Lovely setup. Very nice!
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Now you put me on the spot, I need to find out what those footers are. They were in storage for some time actually. Be patient! I promise I will post tomorrow including infor. on footer (CA, USA time 
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Visually, the footers fit and form a line with all your other footers under your components. This way you can take your time and not have to rush or buy. 
First enjoy and be satisfied.
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These are XSSH aluminum and steel footers I bought sometime ago. They are nice!
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Congrats on the FR30!! They look fantastic in that room, and know they must sound great too. I am continually impressed with the M1200âs driving my FR20âs.
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M1200s handle FR30 very well toođ
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I just found a neat trick, my two CD wall racks are right behind the tweeters and midranges of FR30. So I pulled every third CD out by a few inches, and the SQ improves. I got my free defusersđ
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I will post my review on the FR30 setup thread, it seems more appropriate there. It turned into a long blah blah blah. So, I saved it for people who are interested in FR30 only.
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An improvement that doesnât cost anything is always pleasing. Donald, with the FR 30 you have another playground with the rear-mounted tweeters. I started cleaning up the garage and stable yesterday. My father stored everything possible there. I came across a kind of copper wok that my father made for who knows what. Last night the idea occurred to me that it has similarities to a singing bowl. Some audiophiles pay huge amounts of money for this. I now placed the copper bowl on a block of Basotec acoustic foam in a corner of the room. A cheap version of the SR Blackbox. The more I think about it, I could imagine that the low tones have more contours, the presentation is more open and the high tones fade out further. Cymbal hits, for example, seem to resonate longer with a realistic tone.
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That is a really impressive job!
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Donald, another rabbit hole for you. Because you have lots of windows next to and behind your speakers. Have you tried anything yet? There are crystals or splinters for glass panes. These are intended to harmonize resonances of the glass pane. All I had to do was stack a few CDs messily on the shelf. 
I immediately implemented this on my CDâs.
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The main thing is that your wife or daughter doesnât sort the CDs back properly.
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Yup, most of my suggestions were veto by the boss.
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Got my new record cleaning machine today. Love the convenience and looks of this machine! Just pop in a record, puch a button and 5 min. later, itâs all set to play. And boy, does it clean good! More inner detail and livness than even when I clean from the old Okki Nokki vacumn machine. Down side, cost. Wish they could make these machines a lot cheaper, but this one is not going back, itâs definitely a keeper!
My old vacumn cleaner.
My new ultra sonic cleaner.
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How was the Okki? Did it do a decent job? I fully understand the new cleaner is MUCH BETTER but I am curious about the Okki Nokki. It seems like a nice machine. Maybe use it for precleaning really dirty vinyl with harsh chemicalsâŚ
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Pre-cleaning nasty records with a vacuum RCM (or by hand) is a smart move.
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Pre-cleaning the nasty bin finds is what I currently do, followed by ultrasonic cleaning, and a VPI 16.5 rinse and vacuum. At times repeating it is necessary. Iâve salvaged more than a few dogs.
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That is exactly what I will use the Okki Nokki for, precleaning really dirty vinyl. It is actually a very good cleaning machine, and the suction is very good. It can dry a record in only one rotation, but you have to make sure the slot on the arm is properly lined up to the record. It can be adjusted by force twisting the slot wand that is attached to the arm. Suction noise is moderate. My main beef against this cleaner is the platter is the same size as the record which is a concern for contamination as other machines like the Pro-Ject VC-S2, the platter is the size of a record label. But I really didnât have a issue with it. You can probably get one of these machines used because I donât believe it is produced anymore. You can get new replacment parts from the Audio Advisor though.
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I pre-clean garage sale records on my VPI before they dip into my Degritter 2. Works a charm.
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I use a spacer between the record and the rcm surface for this very reason. Also, two arm wands, one for cleaning, one for rinsing. Unfortunately I find the VPI 16.5 to be ridiculously loud.
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