Preamp Deal of the Century

BWhite,
Your last comments about removing the feet is very telling.
The platform works even with the Gryphon, which has massive sorbothane type feet in the front, and a tip toe type rear foot. This, as well as comments made in email conversations with Flemming Rasmussen of Gryphon, has made it clear that he takes vibrational isolation seriously.
The platform is curious in that it shunts the energy within a given product into suspended mass of about (and I forget the exact weight)80#. When you mentioned that you removed the feet and added mass this tells me that the suspended mass of the platform would probably work just as it does on all pieces like this.
Conrad Johnson, suspends their circuit board inside of their higher end preamps, floating them, so that they are not coupled to the outer shell of the preamp. The platform helps this preamp tremendously, even though they do this.
It may be worth your looking into the platform. Everything that I have tried (Preamps, both solid and tube, amps, solid and tube, integrateds, cd players, d/a converters) have been improved by the use of this. As I have warned, it is noxious to make, and the lead presents some health cautions and issues, but the results can, and have been remarkable. Certainly for someone handy it is worth the venture. We spend multiples of this with much smaller improvements. With a product that has the propensity for microphonics this, I believe is made to order.
Laughingly I tell people that the first experiment of this platform was done using an old Harman Kardon Turntable, circa 1985. The table was on a wall mount to decouple it from floor vibrations as much as possible. At that time we used the little platform @30# or less. The table immediately sounded less like an HK and more like a Linn Sondek. OK, OK not that good, but a transformation nontheless. I listened to Marty Robbins singing a song , I think, 'Among My Souveniers', maybe, but the exact title excapes me. But I was completely and utterly surprised. It works! Sort of like Young Frankenstein, "He lives, he lives!" Funny now but also fun to think back on. If you would like more detailing just email me privately. I have never been ceased to be amazed at this thing.
Thanks and...
Good Listening.
Larry

The discussion is over, but careful readers of this thread should separate the motivations of the contributors here.
I offered a hommade solution to anyone who choses to try it. No gain. Apparently theauditweak is selling the Sistrum. Frankly I am surprised that this unabashed selling is allowed in this thread. I am sure that astute readers can separate the sales pitch from the helpful effort. If you contact the tweak, see if he is trying to help or offering to sell you this Sistrum. Of course the free Platform is not as good, he doesn't make a profit. Hey I am a capitalist, but that is not what this site is for.
My last post. Audiotweak should try for maximum effect with a real zinger here. I hope he sells a ton of them.
Good Listening,
Larry

Suspending a circuit within any given chassis will only serve to trap the resonant energy transmitted by the transformer and all internal as well as external wiring. Some of this errant energy will be electro-mechanical self generated by the circuit itself some will be airborne generated. So now the floating board has no way of dissapating this self perpetuating resonant energy. It is now trapped. Oh well.. By the way dampening will only compound this problem.. Tom

My sole motivation here is for people to get the lead out. Some things are only worth free. Mass loading is old school, dampening is old school,isolation is old school. I am old and have been to all those previous schools. Thankfully I'm not there anymore. Most people I would like to have drop by for a listen. It is very fullfilling to see a friend become excited about some new implementation and benefit of physics. My only payoff is the turn on I receive knowing a friend has now opened his mind and his ears. Tom

Theaudiotweak, I believe Lrsky has devised a very interesting solution. While I can only speculate from what I've read thus far, it seems that since the lead is contained or perhaps suspended inside the "fishing worm" goo, I suspect this "lightens the load" of the lead and allows it to move more freely than normal in reaction to vibration, hence dissipating the energy. Theaudiotweak is correct on many levels about dampening and the need to drain (the right amount of)unwanted resonant energy away from the component. From what I perceive thus far about Lrsky's design, it seems that it IS potentially draining energy. Making an assumption that it is only dampening simply because there is lead present cannot be accurate.