Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap?


There has been a couple sporadic posts recently about using a product called 3M foil damping tape to wrap tonearm tubes. The tape is normally used in applications to reduce unwanted vibrations in the product to which the tape is attached. In the particular tonearm wrap applications, users claim a noticeable improvement in sonic qualities of vinyl playback. I created this thread to catalog impressions of others who have used this material, their particular tonearm wrap applications and their take away stories. Who has used this product for tonearm wraps? Thoughts?
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An alternative to using tape that I use is the Herbies Damping ring.  I use it on my FR-64S with nice results.  Lightweight and easily installs.  I would say it takes the arm up a notch closer to the level of a FR-66S in terms of a more neutral and relaxed presentation.  I guess I could add more if I wanted to experiment but one is fine.

http://herbiesaudiolab.net/jr.htm#jr