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| recommendations for tube dampers??? Hi. The above link to Herbie's Audio Lab is no longer valid. Herbie's new website address is:http://herbiesaudiolab.netThanks!Steve HerbelinHerbie's Audio Lab | |
| How to cut sorbothane? I'll bet you any amount of money McMaster-Carr stocks precisely the same sorbothane used by Herbie.-TvadOkay, I'll bet one million dollars. (Herbie's Audio Lab does not use Sorbothane or any variant of Sorbothane.)Best regards,Steve HerbelinHerbie... | |
| How to cut sorbothane? Herbie's Big Fat Dots are NOT Sorbothane, and have virtually no similarity to Sorbothane. Big Fat Dots are a unique blend of barium sulfate-filled platinum-cured silicones and vinyl siloxanes. They are not "squishy" like Sorbothane, but rather are... | |
| Will a Full Page Ad Guarantee a Review? I have had several of my products reviewed and published, even though I have not bought an ad in any of the magazines, nor did I ever ask anyone to review my products (nobody asked me to buy an ad, either). Reviewers have purchased products from H... | |
| Herbie's fantastical mat vs anyGiven Spotmat It's not a contest or anything. If you're getting good results and are happy with what you have, great. Why worry? | |
| Isolating bookshelf speakers without stands? --Sorry, Gary. I disagree. Because of the open-cell structure of the material, Herbie's footers have no resonant frequency -- if there is, it would be a very, very low frequency. Herbie's footers do not "couple," rather they isolate by absorbing v... | |
| CD Mat with Sony SCD-1 or SCD-777ES? Herbie's grungebuster "T" CD Mat is designed specifically for top-loading CD players/drives. The regular grungebuster CD Mat (for drawer-type CD's) also works perfectly well with top-loading CD players/drives. | |
| 300B tube ringing We have found the 300B tube to be among the most problematic of all the power tubes in regards to microphonics. You can find excellent, inexpensive damping instruments for the 300B tube at Herbie's Audio Lab.Herbie's Audio LabWarm regards,Steve He... | |
| Linn vs Audio Research Linn is kind of like a Corvette; ARC is like a Cadillac. I'd go with the Corvette---it's a much better car. |