Corks inside a cd player?

[PauSim]

Some ideas for a new 400 dollar knob

[PauSim]

Seriously, I used auto-adhesive cork sheets for dampening the steel enclosure of my Luxman Cd player. It´s effective and readily available at any hardware store ( at least here). If the sheet is too thin one can always add a second layer. For the serious designer, cork is not only used for sealing wine bottles. There are millions of applications for this both natural and hi-tec material in the military and aerospace industries.

Here´s from the world´s major manufacturer:

Amorim Industrial Solutions

Browse the sitemap and look for acousticork and antivibratic.

Cheers

[tubee]

I had once a sheet of cork to make your own gaskets for engines. Was a mixture of cork-granulate in flexible rubber, +/- 2.5 mm thick. Available in parts store for automotive stuff i guess. Maybe this type is very good for dampening, though i never tried this type of cork in my CDP, but used it in my motorcycle to prevent those black stains on garage floor

[PauSim]

Yeah, it´s like teflon. Most people don´t know it´s so good as dielectric, although it´s widely used for plumbing and frying pans.

Cheers

[ash_dac]

Hi,

An alternative to 'corking' is 'caulking' :-

http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/audio/CDP/cdp.html

http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/audio/CDP/CDP_lid_caulk.jpg

Kind regards,


Ashley.

[SY]

Originally posted by carlosfm

SY, you must buy cork, not that Neo thing.
Made in Portugal, the best cork

If you bought a chip with a 5% failure rate, and the type of failure that wipes out the entire unit in which it's installed, you'd scream bloody murder. I sure would.