|
Post by palace on Feb 26, 2024 17:27:09 GMT
After my machinations to prevent ingress of RFI/EMI & 50hz hum into my system with copper foil & clip on ferrites with regard to my comments elsewhere about super tweeters originally introduced to me by reading articles in I think the 1980's by Jimmy Hughes, I have written that because my One Thing Audio Quad 57's like all Quad 57's reverse polarity/phase, I had at the time connected them + to - rather than + to + in phase is how I connected the Batpure super tweeters in the horns left from the Jimmy Hughes horn piezo super tweeters.
Today I moved the 25kg + 8kg support/stand of my Rogue Atlas Magnum to get to the rear of the amp to fit 4mm 2 screw cable retainer banana plugs rather than 2 screw cable retainer forked connectors which held the stiff speaker leads at an awkward/acute angle, I connected the leads at the rear of the amp red leads + to + & black leads - to -. I had a listen no obvious or to me no subtle difference either.
Later making sure the speaker cables were dressed properly, I noticed that at some time in the past I had inadvertently connected the OTA Quad 57'S + to + & - to - into the OTA Widgets on each speaker which connect red leads + to + & black leads - to - at the rear of the speakers, I also had to swap over the reversed polarity/phase super tweeters plugged in to the the speaker cable stackable banana plugs. I swapped to the originally audibly preferred - to + on both Quad speakers then in phase + to + - to - super tweeters. This was to see if there was still a difference as I had found years ago when I made the TNT UBYTE 2 cross connected coaxial speaker cables.
I was quite surprised to hear that there was a very positive difference I'm not going to wax lyrical because I'm still evaluating my thought of "oh that's good" as a response to the improvement. I can only surmise? that it is again fully phase coherent.
It seems that simply reversing the speaker leads equally to out of phase on both the Quad 57's from the amplifier somehow is the way to fly then having the super tweeters in phase. I remembered that recently I cleaning & treated all the phono plugs & speaker terminals with DeoxIT Gold, so probably not just improving the contact's. why the difference should be so obvious is beyond me!
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Post by bencat on Mar 15, 2024 11:19:47 GMT
Okay this is just a heads up of something I am going to give a try . I do not have too much disposable income now I am retired so major spending on LPSU or other equipment is limited . But I still love to try new things and see what they do in my system . I have read on other forums that using super tweeters added to existing speakers can have very beneficial effects . Now some of these super tweeters can be very costly but a fellow Quad user alerted me to these Japanese BatPure super tweeters . Tiny little things but I am told they do work . About £50 direct from Japan including shipping but they take a fair amount of time to arrive .
Mine have just been delivered about four weeks after ordering and I am just putting things in place to get them set up . I need a set of stacking banana plugs which I have sourced to add a flying lead to the Batpure they do not require a cross over and they have built in filters to only work with the high frequency signal they are designed for . So a set of flying leads from the speaker cables . Now Quad ESL 57 are phase inverted so I always connect them in reverse at the speaker end so red to black and black to red . This makes imaging much stronger and also firms up the bass . The Batpure are not inverting so I will wire these in phase so as to then match up .
Not sure what to expect form this advice is to point the super tweeters towards the ceiling to get the most diffuse effect . Others who have tried these have said they were surprised at how much they added to the sound at all levels including bass when all they are pushing out is a miniscule signal at above anything my old ears can hear . Once in place and after a little time to both listen and burn in the Batpure will record my views .
