Introduction
Popular demand for an affordable,
entry-level addition to the established stable of Symposium platforms
engendered the Segue, a new reference for affordable, effective
isolation and damping for high quality music and video systems.
Benefits
All music and video systems benefit from proper vibration control. The
benefits of Symposium platforms are well known and have been documented,
written and raved about for two decades, and the Segue continues this
tradition in an affordable, attractive package that is accessible by
virtually any budget. The Segue will improve bass quality, timbral
resolution, musical dynamics, imaging, focus, and virtually all aspects
of the listening experience. Placed under video components, picture
quality is also affected for the better, with less noise, improved color
saturation, etc.
Placed
under CD Players, DVD players, servers, suspended turntables, amps,
preamps, speakers and more, the Segue will improve the performance of
your system without adding new resonances, colorations, or unwanted
artifacts.
Dimensions and Weight
The Segue is 1.625" (1 5/8") or
approximately 4 cm thick; a standard 19x14 (48cm x 35.5cm) platform
weighs approximately 7 lbs (approximately 3.2 kG). While our popular
size roster for platforms (see below) is still in effect, the Segue can
be ordered in virtually any size needed for special applications or to
fit into specific areas.
The Technology
The Segue is a streamlined version
of our time-tested Super, Super Plus and Ultra Platforms, and achieves
its goals in like manner by using stepped-density layers carefully
bonded together to form a resonance-free absorptive engine for the
dissipation of vibratory energy. The top layer is anodized aluminum; the
bottom layer is a special composite consisting of bonded wood elements.
A heat-exchanging center section serves to convert mechanical energy
into sonically harmless heat energy, and provide effective, resistive
isolation between the support surface and the component in use. The
Segue, like all Symposium products, reduces or eliminates vibration
neutrally, and will not convert it into a different, more "euphonic"
form as is done by products which employ compliant polymers,
sorbothanes, and similar materials.
Weight Capacity
- On flat surfaces: The Segue shares the high weight capacity
of all Symposium platforms and has moderate cantilever strength. Placed
flat upon a uniform support surface (such as a shelf, table, floor,
etc.), it has a theoretical weight limit of several hundred pounds
(>150 kG) or more.
- When placed on top of cones, rack posts, etc: When only
supported at three or four contact areas (such as couplers, cones,
vertical rack legs, etc), very high weight loads (greater than 100
pounds or about 45 kG) should be avoided. With moderately heavy weight
loads of more than about 40 pounds (18 kG), the support contacts should
be placed or located directly beneath and inside the footprint of the
load itself, and not outside the load's perimeter.
Available Sizes
Popular sizes are 19x14, 19x18, 19x21, and 24x19; other sizes are available.
The Segue ISO
A special edition of the Segue
Platform, the Segue ISO, adds a new, vertical suspension footer system
to the Segue's already excellent damping engine to provide an effective,
resonance-free isolation system. Marked reduction of
difficult-to-isolate, extremely low frequency vertical waves caused by
footfalls, low bass feedback, etc. is accomplished by the ISO without a
sacrifice in sound quality. Developed especially with analog turntables
in mind, the Segue ISO offers remarkable performance and true low
frequency isolation at a previously unheard-of low price. Click here for more details.