Hard drive mounting by E-A-R

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 12:36 pm

Hi dudes,

does someone has experience with the HD mounting 'thing'
made bij E-A-R?

how does it preforms against decoupling or mounting à la novibes?

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 12:25 pm

It seems nobody has this....so maybe it got to be reviewed..! MikeC?

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 12:45 pm

Can't comment on the plastic mounting rails, but I have looked at and played with the drive mounting grommets -- in the ARM Systems Stealth PC review. Here's how I would rank HDD decoupling effectiveness:

1) Elastic suspension (DIY)
2) NoVibes
3) foam bed (DIY - also depends on foam softness)
4) EAR grommets
5) rubber grommets / Smart Drive -- although Smart drive might be closer to the EAR grommets

Anyway, that's just my opinion. I've played around with all of these & you know I have reviewed them, but not always A/B, so I would not consider the above totally verified, and there will be some variance depending on your particular setup anyway. Still, I think there's little question about the first 3. The NV-III matches the DIY suspension if the bottom pads are removed so the drive is really allowed to "float".

BaconTastesGood · Post by **BaconTastesGood** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:38 pm

Mike,

It would seem that this would be a great theme for an article -- comparing the different hard drive isolation mechanisms in terms of cost, heat and noise.

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:47 pm

But they have already been reviewed... there is so much other stuff to do & so little time. You already no the results for the most part -- the floaters decouple best but get hot, the sealers quiet better (esp whine) but allow mech transmission (seek & lower freq noise) and usually get hot (except for Smart Drive, which still kind of amazes me.)

deeseeel · Post by **deeseeel** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 2:24 pm

Just to confirm, the EAR product is the little yellow screw gromits, not the blue drive rails right? Or it both?

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 2:39 pm

the EAR product is the little yellow screw gromits

Yeah, I think so.