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Pandafeet Vibration Control Footers
If you aren't removing the vibration of your components, you don't know what you're missing. Pandafeet by Pandathumb (yes, that's their name) are tiny blobs you stick under your gear to kill vibrations that muck up your sound. We posted on the Vibrapods earlier, but unlike the Vibrapods' use of more common plastics, Pandafeet use sorbothane, widely considered the cat's meow of isolation compounds, converting mechanical energy to heat. There are other companies out there making sorthobane nubs, but Pandafeet uses a wider shape which, they claim, improves stability and isolation over the usual dome shape.
Prices run a super cheap $5 a foot and, like any vibration device, be sure to buy the correct footer for the weight of your gear. At 5 clams, you can put these guys under every piece of gear and, as all reviews say, will be the cheapest, most effective upgrade to your system you'll ever make. Check out the site for a very helpful amount of technical information, the science that goes behind vibration control and reviews of the Pandafeet.
| Permalink | Isolation Devices | Posted by Josh Ray on Jul 26 '05
Vibrapod Isolation Devices
Here's a tweak that's cheap enough for owners of everything from $20k amps down to xBoxes and $150 DVD players: the isolation device. There are lots of isolation devices around - some cheap, some ridiculously expensive - but none have gotten as much attention as the Vibrapod. Vibrapod offers two products: the Pod and the Cone. The Pod is a little rubber saucer while the Cone is pictured above. Both work fine but the reviews usually state that when the two are combined, they form a deadly duo of isolation, vastly improving the clarity and sharpness of your audio or video gear.
Yeah, yeah, you say. Isolation is bunk. Don't believe me? Buy the little buggers and return them in 30 days if you're not satisfied (doubtful). Oh, and the price is only 8 bones for either a Pod or Cone. You'll need a total of six per component (3 Cones and 3 Pods) which will run you...calculator...48 big ones. Oh, and the Pods are weight-specific - buy Pods for the wrong weight and you'll throw their mojo way off.
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COMMENTS (1) | Permalink | Accessories , Isolation Devices | Posted by Josh Ray on Jul 13 '05
