|
Sorbothane®
is
a proprietary, visco-elastic polymer. Visco-elastic
means that a material exhibits properties of both
liquids (viscous solutions) and solids (elastic
materials). Sorbothane is a thermoset, polyether-based,
polyurethane material. Sorbothane combines shock
absorption, good memory, vibration isolation and
vibration damping characteristics. In addition,
Sorbothane is a very effective acoustic damper and
absorber. While many materials exhibit one of these
characteristics, Sorbothane combines all of them in a
stable material with a long fatigue life. Courtesy
of
www.sorbothane.com/material-properties.php
How will it help me?
Well,
you need to stop vibration. A spring is not OK as
what you put into it, comes straight back out, and then
it starts to go up and down as the energy is constantly
swapped over, until the energy slowly decays. Cars
use shock absorbers, and they have springs and
dampers, the damper absorbs the energy and stops this
oscillation, what happens is that the energy is
transferred into heat and the oil in the shock absorbers
gets hot on bumpy roads.
Suspending
things on rubber O rings is very similar to suspending
things on springs, bounce, bounce and more bounce.
Sorbothane turns vibration into heat very quickly and
the heat slowly dissipates into the room, the equipment
supported will not oscillate. Sorbothane is a bit
of a miracle compound and it is recommended by the UK
National Health Service as a buffer in shoes for people
with health problems. Exactly the same, they
absorb the stress and strain and turn it into heat. Sorbothane absorbs up to 94.7% of impact shock and
that’s a fact. All our products are custom made
for us using pure Sorbothane.
|
 |
|
Isopods®
You may have seen products like the Vibrapods®
and Foculpods®,
they are
all made with some Sorbothane and come in expensive
packaging. Our Isopods are pure Sorbothane and
come in a simple plastic bag! They are half
spheres and that gives more material than some of the
others, this spaces your equipment further away from its
support giving better ventilation and greater vibration
isolation.
|
•
8 off 9mm |
these are tiny, use them to break up resonances
and damp vibration £6.00
|
|
•
4 off 19mm |
for
small items such as phonostages £6.50
|
|
•
4 off 30mm |
for
CD players £9.95
|
|
•
4 off 50mm |
for
amplifiers and turntables £19.50
|
|
•
4 off 46mm diameter x 45mm high |
with a rubber section so that it doesn't stick
to your furniture! These are for big turntables.
They will fit straight into the SL-1200 and
sound better than anything we have ever heard!
£95.00 |
|
 |
