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Dan Wright, Portland, Oregon
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"I have had a set of Herbie's Tender Feet for a while now and it is about time that I expressed my enthusiasm for them and what they do. I have them under my Monolithic PS-1 phono stage right now and I am VERY pleased. It is very important to treat vibrations, both micro and macro vibrations in source gear and these products are truly great.
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"Keep up the good work!"
Nick Smith, Ballarat, Australia
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"I installed the Tenderfeet on both my CD-Player and Amp, and baby booties on my DVD player. Though this was coupled with a simultaneous speaker re-positioning which I had been meaning to get around to, the results spoke for themselves. The bass, which had previously been very boomy due to the unfortunate smaller size & poor acoustics of my listening room became immediately softer and less prominent, while an unnatural sheen or sparkle which had oftentimes been extremely fatiguing when listening for long periods had virtually disappeared.
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"The removal of both above factors has allowed me to hear deeper into each piece, particularly with regards to hearing more of the background ambience of each recording. Needless to say I'm very pleased with your Isolation Feet and plan to order more of them shortly."
Adel Gurgis, Sydney, Australia
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"Tenderfeet are working well under my ML39 CD player."
Norman Thomas, Seattle, Washington
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"I've had your standard Tenderfeet beneath my CD/DVD player for a week now and the transformation has been incredible. With music, the sound is much smoother and more transparent. The soundstage has expanded as well. With so much immediate improvement, I've decided to move these feet to my tube preamp and try the ball/cup combination with my CD/DVD player. Thanks again!"
Bobby Tam, Portland, Oregon
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"The Sony NS300 got the treatment by way of four Tenderfeet. These rested on the bottom of the chassis, not on top of the existing feet. Incidentally, there were no removable feet to speak of in this player. The result was startling. The entire soundstage opened up. There was more width and depth. Very impressive."
Robin Wyatt, New York
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"I could not get my new Brinkmann Lagrange turntable ($15k) not to feed back in my system! Mounted to the wall on a Symposium custom Svelte shelf on top a Target wall stand, the T/T was very close to my Horning Alkibiedes. These massive ($22K) speakers produce prestigious bass and at moderate levels acoustic feedback was a problem. I tried cones, sand boxes, roller balls, spikes etc. NO help. Then a brain storm, let's try the Herbie Tenderfeet I had under the Fi "X" in my wife's system. Five clear feet under the Svelte, (four at edges one in the middle, as the T/T weighs so much), on top of the target stand. SILENCE!!!!!! No feedback, great detail, tremendous bass again. These are fantastic feet that work under all tube gear. Now they help my turntable."
Douglas Hunter, Scotland
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"The standard Tenderfeet arrived this morning, they remove much of the micro vibrations and combined with some coccobolo blanks resting on grungebuster pads atop my mini-dac they produce the best sound I've heard so far."
Kurt Biehl, Danville, California
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"I put 4 tenderfeet under my Richard Power Company supply on Monday --- I was shocked to hear the improvement."
Bjorn Borgenhard, Miami Beach, Florida
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"I received my Tenderfeet and put them under my subwoofer. Amazing! What was a good sub is now a great sub. Very tight, well defined bass. I can now enjoy much more bass without any distortion. I am ordering more for some of my other components!"
George Stergis, Culpeper, Virginia
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"I learned about your stuff through an Audiogon discussion. Tenderfeet under my tube preamp have removed all the remaining glare in my system. Amazing, really. Thanks."
Ted Wallover, Pennsylvania
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"The 1-inch tenderfeet I just received last week for my Plinius 9100 integrated have produced noticeable improvement in bass reproduction and the overall impact of the amp. (The 5/8-inch tenderfeet on my CD player have also been a positive addition to the tweeking process.) I was not initially expecting too much, but I quickly came to realize that you can hear a noticeable difference for both vinyl and CD playback. More open space between the notes, deeper tight bass, blacker backgrounds and the individual instruments and voices can be more clearly delineated. The sound stage has grown in height, width and even depth. A hearty thanks for the improvement!"
K. Sims, Oakland, California
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"I wanted to write you to thank you for the lightning-fast shipping, and to give you my first impressions of your Tenderfoot products.
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"In summary, the Tenderfoot units actually work. I have no understanding of electrical engineering or physics, so despite a lay appreciation of the notion that microphonic vibrations can rob an audio system of efficiency, I don't know why they work. (I first encountered this idea during my many years as a musician. Though now years past, I remember this being critical for tube-based instrument amplifiers.)
