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Vibration Control

footersWho would have thought three brass footers could transform the sound of each of your stereo components—your speakers, CD/DVD player, amp, receiver, turntable, power conditioner? I guarantee exactly that.

Expect your music to sound strikingly more live, more gripping. Listening to Kind Of Blue, I hear deep into Miles’ soulful, subtle, breathy note-bending. Paul Chamber’s bass sounds deeper, more articulated, giving it more real gut impact. Jimmy Cobb’s Gretsch drums are crisper, his Zildjian cymbals sound brassier and ring more brilliantly.

Here’s the science: electrical currents, the music signals that drive your speakers, also create unwanted vibrations INSIDE every electronic component and speaker cabinet. A simple experiment I conducted 15 years ago (which you can repeat at home) proves these internal vibes—NOT the external room vibrations—are the bad actors distorting the music. Therefore rubber feet, or any other soft isolating devices, trap the vibes inside the gear, exacerbating muddied sound.

By design, our footers do the opposite. Rigid and massive, they lock the component to the shelf below. That’s the most effective way to drain vibration. BUT, our experiments show that the wrong footer material (or too little mass, or the wrong shape) can reflect distorted vibrations back into the equipment. That’s why improperly designed footers can yield sound that is dulled and lifeless or piercing and shrill. I’ve tested every promising high-tech material: ceramics were too bright; titanium, carbon fiber, stainless steel, aluminum and ebony were relatively dead and smeared. Brass was by far the best: much more dynamic, vibrantly warm and more detailed. Our 30-day moneyback lets you make your own comparisons.

Solid Brass Footers
Surefoot v.3 Heavyfoot v.3 Carpet-piercing Heavyfoot v.3 Threaded Heavyfoot
Surefoot v.3 Heavyfoot v.3 Carpet-Piercing Heavyfoot Threaded Heavyfeet
Triplepoint v.3 Carpet Piercing Triplepoint Mega-mount Threaded Mega-mount
Triplepoint v.3 Carpet-Piercing Triplepoint Mega-Mount Threaded Megafoot
Micropoint Footers Radiused Footers Furniture Savers  
Micropoint Footers Radiused Footers Furniture Savers B&W Speaker Footer Kits

 

 

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