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Baby Bootie

Baby Bootie: These tiny feet provide unsurpassed isolation for compact components, DACs, power supplies, etc. weighing from four ounces to about ten pounds. 1/2" diameter by 9/32" high (12.7mm x 7.2mm). Baby Bootie: $3.19 each (w/pressure-sensitive adhesive: $3.69)

Reviews/Comments:

Gary Bishop, Cincinnati, Ohio

"Baby booties are tiny, but they're a lot better than Isonodes (and anything else I've tried) for smaller components. I use them under all my power supplies and my DAC. Gives better presence and slam, better clarity, and better bass. Just like the Tenderfoots that I've been using for a long time now, they don't have a sonic "signature" that I can detect. My advice to anyone looking for low-cost footers: definitely try the Herbie's footers."

John in NC

"The Baby Booties have added even more clarity to an already excellent DAC that I built from a kit."

Stefano Amico, Livorno, Italy

"I've put Baby Booties under my power outlet. Wow, I never tought that they could make such a difference! My congratulations for your excellent audio products!"

William Negele, Boise, Idaho

"I received the baby booties yesterday and when I opened the package I initially thought you forgot to include the booties. Then I saw the small packet and found four tiny round translucent discs. I thought you have got to be kidding. Are these tiny discs really going to work? I purchased these to go under my RAM modified Samsung sacd player which is (as weight goes) a pretty light player. Well I went ahead and replaced the Mapleshade iso blocks with the booties and was immediately impressed with how completely stable the player became on the equipment rack. A + so far. I loaded the first cd, hit play and WOW! I couldn't believe it, the bass not more of it, but tighter and more well defined, the treble and mid range were crystal clean, no more grain. It was though I could see further in to the recording venue. This was with cd after cd. What more can I say? I am thrilled with the level of improvement these booties have made in my system. I'm keeping them and plan on ordering more. (bigger footers for heavier equipment) Considering my experience with the baby booties, I can highly recommend them."

Duster, Bellingham, Washington

"All the Isonodes in my main system except those placed under my isolation transformer have been replaced by Baby Booties. Under my Motorola digital CATV terminal, the Baby Booties absolutely slay the Isonodes. The now even lower noise floor is so-o-o nice. Leading edges are now without grain and very smooth without sounding softened. The bass is tighter, the imaging far more complex and layered, and the soundstage presentation is very relaxed and natural.

"Tenderfoot feet under my Acurus direct-input amplifier way outperformed the mushy-sounding Isonodes as well. A big improvement."

David Aiken, Parkinson, Australia

"The baby booties went onto a small headphone amp that is my bedroom system and gave me two surprises. First their size, which was much smaller than I expected, and then the result which was much better than I expected for feet that small. I liked the results a lot."

Wayne Reid, Norcross, Georgia

"The Baby Booties completely blew me away -- I couldn't believe the impact they had in my system. They were particularly exceptional under the Musical Fidelity X-SERIES Components (X-Can2 Headphone Amplifier and the X10-D Tube Line Stage). I hadn't even intended to use the 'booties' under these components but once I heard the difference, I found it very difficult to remove the 'booties'. They also worked great under my DVD Player and Tuner but because of height restrictions I had to place the 'booties' under the original footers of the tuner.

"Some of the improvements were an increase in bass definition and tightness. Better instrument definition. Smoothing of treble shrill -- this was particularly noticible on the Phillips DVD Player. There were some improvements with the Grungebuster CD Mat and the Mini-Dots but these were much more subtle (most of my CDs are already treated with Optrix and Mapleshade Mikro-Smooth)."

Glen Zorn, Seattle, Washington

"I was recently forced by lack of appropriate cabling to stack my Bel Canto DAC-1 on top of an MSB Digital Director, with a Bright Star Little Rock 5 in between. Both the DAC and Little Rock sit on Baby Booties. Although this was an emergency measure (I would normally never stack components), it sounds so good that I'm afraid to change anything, a fact I blame in large part on the Baby Booties. Thanks a lot!"

Alec Fu, London, United Kingdom

"The booties and tenderfeet worked great for me! Amazing (ss headphone amp, Bel Canto DAC2, PSU). The improvement was quite marked -- better instrument separation and focus, better timing, less harshness in vocals."

Steve Luntz, Oakland, California

"Adding Baby Booties under homemade isolation platforms helped pull together a number of half-baked virtues in my system into a pleasing overall character."

Glenn Cosentino, New Jersey

"After placing MiniDots under the Ultimate Outlet and Baby Booties under the Grado preamp, I could not believe the increased detail in my music. There seems to be more space and air around each instrument and a greater sense of depth. My speakers are another step closer to becoming invisible."

Norm Handwerger, Maryland

"With Herbies Baby Booties on the Merlin Bam, I heard an expanded soundstage, both in depth and width. Most significantly was an increase in resolution and image definition. The sound just got more clear and clean. The images were clearly outlined and separated. I won't say the bass got any deeper, but it certainly was soooo much better defined. The tonality also seemed a bit more natural and 'right'. Voices had a firmer finese. Instruments were more coherent and balanced. Dynamics a little sharper.

"Ok, we are not talking about night and day changes here, but the improvements were quite dramatic."

Benjamin Yee, Fremont, California

"The Baby Booties are working well with my DAC, its power supply, my Musical Fidelity tube buffer and Oppo 970 DVD player. The Baby Booties added some additional detail and definition to my system."

Robert Browne, Santa Monica, California

"The Baby Booties are great as are all of the products I've purchased from you."

Adjie Adhiningrat, Indonesia

The Baby Booties under my power distributor has made a substantial difference in cleaning up the grunge I didn't think I have. The Booties didn't look like it could do much, but again I was mistaken. I am now an addict to all your products."

Stewart Glick, New York

"I tried the baby booties under my little Winsome Labs Mouse amp (it is very small, weighs probably under a pound). My intended use for them is under a dvd player in my wife's system that we also use for a cd player in that system (Oppo DV971). I prefer the sound of the amp with the baby booties. Seems to take a bit of an edge off (Diana Krall's voice, to be specific); just sounds more natural. Just for the heck of it, I put the isonodes under the amp, and in comparison to the baby booties, the isonodes removed the edge also, but seemed to have removed some of the overall clarity. I actually prefer the amp with its own feet than with the isonodes. But the baby booties sound best."

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