The Ophiopogon helps to reduce chassis mechanical vibrations. Audio components that have been properly dampened produce a cleaner, more natural sound. Music should sound full and alive, but without that extra edge and grunge you might not have known was even there. Reducing microphonics in your system is an important part of reproducing recordings accurately. Components without proper isolation and dampening are simply not delivering up to their full potential.  When placed on top of an audio component, the Ophiopogon works by reducing upper chassis “ringing” that is caused by internal and external vibrations.

In audio equipment, EMI fields may radiate up to a few feet around a components chassis. If these fields are not positively dealt with, they can propagate into the components circuitry, leading to noise artifacts.

If you have not addressed EMI/RFI issues in your system, reducing these types of interference will result in a far more natural sound, which for most users means a more pleasant and emotional experience. The hi-fi sound many audio systems are known for becomes extremely musical and realistic when EMI/RFI problems are finally addressed. Some Ophiopogon owners have reported hearing tighter bass with the unit in place.

The most common effects of EMI/RFI on a system include:

• artificially bright background
  
• high frequency harshness
  
• listening fatigue
  
• loss of musical flow
  
• sibilance
  
• grainy background
• reduction in midrange smoothness (dry midrange)

You may find that the Ophiopogon works best when placed in the near vicinity of transformers in your components (because transformers are a primary source of EMI). For CD/ SACD /DVD players and transports, we have found a box placed directly over the drive mechanism to work well. Other areas where the Ophiopogon can be placed include on top of speakers, power amps, pre-amps, external crossovers, phono stages and receivers.

Additional mass can be added on top of the Ophiopogon. The units feet will work to decouple the component from any added objects.

Product Details

Weight: ~15oz
Length: 5.9”
Width: 3.2”
Height: 1.8”
Materials: Stillpoints ERS cloth, nickel coated carbon fiber woven fabric, carbon impregnated polyethylene sheets, copper foil, 3M dampening footers*, iron oxide sand, aluminum coated dampening compounds and other EMF materials specific to our product

The Ophiopogon uses a combination of layers of Stillpoints ERS cloth and carbon fiber woven fabric to absorb and redirect EMI/RFI away from your equipment. Using proprietary methods we have been able to increase the effectiveness of these products. For iinstance the carbon fiber woven fabric is coated with tiny flakes of nickel. This causes the fabric to behave similarly to ERS, which is “made of a blend of carbon fibers of various lengths and sizes. Using a proprietary method, these fibers are coated with metals, such as nickel.” (Stillpoints website)

Additional materials are used for EMI/RFI reduction purposes and dampening compounds are employed to stop vibrations from propagating from your components up into the box.

Our product contains no ferrites. The audible effects of ferrites can sometimes be negative and we wanted to create a product that only produces positive effects in all audio systems.

Thank you for taking the time to view this product. The Ophiopogon is our first product in a new line of fine products geared towards reducing EMI and RFI problems in Audio systems.

*Please note that the feet on your unit may not look the same as the pictures, due to a change in our supplier.