|
|
|
Post by palace on Mar 15, 2024 12:54:13 GMT
Okay this is just a heads up of something I am going to give a try . I do not have too much disposable income now I am retired so major spending on LPSU or other equipment is limited . But I still love to try new things and see what they do in my system . I have read on other forums that using super tweeters added to existing speakers can have very beneficial effects . Now some of these super tweeters can be very costly but a fellow Quad user alerted me to these Japanese BatPure super tweeters . Tiny little things but I am told they do work . About £50 direct from Japan including shipping but they take a fair amount of time to arrive . Mine have just been delivered about four weeks after ordering and I am just putting things in place to get them set up . I need a set of stacking banana plugs which I have sourced to add a flying lead to the Batpure they do not require a cross over and they have built in filters to only work with the high frequency signal they are designed for . So a set of flying leads from the speaker cables . Now Quad ESL 57 are phase inverted so I always connect them in reverse at the speaker end so red to black and black to red . This makes imaging much stronger and also firms up the bass . The Batpure are not inverting so I will wire these in phase so as to then match up . Not sure what to expect form this advice is to point the super tweeters towards the ceiling to get the most diffuse effect . Others who have tried these have said they were surprised at how much they added to the sound at all levels including bass when all they are pushing out is a miniscule signal at above anything my old ears can hear . Once in place and after a little time to both listen and burn in the Batpure will record my views . Try all conceivable positions including counter intuitive ones before deciding as all rooms are different. In my case after trying upward pointing I reverted to forward facing in the old piezo horns 5"-6" above the middle treble panel & like you stated in the reverse phase, or in phase with the Amplifiers + to + the OTA Quad 57's being - to + please keep us up to date.
|
|
|
Post by palace on Mar 23, 2024 13:24:13 GMT
I believe the subject of this post touching on my last post is relevant to all Quad 57's but may apply to all electrostatic speakers indeed may I suggest may be relevant to any conventional coned active speaker or powered subwoofer.
By plagiarising my own entries from the thread "small problem cured bigger result" on this forum relating to my experiments with removal of EFI/EMI 50hz noise from my system. On this occasion plastering with clip on ferrites the 2 switching power supplies for my PC & PC monitor that share the same ring main as the OTA Quad's & system.
The thought having occurred to me that the vast increase in clarity & particularly the depth of the bass I have accrued over the preceding weeks must in some measure must be attributed to the Quad 57's & since they contain transformers & circuitry they are likely to be affected by the same problems that the rest of the system.
The OTA Quad 57's I use, like all Quad 57's for safety are encased in perforated metal panels front, rear & sides connected to the internal safety earth & via 3 pin female bulgin plug, shielded lead & 13 amp mains plug with 2 amp fuse to the ring main , a "near" perfect Faraday cage, the Trojan Horse being the mains lead, my leads are protected from radiated interference having spirally wrapped them in copper foil creating an effective faraday cage, that leaves as I stated previously, noise ingress via the 240v mains. I postulate that removing some more of the noise by quietening the 2 switching PSU's on my PC & PC monitor from the same ring main suppling the OTA Quad 57's & system has allowed the OTA Q 57's to function as designed in the 1950's. when there was much less interference on the 250v mains so are probably not wired to reject as much mains noise as would be possible to day
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Quad ESL
Apr 23, 2024 14:12:02 GMT
via mobile
Post by bencat on Apr 23, 2024 14:12:02 GMT
Been having a very frustrating time with things Quad . Tried a pair of Aurex amps in bridges more and they sound very good indeed . Sadly they fitted with very sensitive speaker protection circuit so they cut out when you turn the volume up or when the next track is recorded at a higher level . Hoped that using some one thing audio widgets would help but sadly no difference . Real shame as within their volume envelope they sound amazing . So back to my NVA S300 which also sounds too class . This has meant I have still to get round to trying the super tweeters but no doubt that will happen soon . Just can not find any small horn cases to put them in . May have to just use blutac as temporary fixing till I find the right thing .
|
|
|
Post by palace on Apr 23, 2024 14:59:39 GMT
Been having a very frustrating time with things Quad . Tried a pair of Aurex amps in bridges more and they sound very good indeed . Sadly they fitted with very sensitive speaker protection circuit so they cut out when you turn the volume up or when the next track is recorded at a higher level . Hoped that using some one thing audio widgets would help but sadly no difference . Real shame as within their volume envelope they sound amazing . So back to my NVA S300 which also sounds too class . This has meant I have still to get round to trying the super tweeters but no doubt that will happen soon . Just can not find any small horn cases to put them in . May have to just use blutac as temporary fixing till I find the right thing . I had a similar amp problem in the late 1970's when I bought a Meridian 101 Mk1 103,104 set up the 103 had trouble with my recently bought new 57's it blew its' fuse regularly , I spoke to them, Meridian made & fitted hand wound chokes... At that time I had no knowledge of Widgets if indeed they existed then. Any chance of a wizard desensitising the Aurex amps? I have looked for enclosures for you with a negative result, as for the horns mine are just 7" x 3" piezo tweeters with a bent metal brace made from a single leaf from several leaves used to hang a car horn, held in place with velcro the Bat Pure sit on them. they are attached to a piece of wood screwed to the wood hand grip on the 57's with a ball jointed small speaker holder. A lot of people just use blue tack or velcro I made use of my Jimmy Hughes inspired super piezo supertweeters that were already fitted.
