Weights on a preamp

Chashmal,

This is all a matter of system tuning. Your finding that the sound became thin and lacked warmth is consistent with what dampening will do. If your system was overly warm, the dampening would have been positive, but, that clearly was not the case. That is why one can only tell by experimenting -- no tweak will consistently improve sound.

I have had the same experience as you reported when using vibration dampening devices on some cd players. With a lot of players, a lot of dampening is NOT a good thing.

Hello Chashmal,

If it is safe and practical to do so you may want to try removing the cover from the preamp. I have found my preamp sounds EVEN better with the cover off. YMMV

Good luck,
Tom

I am with Tom on this one. Take the cover off.

Consider that to earthquake proof buildings the foundations are built on rollers. Symposium roller blocks, aurios, or FIM isolators perform a similar function for audio gear.

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MACHINA DYNAMICA!!!!!