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What is the gray felt meterial I got with my Sony?

When I got my Sony SCD XA-5400ES it came with a roll of sticky back felt. Is this dampening material? Has anyone used this felt inside or out of the SCD player and if you did what did you notice with the sound?
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zeal OP
174 posts
 
No, I bought it brand new. The felt has a sticky peel off back and my guess is that it's dampening material.
nwavesailor
38 posts
 
Yes, that is likely what it is but I have never found that included in any Sony XA5400 box I have opened.
mechans
3,048 posts
 
Maybe it is for the bottom of the player, to protect your furniture, not damping. It sounds strange to use felt damping with no instructions.
chayro
2,997 posts
 
Put it over your ears.
donjr
1,335 posts
 
I can't understand why it would be damping material. I don't think you can over damp so any damping material would be applied at the factory. Sony doesn't want you to crack the case and apply this (read void warranty) and it wouldn't be acceptable to apply it on the outer casing. Maybe it's a crazy factory worker who sprinkled bath salts on his cereal in the morning?
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