SERENE STABILISER
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Any one seen this? Not sure how it would be any better than a clamp.
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Looks familiar....
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Build an oil-filled one.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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The mat does looks interesting.
I've tried a few different mats on my Lenco idler drive. On the Lenco, a narrow idler drives the bottom of the heavy alloy platter, not the inner edge. Mine has a larger custom, no leak stainless platter bearing and aftermarket idler. The best mat so far has been the Boston Audio Mat-1, 3mm thick graphite acquired in 2008 or 9. It's still in use. Later they offered a Mat-2, 5mm thick. Lenco L75's were originally supplied with a 4mm thick rubber mat.
Of interest, Tom Fletcher of Nottingham Analogue turntables used a 1" thick graphite matt on their high-end Dais (early 70's-80) and later Hyperspace, AnnaLog turntables. They offered that mat as a separate upgrade for their other tables, ~ $1600 retail IIRC which included the thick graphite element, spindle extension, and armboard spacers.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
Looks like the Serene Stabiliser relies on sitting on top of an album's label and the turntable's spindle with a silicone membrane inside a plastic puck filled with rubber shavings to dampen the spindle. I suppose it does something but I wasn't aware that having a lightweight piece of plastic attached to the metal spindle and sitting on top of the label would really do anything. At $240 plus another $90 for their turntable mat, which says it uses "springs" that are really just four molded indentations, their turntable products may be beneficial. But it seems like someone could just put a wad of Blu-Tac or chewing gum on their spindle if they wanted to dampen whatever nasty vibrations there are occurring in that.
They say the products control micro vibrations. But, the entire principle for vinyl playback involves a stylus vibrating along vinyl grooves. The vibrations are what produces the electrical energy that produces sound.
Watch out for online "influencers" who say the product is the best thing ever.
Their Auva products do seem to be on the right track.