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Quad ESL
Apr 28, 2024 14:25:11 GMT
via mobile
Post by bencat on Apr 28, 2024 14:25:11 GMT
What can I say I am both lazy and tired . Have had a chest infection for about two weeks now and with age it seems to be more of an uphill battle to recover . Still not started anything yet with these super tweeters I going to make a real concentrated search for some form of horn throat to put them in and if I find something will feel inspired to start this journey .
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Post by bencat on Apr 28, 2024 14:35:24 GMT
Well had a bit more not today and have found quite a few plastic housings that would do the job . As this not anything like an area of knowledge for me could I ask for advice . My simplistic view as this is a very small unit is to buy the smallest throat I can . There are larger units up to 180 mm but is there any advantage being wider ? I was looking at the 120 mm as best . Whatever I choose there is going to need some getting to fit and find a way to securely my Quads .
|
|
|
Post by palace on Jul 21, 2024 10:43:34 GMT
I have 4 x Auva 70's under each of the Rupert stands, they are 70 mm in diameter with 3 Auva chambers the effect was immediate as commented on by Paul Rigby The Audiophile Man below.
"With the Stack Audio AUVA 70 feet in place?"
"Errr, blimey! I mean….blimey! I felt like I needed to suddenly sit up straight and pay attention. I actually did do that, without realising. As if the music had just woken up. The entire soundstage was suddenly precise and focused. The mids were crisp. The treble was exacting. The bass was even tighter than before. It started and stopped on a pin head. I really didn’t expect such a change in the sound."
"Because of this almost mathematical precision, the supreme focus, the removing of even a hint of wooly bass or slightly meandering mids, everything sounded clearer now. Vocals, the actual lyrics, were more easily understood. Nothing got in the way of the delivery any more.
To repeat though, I didn’t even know it had. I thought everything was hunky dory. I thought my system sounded pretty good, to be honest. These feet told me I that I had been living a lie, all this time."
The eloquence & descriptive ability of Mr Rigby far exceeds my own, however the loose particles in the Auva chambers that rub together turning vibration into heat do settle over hours & days into their most efficient state. I tried 4 x Auva 50's under my Hydraulic Reference turntable, initially there was an improvement I then fitted 4 x new KT 120's power valves to my Atlas Magnum amplifier & changed the 3rd valve a cathode follower in my Croft phono stage fitted with SUT's by my dear friend Mark Manwaring-White utilising the original Croft circuits. I realised as I have written elsewhere for the very first time that I prefered the digital side to the analogue.
I removed the Auva 50's from under the Hydraulic Reference turntable, the result was stunning back camme the life the sparkle & bass that I had dreamed of from the Hydraulic Reference,Hadcock GH242 Silver plus arm fitted with an XTC low slung counterweight & Hana ML cartridge. It seems that the Auva 50's once they were at their most efficient absorbed vibrations so well that they sucked the life from the unsprung Hydraulic Reference turntable which became so obvious after new valves etc with it being reinstated on to it's 3 Oak Cone feet on to the massive paving stone turntable shelf the life & vibrancy returned, It seems that with a sprung deck results would be different as I have read elsewhere.
I have 4 x Auva EQ 1'S under my 7kg MC7R preamp & 4 x Auva EQ 2's under my 24kg Atlas Magnum amplifier & 4 x Auva 50's under my Croft phono stage & 4 x Auva 50's under my Cambridge CD4se that I use as a transport. The improvement they have wrought is a cumulative broadband improvement, through to my mind the Auva 70's under the One Thing Audio Rupert stands my One Thing Audio Quad 57's sit were nothing short of a revelation. My system is now sounding exceptional whether digital or analogue I'm am very with the Auva's inclusion.
