he won and was perfect I asked him what did you use? He said they brought half a dozen different waxes as depending on temp and humidity blah blah blah. Okay but which one did you use? Griot's Best of Show. Okay. And the next year? Something else. Very famous. Starts with an "M".
So anyway Best of Show for the premium finish. Personally, me, I just keep the lights down nice and dark. You never ever in your life will find a flaw by the light of the lava lamp.
