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Listen for the sonic consequences of the Mortite.

Damping materials are also dielectrics, and some of them give poor sonic results depending on where one puts them and the taste of the user. The late lamented Microsorb was one of them. I have one friend who likes it and another who cannot stand it. There are also some folks who do not like the effects of Teflon. Cotton batting is a benign dielectric but a weak damper unless it is compressed to some degree.

Mortite would be excellent for vibration damping, but might cause a noticeable change in the tonal balance compared to the undamped caps. I would try your idea in stages, so that you can change plans if you find the sonic effects of the Mortite to be not to your taste. An alternative would be to wrap the caps tightly in cotton batting and compress it further by wrapping tightly with Teflon thread-seal tape.

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