Black Diamond Racing


Anyone have any experience with the shelf or the source? What did you use them on, and how did you set them up (i.e did you use in combo with cones etrc)?
ehoehn

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I've had a great deal of experience with the BDR shelf, pucks, those things and cones. I have found in the right application they improve the sound and smooth the high frequency. They can also muddy the sound and make it less involving. The shelf tends to bring out a components features. If the component has weaknesses it will show them off. If the component is strong enough to hold up to the scrutiny it will shine. I used the shelf and various cones including BDR for my pre-amp at one time and for my Hydra power conditioner at another. I've also used it on the amp and cd players but was less pleased with the results.
I use the pucks with cones under my speakers now and find they have opened the air on the sound stage along with tightening the focus.
BDR are good products in the right application, but you must test them out. I found the Nueance shelf to be better suited to my needs, but the shelf still is in use. Right now it's the first layer of my cd players platform. It sits on the racks upturned spikes and I have titanium upturned cones sitting on it. I have the Nueance shelf resting on the cones and my cd played on the Nueance. You may laugh but it works great.
I'm glad you don't think I'm completely nuts Bob. Bob if your interested I'll loan you a set of Orchard Bay titanium cones to try. They cost so much it would be better to simply try and see how titanium works with your set-up. Let me know at my email address and we could talk about other possibilities.

I agree that the #3 BDR cones tend to darken and slow, but on some solid state equipment it has helped. Also under my Dunlavy IVa speakers with bases removed the #3 cones and pucks had no effect on the speed or tempo, I think it was off set by removing the bid MDF bases that I assume are way slow.