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"But after using the units all day yesterday, then an A/B/A (with/without/with) test this morning, with my modest solid state receiver, the effect of the 1" Tenderfoot units on the system was clearly pronounced and repeatable. (I uninstalled the stock feet and rested the chassis directly on the Tenderfoot units, dot downward.) The differences I perceived were improvements, as follows:
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+ increased 3D spatial presence of instruments or sounds in the sound field
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+ increased sonority and dynamics in the low- to upper-midrange
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+ the sense that the audio overall is at once both more focused and more relaxed.
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"Once upon a time, as a player, sound designer, synthesist and producer, I spent thousands of hours scrutinizing live and recorded music. The sounds originated from wind, string, and percussion instruments, both acoustic and electric, and from synthetic sources and signal processors. I don't know much, but I know sound and music; all kinds of music.
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"With this background, I feel confident in saying that your Tenderfoot products are a silver bullet for home stereo systems. They let us reclaim our stereo's wasted potential, delivering significantly the audio quality we sought in the first place. I thank you for the excellence of your work, your fair pricing, and your attentive customer service."
Paul Sanders, Bainbridge Island, Washington
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"I put three Tenderfeet under the pre-amp power supply. One in back, and two in the front corners because the PS is heavier in front. The quality of the sound improved. I swapped the 'feet for three BDR #4's and the sound got worse, so back in went the T'feet. Next, I placed 4 feet under the Shanling CDP. Sound was definitely better. Smoother, cleaner, better bass and soundstaging. Just to make sure I was not imagining these things, I put three BDR's under the CDP. One #3 under the transport, and two #4's under the rear corners. Then 4 BDR's, one under each corner. The sound was worse no matter where the BDR's were.
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BTW the CD I'm using to test with is George Jones' 'Cold Hard Truth' released in 1999. I'm mostly a classical and jazz listener, but George Jones knocks me out. Always has. I took the Aurios out from under the power supply and put three Tenderfeet in their place. BINGO! Much better. In fact, with the Aurios under the PS, Jone's voice was strangely imaging from the right speaker, when it should have been closer to the center stage. When I replaced the Aurios with the Tenderfeet, Mr. Jones was back in the center, where he belongs! (I'm not being political here) :)"
Chan Lok Hee, Hong Kong
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"These isolation feet are the first I have that do not mute the high and simplify the low."
Bernard Hodgetts, Wellington, New Zealand
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"Based on listening for the past 6 hours I can honestly say the feet make an enormous improvement to the sound of my system (easily equivalent to a serious component upgrade). I run Plinius equipment which is very good (except for the cheap hard plastic feet that seem to come on all components). The tenderfeet have finally made the sound sound like music!
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"The manufacturer would do well to fit these as standard. I really appreciate your honest no-hype marketing and speedy service."
Paul Bubny, Maplewood, New Jersey
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"The footers are quite effective under my DAC. I did find that the best results in my case came from putting one footer into each of the rear corners and two down the middle, spaced apart. This produces an airy image that's also clean and firmly focused (none of the muffling effect of Vibrapods)."
Zhou Zhou, Shanghai, China
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"Very great products! Your isolation feet, damping instruments do have great effect. They improve my system's performance a lot. There appears more air, sound stage goes extended, the high and the low goes far. The sound goes to be more natural. Thanks for your great product with high value prize index. Thank you."
Dmitri Leouchkine, Limassol, Cyprus
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"Microdynamics and focus increased greatly. Excellent work, great product, and perfect service!"
David Umphrey, Missoula, Montana
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"You sent me the Tender foot to try to fix a significant shelf vibration issue I was having with my vintage amp. While the Tenderfoot reduced most of the vibration and greatly improved the sound, it didn't eliminate it. I now use the Tenderfoot under a CDP with outstanding results, improved clarity (without added digital brightness or harshness), deeper soundstage and much lower noise floor. (You then sent Iso-Cups which all but eliminated the vibration hum from the shelf.)"
Christer Blomgren, Stockholm, Sweden
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"Your tube rings and tender foot worked very well. I compared with stillpoints and the tenderfoot are very good. The halo rings and tenderfoot together transformed the sound of my amplifier from top to bottom. Tighter bass, clearer midrange and more prominent tremble -- the usual change when you buy better hifi gear. This time I didnt have to fall on my knees in front of my bank man. Thanks a lot and good luck."
Eric Allard-Pouliot, Ottawa, Canada
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"The Square Footings made a nice improvement to the sound of my system when placed under my Moon Eclipse CD Player's separate power supply."
