Appogg isolation platform under preamp

Audiobuilder,
Well the designer/builder stopped by with another surprise, an arm full of the darn things! He put one under my amp as well as the power supply and yes sir, it does make a difference under your amp. It seems that no matter where it is applied it pretty much does the same thing; cleaner/blacker back ground, less noise and just allows the music to flow with ease for lack of a better word/description. It appears that they fall under the catagory of "the more the merrier".

At the moment there is one under almost every piece of my gear, I was thinking "well how nice, coming by personally and putting them in my system". Yeah, now I know what they're up too-it's a trap! They are setting me up so when he comes to take them back and I can't stand it without them I'll be forced to buy em! Damn them.... ;)

John

The website mentioned some polymer suspesion compound between the platform and the chassis. Can someone explain what that is? Are they balls like the Ginkgo platforms? Weight limit? Anyone tried it under a suspension turntable?

FrankC

The platforms are factory-tunable to component weight up to 200Lbs. The polymer between the top acrylic plate and the chassis is sorbothane. The chassis base is chambered and is filled with a goop used in the electronics and military fields for absorbing mechanical vibrations. Guido

I was speaking with the designer and he mentioned that he felt the sorobothane wasn't responsible for the great absorbtion but rather it is the "goop" that does most of the work. What ever it is the darn stuff works wonders, now I'm going to have to buy a couple of these things. My wife loves what one of them did for her turntable and I'm really digging the improvement with one under my preamp! Let me tell you from experience; DO NOT let them slip one into your system "just so you can try it out", you'll suddenly find your wallet a little bit lighter.

John

Talking about wives. . . my own wife, who is always hypercritical about the esthetics of audio components, has immediately remarked about the understated elegance and refined looks of the Appogg platforms in my system. Guido