Name: Todd Reitz, TR Audio Review: These feet are very effective, I'm impressed. Name: Francisco Duran, Positive Feedback Online Review: ...I felt like a fool spending big money on expensive and cumbersome isolation/vibration devices when the Herbie's Audio Labs products did the job a heck of a lot better, easier and way cheaper. Name: Rick Becker, Enjoy the Music.com Review: A set of Tenderfeet under the power supply took a sound that was very neutral, focused and transparent, and added a touch of liquidity without sacrificing any focus or transparency. Name: Vade Forrester, San Antonio, Texas Review: The Tenderfeet are just a few bucks more than Vibrapods, with much better results. Name: Bob Lietz, The Analog Shop Review: Hey, those little Tenderfoots are really something! They outperform a $199 set of isolation devices that I have. Name: Bruce Varvonis, Kays Interiors, Chicago Review: I put some tenderfooters under my slide projector---it vibrates alot, having a carousel. The picture quality improved ten to fifteen percent. Name: Joe Pittman, Pacific Northwest Audio Society Review: From the October, 2006 edition of PNWAS Newsletter:
"Many components especially digital suffer from distortions caused by microphonic vibrations. Sensitive parts such as connectors, processors, capacitors and drives produce distorted signals in the presence of vibrations, adding discomfort, ear pain, and other nasties to the listening experience. If you are experiencing these problems, you could have a foot problem. Herbies Audio Lab is famous for his tube dampers, but he also makes inexpensive and effective isolation/damping footers for equipment. I’ve used several different resonance-absorbing materials in the past, but just like Goldie Locks and the Three Bears and her bed comfort testing, some materials damped too much and some damped too little, but Herbies materials sounds just right.
"Tenderfoot is my favorite all-purpose inexpensive footer. These are very neutral and do their job without robbing dynamics or over damping the sound. " Name: Dan Wright, Portland, Oregon Review: 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.
Keep up the good work! Name: doug girling Review: I've been ripped off. I can't believe how many thousands (yes thousands) of dollars I've spent on system enhancements that don't even come close to the benefits of throwing a few Tenderfeet under my amp and cd player. Looking at the little black bits of rubber that arrived in the mail, absolutely nothing could have prepared me for the magnitude of system improvement these things provided. Nothing to date has so successfully cleaned the grunge out of my sound field. I have never had such a clear "view" of the performers. Truly, I am quite flabbergasted. The clarity of bass is now in a completely different league too - multi kilobuck power conditioners , cables etc couldn't clean up my bass like the Tender feet did. I don't really know how to explain this - I thought I had a pretty secure mounting system consisting of a lot of Maple wood platforms and Brass feet sitting directly on a concrete floor, but the Tender feet have turned things upside down. Frankly if I had blown 5K on a new cd player and got this amount of improvement I would have been pleased as punch.
All that remains to be said is: A HUGE thank you.
System Ayon CD5, Blue Circle FTTH, Reference 3A De Capo's, Audionote interconnects, and a bunch of Acoustic Revive and Mapleshade stuff.
Cheers Name: Nick Smith, Ballarat, Australia Review: 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.
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. Name: Adel Gurgis, Sydney, Australia Review: Tenderfeet are working well under my ML39 CD player. Name: Brent Tuthill, Hendersonville, North Carolina Review: Have tested the Tenderfeet under the CD player and Stereo Pre-amp. I'm very impressed with the results. Everything about the sound quality is better. A highly significant improvement. Most component upgrades I've done don't even come close to what Tenderfeet did for my system.