Gene Hopstetter Jr, San Antonio, Texas
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"I've used a number of isolation components under my McIntosh MC30 tube amps: ceramic cones, brass cones, Polycrystal cones, isoblocks, even DIY rollerblocks. But not one of those has brought the improvements that the Tenderfeet have."
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"I put three Tenderfeet under each amp. Immediately, I got more focus, more air, more boogie-factor, and more music. The blacks are blacker and there's more low-level musical detail coming out of my Klipsch Cornwalls. And the improvement in bass is remarkable. These tube amps now produce bass as tight, full, and tuneful as my McIntosh solid-state amp does, but with lovely liquid midrange. An unbeatable improvement at an unbeatable price."
Dutch
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"Your tenderfeet (tenderfoots?) are awesome! Speaking for those who appreciate good audio, and know the value of a tweak, but don't spend 1/2 their paychecks on it, yours are the best products I've found. I placed your tenderfeet under my cambridge audio cd player, and they brought new life and depth to Pink Floyd's 'Animals' CD-- a standard issue, 15-year old disc. Bravo, Herbie!"
Gene Fachin, San Diego, California
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"My system is isolated pretty well, so I don't hear a lot of change -- my twenty-year-old daughter hears more than I do. I set VTA using her ears.
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"There was an improvement on all equipment:
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"VAC PA90C1 amps -- small improvement -- general cleaning up, improved imaging, better decay, better tone.
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"Dennesen JC80 preamp -- very little change. Daughter heard some of the above. Me, none. I was using Navcom Silencers here.
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"Power supplies for preamp and Orbe turntable had the greatest improvement -- full open sound.
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"Turntable -- noticable improvement.
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"Overall -- I would put my whole system on your FOOTERS. The more I test the footers, the more impressed I am. Great improvement in tubed gear."
Law Kar Wen, Georgetown, Malaysia
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"The sound from the tenderfoot is unbelievable, I love it very much. Greater control, more refine, greater bass, and etc. Later on, I will continue to buy some more item from your company. Good job, keep on hard work."
Dave Rocco, Pennsylvania
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"I finally installed the tender feet on Sunday and made all the changes you recommended to my system. Tender Feet impressions:
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--Nice improvement in imaging.
--Greater definition and clarity of each instrument.
--Big improvement in bass response/extension (I needed that one).
--Better feel of being in the music hall...
"Had to adjust volume control settings for mids and tweeters, at speakers. But that's cool."
Dr. Abie Kessell, Caulfield, Australia
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"I recently received the footers, and whilst I have only had them a short time, I am more than pleased with the purchase, and indeed wish to purchase some more. I have placed them under the preamp and the two independent power supplies to it. These three components already sit on ball-type footers, so I placed yours under these which seems to have further drained vibrational energy from the components. They then sit on MDF platforms with further tenderfoots between the shelves and the rack."
Dean Milite, Medford, Massachusetts
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"All of the products I have purchased from you (tenderfeet, halo tube dampers) have been winners."
Joseph Artuso, West Nyack, New York
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"I can already tell you this: the Tenderfooters are absolutely the most phenomenal bargain in audio. They work as well as $300-a-set rollerblocks. I wouldn't say they work better, but they work every bit as good. They're just little squares, but they are way better than Vibrapods or anything like that."
Benjamin Yee, Fremont, California
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"Just wanted to send you my feedback on the Tenderfoot products I recently purchased from you. Immediately upon installing the footers on my power amp and CD megachanger, the noise floor dropped and additional detail was fleshed out of the recording. I didn't hear any difference when I installed the footers under my preamp but it could be the wood shelf that it's on is already damping the preamp to the full extent. Overall, the effect is that the Tenderfoot product brings is more life-like sound to each instrument and singer with an added plus to detail, imaging and lowering of the noise floor. Your footers remind me back in the day of eliminating acoustic feedback when we were spinning records on our turntables to obtain better sound. Your Tenderfoot product does the same for digital equipment, obtaining better sound by eliminating acoustict feedback."
Mike Daniels, Mission Viejo, California
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"I received the Tender Foot today. It made a great improvement in the resolution of my system."
Richard Myers, Ohio
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"Just wanted you to know that the tenderfeet placed under my cdp made a huge difference. Stage moved back some (which it needed). Instruments are better defined in space with a very natural timbre. The sound stage became bigger and much more holographic. I`m in a little bit of awe of those little buggers. :)"
Joe Burros, Springfield, Massachussets
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"Using your tenderfeet on both my turntable and my magus preamp has really brought the sound of my system to another level. Hats off to you and your work."