After much toile and rack/component rearrangement, I now have the Herzan distributed TS-140 active isolation shelf under the AF1. I am now going to give it a listen. Report to follow with pix.
After much toile and rack/component rearrangement, I now have the Herzan distributed TS-140 active isolation shelf under the AF1. I am now going to give it a listen. Report to follow with pix.
This will be very interesting. Christian, do you plan to listen with the air isolation/suspension incorporated in the AFO both on and off? I suspect that you will get best results with the Table Stable powered on and the AFO air suspension turned off, but that is just a guess.
It must have been a lot of work to set this up. I look very forward to reading about the results of all this effort. If performance gains are realized, that will really be something.
not surprised.
and the more bass energy in a room the larger the advantage to active isolation.
Have you considered rotating the Herzan 90 degrees so that the turntable front is facing out? I would think access would be easier.
This may be asking to retread a bit of ground but what, exactly, is the scientific theory behind the AF1 sounding better on top of the Herzan than without the Herzan? And since Christian believes the AF1 does, in fact, sound better on top of the Herzan, is there something lacking in the design of the AF1 which makes it less good at dampening resonances itself than we previusly gave it credit for?
Dear Mike, I understand, thank you.
Dear Christian, Thank you for the photos! I know you wrote previously that you need to use the HRS shelf because the T-140 is not large enough to support the Air Force One's motor. Do you think the HRS shelf is, itself, providing some additional, incremental benefit, or would it be just as useful to use a plain, large metal or granite plate on top of the T-140?