Anti static foam?

For Mofimadness: the foam is not for vibration or static.
It is to dampen and remove RFI generated inside digital components.
The items which generate the RFI, like chips, cross contaminate each other with the RFI. The idea of the antistatic foam is to remove the RFI as it is generated, suck it up and ground it to the chassis.
The sound from the unit becomes cleaner.

This tweak was written about by me before.
I think it is great. most who write about it never tried it, but plain scoff at it. No problem by me.
It originates from a brief column in Stereophile many years ago from a guy in Holland.
I first used it on an Adcom DA600 DAC. Then a used Adcom DA700 DAC.
I found my tweaked Adcom DA700 was the equal of the raved about Bryston Dac, which I wound up returning, as that $2,200 DAC as not better in any way i could work out, than my old DAC. (with $20,000 of ancillary equipment, it was not the rest of the system holding back the sound)

Liz...Sorry, I thought the OP was talking about the "spray" type foam. That would be messy.

Thanks Elizabeth :-)
I'm still a little confused about the install. I think I'll start with my dac; do I place a square piece of cardboard equal to the size of the dac o. Top of the board? Is it okay just resting thdre on top? And then just place the foam on top of the cardboard? Or is it better to have it form fitting and squished a little bit and placed against the cover? And how do I ground the baggies or foam to the chasis? If the foam is touching, and form fitted to, say the cover, would that ground the foam to the chasis?

Thanks for your help! I'm really trying to chase down the inexpensive tweaks now that I've got all the expensive ones out of the way ;-)
I'm going to purchase one of the croyed hubble outlets that you suggested in another thread too! Are the 20 amp versions okay even though it's going in a 15 amp outlet (?) as long as I don't hook anything rated at 20 amps into it?


Mofi, I'm suprised you haven't encountered static in the dry cold climate of Colorado. Everyone I know has crazy smounts of static in there homes, shoot, even in our cars. I've gotten out of a car and shocked myself so bad that it felt like someone pricked my finger with a needle!

And I did think that anti static foam was for static, not rfi, but hey, if it helps the sound and it's under $50, why not give it a try. In my oppinion, Elizabeth is one of the most respected philes around here and if it works for her I'm game for giving it a try.

Mofi , got bored and looked up the top ten driest states in the U.S.;Wyoming was third, Colorado was seventh fwiw :-)

I would definitely not put this stuff in your amp. Not even against chassis walls. What ever you put it in, it will insulate. I mean it will keep and accumulate heat. That would absolutely change the sound of your amp. Probably your pre-amp also. I wonder if anyone's done any listening tests using identical components with and without it.