From jblann1@yahoo.com Sat Oct 20 17:46:03 2007
Subject:Re: Tube dampers?

Ok, I start to understand it... I think if the plate(s) is vibrating,
the glass will do the same, and that vibration will return back to the
plates and make them vibrate more. By dampening the glass, you would
minimize the vibration on the plates, and resulting in less "noise" in
your audio processing process, thus a better, more pure overdrive tone.
Do I understand that right?

> I hate to be a damper (pun intended) on this whole parade, but I
can't actually see how these things can possibly work. The microphonic
properties of tubes aren't primarily in the *glass*, but in the
*plates*. Placing dampers on the glass is a bit like using stiffer
springs to replace a set of worn out shocks in a car: