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WHF use to have tips for improving Fidelity on the cheap, one of them was Placing 1/2 squash balls under your CD player to absorb vibration, Do not see this being reccomended much is that because of the cheap availability of things like sorbothane feet is this still the done thing?

I Still have my 1/2 squash balls under my CD player 

Which "dot" is the best to use? 
Im thinking of using a few balls cut in half to insulate my centre speaker from the glass top shelf of my new tv stand (delivered last week but still in the box waiting to be assembled, had a bad case of the flu for the last 9 days). 

I asked for the softest option in the shop, From memory you need the slower ones they are soft.