Preamp Deal of the Century

I own a large and small platform of the exact type Larry speaks about. And yes they did make a difference. These are dampening devices by nature and are not conducive to the accurate portrayal of the dynamic structure of music. Sistrum replaced all the high mass leaden dampening devices in my system and and brought back the live dynamics and staging the performance actually contains. Tom

Hmmmmm....zazen...hmmmmm, I get it. Laugh. I told you it sounds funny. But if you know just a little, not even a lot, about engineering, you have a basic understanding that the lead can act as a rejection from field effects, and the Fishing worms, (lets make that sound less funny by calling it what it is, a sorbothane type, not exactly, but similar plastic) absorbs energy. We all know that this is used in the heels of some running shoes. So laugh, its ok, don't do it. Those who do will get a great return for the amount of the investment. No different than putting the crossover outside the speaker, or the power supply outside of the pre amp. It may sound goofy since I didn't bother to give the ingredients some secretly coded names, but if you look at the real why's there are fundamentally sound reasons.
One speaker manufacturer who you all know, but I won't mention, after witnessing this change, asked me if he could have my permission to use this basic concept for vibrational isolation, and rf rejection, etc, inside his speaker by putting the crossover into/on such a device. So, if you want to help eliminate microphonics and, help reject some rf, do it. WARNING Do not inhale the fumes, and do not touch the lead while making this.Lead never leaves your body, which is why we don't use lead paint anymore, just fair warning.
Anyone with serious inquiries can email me directly. I only posted this because it works and several people inquired.
Good listening,
Larry

Actually my comments were meant to convey that I am interested in hearing more about the Zazen phono preamp that Bwhite mentioned. Getting my motor running.

They had nothing to do with thoughts of hum or vibration.

These are not "just damping devices", as stated by the audiotweak. They also help ameliorate field energy, a real issue in almost all systems, with some being more sensitive to this than others. As someone pointed out Mick's pre is made in the Outback 'down unda', in an area with much less rf saturation than most of all the US cities. I would think it wise to let each listener make his or her own decision.
Also, as an observation on the comments of theaudiotweak, nothing that I have ever heard sounds like real music dynamically or otherwise, because of the enormous problems in the recording process and the limitations of playback capabilities in all gear, from speakers to amps, and throughout the entire chain. Also, I would personally like to hear any system anyhere that offers "all the dynamics contained in live music", as stated by Theaudiotweak, but no such thing exists at this point in our technology.
That aside, if the idea of cleaning up your system from these field effects and microphonics, appeals to you, and don't mind trying some fun project, and you need help building it, you can email me.

The basic idea here is to rid a given product such as Mick's preamp from "ringing" due to microphonics, or a cd player from going into read error mode.
How exactly can a product such as this, designed for this purpose, limit the amplifiers innate current capabilities? It can't! That is simply impossible.
"Not conducive to the dynamic...structure"...audiotweak, completely misunderstands, the laws of physics here. A product that damps out microphonic energy and shunts rf, and stray energy fields, can in no way, actually limit the desired and stated, accurate output of the amplifier. The current capablility, stability of the amp, how it handles back emf from the speaker all play into that, but a device such as this would not, could not, in any way, limit the dynamic output of any amp, and therefore the "dynamic structure" of any music. This can only rid the product of unwanted vibrations which can in fact, negatively effect its intended output.
As I stated, Gryphon, a highly respected manufacturer, conrad johnson, and most great engineers try to achieve this interally. They recognize this problem and try to 'engineer' these dreaded issues out of their products. None of their solutions, "floating the chasis" in the instance of conrad, limit dynamic output, and neither does this.
So Mick/Supratek fans can improve the sound of their favorite preamp, eliminating the negatives by using such a device, and it is a relatively inexpensive thing to build.
Good listening,
Larry R. Staples