Yes, it's that time when I talk about more interesting stuff that I've found to meaningfully boost system performance and significantly increase musical enjoyment. And the product under discussion here has prompted me to write this little review.
www.tungstengroovesaudio.com
Now, after reading Romaz's and Ray-Dude's fantastic reviews for the Extreme, I realise I'm just playing at being a reviewer Lol. But hey, I keep practising.
So, I met Paul Fowler, designer and founder of Tungsten Grooves vibration isolation feet (hereafter known as TG) at a little North London soiree where I attended a demo of top Ares Cerat horns based system. He's a very friendly fellow, and we talked a little about the streamer he was trying to design, and touched on his passion for tungsten-based vibration isolation.
A little later in the yr the rest of the group came up to trial HRS Damping Plates in my system, and they brought along his Tungsten-based record clamp...and it comprehensively beat my Panzerholz-based one. So I remained intrigued he was onto something.
Further conversations about his strong conviction that what I heard would be replicated w his TGs on a bigger scale as footers led to me offering to trial a few sets in my system. And that's what I've been doing this week.
So, there are more details on his website, but in a nutshell, we have two sizes/weights of footers, plus a custom larger set for spkrs (not tested by me).
Both 70mm diameter
Small, 33mm high, 1.4kg
Large, 50mm high, 3kg
It works on the principle of breaking up/absorbing vibrations, converting them to heat, from component-generated noise and noise trying to enter gear.
Paul's interesting and unique take (patented) is to use Tungsten. So we have a 3-part structure...Tungsten plate (mixed w some sort of secret sauce only known to Paul), via multiple silicon ball bearings to a central aircraft-grade stainless steel chamber filled w carefully graded Tungsten powder, to another Tungsten plate.
Paul has chosen Tungsten for it's innate hardness and ability to absorb vibrations. And I believe this powder mix in the central chamber does the vibration to heat conversion.
The only downside is that Tungsten is a bitch to manipulate because of it's hardness, but as Paul reports it to me, it's abilities to do what he wants and it's benefits for our purposes handily beats any other materials. It's also non magnetic, thus ideal again for our gear.
Paul I read has had a varied career, working in many engineering scenarios incl radar, and was a cable skeptic back in the day. Great baptism and training to do a 180 and provide an uber tweak option for us Lol.
How TGs fit my system report at next post.
www.tungstengroovesaudio.com
Now, after reading Romaz's and Ray-Dude's fantastic reviews for the Extreme, I realise I'm just playing at being a reviewer Lol. But hey, I keep practising.
So, I met Paul Fowler, designer and founder of Tungsten Grooves vibration isolation feet (hereafter known as TG) at a little North London soiree where I attended a demo of top Ares Cerat horns based system. He's a very friendly fellow, and we talked a little about the streamer he was trying to design, and touched on his passion for tungsten-based vibration isolation.
A little later in the yr the rest of the group came up to trial HRS Damping Plates in my system, and they brought along his Tungsten-based record clamp...and it comprehensively beat my Panzerholz-based one. So I remained intrigued he was onto something.
Further conversations about his strong conviction that what I heard would be replicated w his TGs on a bigger scale as footers led to me offering to trial a few sets in my system. And that's what I've been doing this week.
So, there are more details on his website, but in a nutshell, we have two sizes/weights of footers, plus a custom larger set for spkrs (not tested by me).
Both 70mm diameter
Small, 33mm high, 1.4kg
Large, 50mm high, 3kg
It works on the principle of breaking up/absorbing vibrations, converting them to heat, from component-generated noise and noise trying to enter gear.
Paul's interesting and unique take (patented) is to use Tungsten. So we have a 3-part structure...Tungsten plate (mixed w some sort of secret sauce only known to Paul), via multiple silicon ball bearings to a central aircraft-grade stainless steel chamber filled w carefully graded Tungsten powder, to another Tungsten plate.
Paul has chosen Tungsten for it's innate hardness and ability to absorb vibrations. And I believe this powder mix in the central chamber does the vibration to heat conversion.
The only downside is that Tungsten is a bitch to manipulate because of it's hardness, but as Paul reports it to me, it's abilities to do what he wants and it's benefits for our purposes handily beats any other materials. It's also non magnetic, thus ideal again for our gear.
Paul I read has had a varied career, working in many engineering scenarios incl radar, and was a cable skeptic back in the day. Great baptism and training to do a 180 and provide an uber tweak option for us Lol.
How TGs fit my system report at next post.
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