| Audio Tweaks - Tweak Ref. 372 |
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| Mass
Load Device |
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| 372 |
William
B. Eustis |
Very
Good |
$15.00 |
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| Discount
store, Craft store |
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| A
few months back I came up with a crazy idea for a mass loading
device for my Cambridge Audio D500. I went to a local discount
store and bought a square, size 1, Rubbermaid container (it's
marked on the bottom with a "1" in a square),and two
pounds of coiled lead (the kind you use for making DIY fishing
weights). I also got 2 pounds of artists' sand from a local
arts & crafts store (this is important because you need
really fine sand). Once you've got the goodies; pour about 3/4
of the sand into the container, make a trench in the middle of
the sand, take the lead and flatten it out but DON'T uncoil
it, pour the rest of the sand around the sides. You'll
probably find that you need a little bit more sand to
completely fill the container, so put some paving or cement
making sand to fill up the trench (or another color artists'
sand for color). Glue the lid on w/ polyurethane cement. |
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| Carefully
wash your hands (you've been hadling lead) and place this
upsidedown over the drive area of your player. You'll find
you can tune it by ear. When you've got it placed, apply
some Blu Tack to keep it located. |
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| Damping
vibrations on CD player. I specifically chose this size
container as it is just slightly larger than a CD drive. |
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a CD whilst placing device. When the CD sounds better,
you'll know. |
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Because the container is polypropelene you can't paint it. The
best thing to do is use colored artist's sand.
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| Jim |
The
way I read this, glue is holding back four pounds of
stuff. In six months time, won't the seam open,
releasing two pounds of very fine artist's sand on top
of your equipment? |
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| Max |
read
it again |
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