Doc,
The AVM appears to be something more than latex, though I suspect the latex is the matrix in which the other stuff is mixed. I have some AVM and it's somewhat gritty/chalky (depending on thickness of coat) to the touch, and tends to chip or flake off, not peel off. The texture reminds me very much of Silent Running 1000 -- the vibration damping compound used in engine rooms on power boats. Anybody have access to a GC or spectrograph?
I can say that this stuff does work as advertised on signal tubes, but coating the whole underside of an amp seems a bit extreme to me.
-- Jim
Jim Rebman -- recovering audiophile
Equitech balanced power; uRendu, USB processor -> Musette DAC -> 5670 tube buffer -> Finale Audio F138 FFX -> Cain and Cain Abbys near-field).
s.e.x. 2.1 under construction. Want list: Stereomour II
All ICs homemade (speaker and power next)