Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-08 Thread tomjtx
I got my SB3 pretty stable, but therapists are expensive. Since my SB3 stopped going to it's sessions it has gotten worse -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-08 Thread Deaf Cat
Hay Zanash, did you glue the mdf/rubber/grannet together or just rest them on top of each other, and did you help weight down your SB in any way or just clamp the rear, Oh, and have you tried your platform under the psu ? OP ! if you have a linear/separate psu try the sorbothane under there too.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-08 Thread zanash
lets assume you didn't like the direction the thread was going from your replies. I used the simple expedient of clamping the sb3 by its rear foot to a "vibration sink " made from a sheet of 18mm mdf 6mm rubber sheet and a 6mm granite placemat with felt feet. Yes it makes the unit sound bette

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tyler_durden
Listener;241092 Wrote: > Olives are graded by size. The smallest size is "medium". then "large". > "Colossal" is somewhat larger but far from one-to-a-can. No "Small" > grade rarely makes it to the store. Bill Oh, I get it! Like virgin and extra-virgin olive oil... What I want to know is wh

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread Listener
tyler_durden;241060 Wrote: > What's like olives? > > TD Olives are graded by size. The smallest size is "medium". then "large". "Colossal" is somewhat larger but far from one-to-a-can. No "Small" grade makes it to the store. Tweakers seem to hear "HUGE" improvements more commonly than barel

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tyler_durden
sgoldfin;240911 Wrote: > I am connecting the SB3 to the PSAudio Digital Link III. I found a HUGE > improvement by placing the SB on sorbothane balls, and then placing > HEAVY disks on top of the SB. This was especially the case when the SB > was resting on another component that generateed vibrat

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread Pat Farrell
Scooterman wrote: > I find all my equipment sounds better if I don't believe 99.99% of the > forums'replies... Good idea. I believe that mine sounds better with a single malt scotch. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing lis

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread Scooterman
I find all my equipment sounds better if I don't believe 99.99% of the forums'replies... -- Scooterman Scooterman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tomjtx
tyler_durden;241060 Wrote: > What's like olives? > > TD The dictionary. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tyler_durden
I am depressed. I will never know the joys of the "huge" improvements due to sorbothane balls, sticky dots, wood pucks, green pens, CD demagnetizers, $500 power cords, etc., that bring such transcendent bliss to so many serious audiophiles. It's all because I learned the meanings of adjectives f

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tomjtx
SuperQ;241040 Wrote: > I find that 4 or 5 shots of whiskey causes a STUPENDOUS reduction in the > sound of my system. 6 shots makes it HUMONGOUS. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread SuperQ
tyler_durden;241022 Wrote: > Was your SB3 sitting on a paint shaker before you put it on sorbothane > balls? When you say HUGE, do you mean GIGANTIC or merely STUPENDOUS? > > > TD I find that 4 or 5 shots of whiskey causes a STUPENDOUS reduction in the sound of my system. -- SuperQ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread Listener
tyler_durden;241022 Wrote: > Was your SB3 sitting on a paint shaker before you put it on sorbothane > balls? When you say HUGE, do you mean GIGANTIC or merely STUPENDOUS? > > > TD It's like olives. Bill -- Listener

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread tyler_durden
Was your SB3 sitting on a paint shaker before you put it on sorbothane balls? When you say HUGE, do you mean GIGANTIC or merely STUPENDOUS? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stabilizing the SB3

2007-11-07 Thread AndyC_772
sgoldfin;240911 Wrote: > I am connecting the SB3 to the PSAudio Digital Link III. I found a HUGE > improvement by placing the SB on sorbothane balls, and then placing > HEAVY disks on top of the SB. This was especially the case when the SB > was resting on another component that generateed vibrat