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Black Diamond Racing/VPI Vibration Control

Anyone have any experience with the Black Diamond Racing/VPI Vibration Control Kit available from the MusicDirect catalog for use with the VPI Aries? (This consists of four mini-pucks for the feet and a round shelf for the motor.) Also, any experience with the one piece dust cover available from the same catalog (as opposed to the standard two-piece VPI dust cover)? Any thoughts, pro or con, would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your response.
cjlundgren
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Make sure to experiment with the placement and "directionality" of BDR cones, if you use them. I tried a few different cones/points under my amp which was already sitting on a Osiris Giza stand on its own points and pucks filled with about 40 lbs of silica sand. A couple of the tweaks I tried made things sound worse. I tried the BDR III's and they made some decent sonic improvement, but nothing drastic. Then, one day, for kicks, I turned the cones over so that the small end pointed up. The improved tightness in bass and clarity in the upper top end left me agog. A very nice surprise.....
babydoc
14 posts
 
Have the entire Aries/Flywheel BDR kit (2 large pucks for motor and flywheel; 4 small ones for feet). It makes everything dead quiet at a fraction of the cost of the shelf or source.
cuonghuutran
25 posts
 
I have extended Aries and JMW 12.5 and tried three clamps. BDR is better than VPI one piece Velrin(sp?) clamp but VPI half-steel, half-Velrin is the best.
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