Preamp Deal of the Century

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.

Bwhite, Respectfully this is but an 80lb.storage device. There are many others of this same school.. Resonant energy can only be suspended, stored with no place to go but up into the very chassis it supposedly will benefit. What about airborne energy it too will have no high speed way of exit. It will be slowed to exit by the material that it rests upon. Perpetuating the storage of resonance by such devices only regurgitates and continually amplifies the whole procedure over and over again. No way out...Tom