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It can be returned. Seems to me if your curious you can't really lose by trying it.

Personally I am in no way curious of this product.

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Nice post Paul
I agree a well spent hour setting up turntable especially ‘speed’ stability does have an amazing effect.
I experimenting with ‘mass’ support for my tonearm at the moment- ps got the phono 1 running nicely now- missed her when she was sick
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So why was the funk firm website not accessible last night and still isn't ? Google just hangs but does not actually say it is not available.

Last time I emailed the funk firm (couple of years a go) it took Arthur over six weeks to reply by which time my plans had changed. This time when I emailed concerning the houdini I got a reply later that night (actually 4 am :shock: ). Then I am asked what mat I am using and later told I should get a FF one.

I must say I am starting to become suspicious. There seems to be a whiff of desperation about this whole thing. It was mentioned on the pfm thread that FF were having to adapt to survive. Are they in financial trouble ? With CV, fear of no deal brexit and other market conditions are the FF desperately trying to bring in some revenue quickly ? I have always admired PT & FF because of their determination and surviving all the sh*t that was happening in the flat earth brainwashing era.

I can't say I really blame them but the forum wide spamming is quite extraordinary. It would be a shame to see FF go if that is really what is happening here. Would you buy a houdoono from a company which might not be around too long ? Who carries the mantle when AK retires ?

These are all questions I am asking myself. I have not ordered one and the more I see the more I am veering towards not bothering. It always takes me a while to make a decision and in this case maybe that is a good thing.

Edit - Most of this post is speculative and should be treated as such.
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Interesting thoughts
From what I see It’s not AK doing the promotion
The website is constantly changing atm
I hope it’s not a fake
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You can buy a 1mm thick sheet of 6”x6” self adhesive Sorbothane for about £10. If anything is going to stop any alleged tonearm vibration, surly this is the best material.
I might buy one, cut it into cartridge sized squares, and offer it free to forum members.
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The vibration is still going to make it's way to the cartridge via the bolts is it not ? I don't pretend to understand this area. Doc used to glue his carts (bison kit ?) to the PL-71 head shells. Maybe that is the way to go :grin:
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Adding mass to the head shell will, in theory, mean that movement of the stylus will he less likely to move the arm and thus result in more accurate tracking of the groove. Of course the drag on the stylus is what causes the arm to pivot and that remains. I would say that it might have some effect depending on the compliance of the cartridge and the original mass.

That said the device is not about mass, though it obviously has that, but isolation. However the bolts go through the device and attach to the cartridge, which means that there is no isolation you simply have a spongy mass between the cartridge and the head shell meaning when the stylus moves it can shift the cartridge slightly. To be truly isolated the device would have to be attached to the head shell independently of its attachment to the cartridge as in an AVM (anti-vibration mount).

As far as I can see all this thing does is to act in the same way that a suspension/sub-frame bush in a car, it stops small vibrations from being transmitted to the arm at the expense of some loss of signal.
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Shill post removed.

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If a regular here gets to try one and posts a review that is no problem, but not paid spammers.
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More spamming attempts, today.

I've offered Funk Firm the 'game changing' opportunity of opening a trade account at HFS. Only £300 per month.
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