Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
A small experiment was undertaken at Jerry Mansions last night ....

I swapped my sorbothane hemisphere squishy footers on my Herbie Mat-ed Techie for rigid mounting via some aluminium and RDC1 cones ....



A fairly significant difference.

For those who prefer a somewhat diffuse and less-pinpoint presentation (I know some folks who do) then squishy is the way to go, but for those (like me) who prefer their music more precise and focused then the rigid support is better. I'm staying with the cones.

Curiously, with the cone support, my 250g record puck now improves the sound! ... with the squishy support it had made it worse. It's all about dynamic interactions, innit?!
Hi Jerry

Thank you for being curious about my own musings on this subject

It looks like you have the RDC cones placed against the rubber base of the Technics - is that right; also how many did you use (eg 3 or 4)?

The large circle of small screws underneath the Technics provides direct access to the alloy chassis, bypassing the rubber. I removed three of these to allow the Stillpoints to contact the exposed chassis points, and I do prefer the results. Would you try the same with the RDC cones (I realise that they'd have to point the other way)?

Regards etc