StillPoint Ultra 5's

Don't feel sorry for me, but how am I going to know the Stillpoints contribution once my new rig is fully assembled? I have new power cables (Zitron Anacondas), possibly a new Triton, (soon to be) new ARC Ref10, Ref75 (or 150), and new Alexias. I think it will be blissful surrender as I work my way though both my music collection and my wine collection!

I am sooooo looking forward to having music in my diet again!
 
Bob. I don't know if I missed it or not. However is the insurance has been all settled well about your lost ?
 
Jacob Heilbrun has just posted on The Absolute Sound extremely positive feedback upon placing Ultra 5s under his XLFs. Peter McGrath was apparently even involved in the setup!
 
I forget which thread that I posted that I would let everybody know how the Stillpoint ultra 5s worked under the Raidho D3s.

So I figure I'll post my thoughts here. I've lived with the Stillpoints under my D3s for 2 weeks now, getting used to the sound differences. It sounded very detailed and accurate. I felt I had lost some musicality. As I call it "my toe tap test". But man did it sound great.

I decided it was time to take the Stillpoints out tonight and son of a gun - immediately my toe tap factor came back and I had music back. Yes - I lost some detail but - who cares if you don't want to listen to your system.

Verdict - no stillpoints under Raidho D3s.

I went ahead and played with taking some other Stillpoints out - nope everywhere else they are fantastic. You just have to try them and see what they do in your own system.
 
the professor said:
I forget which thread that I posted that I would let everybody know how the Stillpoint ultra 5s worked under the Raidho D3s.

So I figure I'll post my thoughts here. I've lived with the Stillpoints under my D3s for 2 weeks now, getting used to the sound differences. It sounded very detailed and accurate. I felt I had lost some musicality. As I call it "my toe tap test". But man did it sound great.

I decided it was time to take the Stillpoints out tonight and son of a gun - immediately my toe tap factor came back and I had music back. Yes - I lost some detail but - who cares if you don't want to listen to your system.

Verdict - no stillpoints under Raidho D3s.

I went ahead and played with taking some other Stillpoints out - nope everywhere else they are fantastic. You just have to try them and see what they do in your own system.
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Looks the Raidho tech does not want decoupling
Thanks for your honest review
 
Jock. Would you update with us next few days without the still points ? Just wondering if anything changes on your thought after few days later :)
 
highEndguy said:
Looks the Raidho tech does not want decoupling
Thanks for your honest review
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Regarding Raidho Acoustics, I think this is an instance where a loudspeaker manufacturer also happens to be an expert in resonance control and has built in high quality mechanical energy controls into the loudspeakers footers -- so one does not have to search for third party solutions as in the case of Wilson and others
 
Now that nobody reads us I will tell you a secret. My AV Marantz SR4500 is up four cans of tuna filled polyurethane for a few months. At least the amplifier has better ventilation :eyebrow:

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Wikipedia Polyurethane

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On the other hand:

positive-feedback.com Impressions: Robinson's Brutus Awards for 2013 by David W. Robinson

Accessories

Stillpoints ESS Isolation Rack System (mesh shelving with Ultra 5 isolation feet), and the Stillpoints Ultra 5 isolation feet

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the absolutesound The Stillpoints Experience by Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 17th, 2014

When I recently called Stillpoints’ Bruce Jacobs to inquire about trying some of his Ultra isolation feet, he asked, “Are these for review or for personal audition? Because you’re not going to want to take them out once you hear them.” At the time I was amused by his remark. But after inserting them into my Wilson XLF loudspeakers, where they replaced the stock spikes, and underneath several pieces of equipment, including the computer controller for the Continuum Caliburn turntable, I quickly came to realize that he had a point.

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Thanks to the valiant help of John Quick and Peter McGrath, I was able to execute the installation of the Stillpoints pretty rapidly. We did it one piece at a time. The changes were not subtle. I heard the same things that TAS editor Robert Harley reported hearing in his review in issue 218 of the Stillpoints —greater clarity, more midbass punch, blacker backgrounds, and improved spatial relationships.

Fine transients, as Robert noted, sounded more lifelike because of a reduction in “transient blurring,” something that I would ascribe to the ability of the Stillpoints Ultra’s ability to lower, and not by a small margin, the noise floor. Both vinyl and digital playback were considerably improved. The overall impression is one of greater silkiness and refinement.
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