I end with more comments by Mr Rigby "Before this test, I considered the Quad 57s – for the price – the best speakers in the world. Bar none.
Since I added the feet, that estimation has gone upwards!" I have to agree, Mr Rigby also wrote "I expected some sort of improvement from the Stack Audio AUVA feet sure but nothing, nothing in sonic terms, quite like this. The sheer level of precision from the music now was quite outstanding. For my HiFi system, at least, it felt like the last ingredient to make the entire HiFi chain click into place. It’s almost like my HiFi system needed a big nudge to give it that sense of clarity – and I didn’t know. I didn’t know that was even necessary until I tested the AUVA feet."
"The largest and most dramatic improvement was moving from basic feet to the 70s. That was a shock. Saying that, the move from the 70s to the 100s was a move to ‘proper HiFi’. High-end HiFi. HiFi that nods towards the sound and says, “Just stop what you’re doing and..take…a…listen…to…thisss.”
About Auva 100's " Differences, if any? Lots is what I’d say! But hear this, moving from the 70s to the 100s is to move from excellent hifi to truly high-end HiFi. And I mean top-of-the-line. It’s like moving from an exceptional boron cantilevered cartridge to a cartridge packing a sapphire or even diamond cantilever. That sort of standard."
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 10, 2024 11:08:48 GMT
It has been a several weeks since I last posted about the Auva 70's under my OTAQ uads on OTA Rupert stands and EQ'S & 50's under the amplifiers & CD player., in that time the Stack Audio Auva EQ'S, Auva 50's & 70's seem to have settled in to a very efficient vibration absorbing mode.
There has been a subtle almost imperceptible daily progression in sound quality over the last few weeks, when I consider the improvements the Auva components made initially. Josh Stephenson told me in a phone call that customer feedback indicated that the Auva70's in particular the Auva chambers with their presumably micro-fine particles needed quite some time more than 100 hours, to actually settle to optimum.
The soundstage is now where applicable wider than the room walls, bass notes are clear deep & precise, the depth of the soundstage is difficult to express. the decay of notes is so natural, voices, male or female are real. I thought as do many others the mids & highs of Quad 57's were/are the reference to judge other speakers by. The sounds coming from the OTA Quad 57's on OTA Rupert stands are now in another league, now producing the bass Peter Walker said they would with the right amplifier. Even TV adverts can sound good.
I have commented on how the Auva 50's & laterly the Auva 70's reduced the vibration in the frame of the speakers, yesterday & today playing my usual eclectic mix of music the vibration was reduced even more. I'm still cogitating the step up to Auva 100's that others have written about & on the Youtube videos...
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 21, 2024 16:28:53 GMT
It has been a several weeks since I last posted about the Auva 70's under my OTAQ uads on OTA Rupert stands and EQ'S & 50's under the amplifiers & CD player., in that time the Stack Audio Auva EQ'S, Auva 50's & 70's seem to have settled in to a very efficient vibration absorbing mode. There has been a subtle almost imperceptible daily progression in sound quality over the last few weeks, when I consider the improvements the Auva components made initially. Josh Stephenson told me in a phone call that customer feedback indicated that the Auva70's in particular the Auva chambers with their presumably micro-fine particles needed quite some time more than 100 hours, to actually settle to optimum. The soundstage is now where applicable wider than the room walls, bass notes are clear deep & precise, the depth of the soundstage is difficult to express. the decay of notes is so natural, voices, male or female are real. I thought as do many others the mids & highs of Quad 57's were/are the reference to judge other speakers by. The sounds coming from the OTA Quad 57's on OTA Rupert stands are now in another league, now producing the bass Peter Walker said they would with the right amplifier. Even TV adverts can sound good. I have commented on how the Auva 50's & laterly the Auva 70's reduced the vibration in the frame of the speakers, yesterday & today playing my usual eclectic mix of music the vibration was reduced even more. I'm still cogitating the step up to Auva 100's that others have written about & on the Youtube videos... Cogitating is over Stack Audio Auva 100's now in place under the OTA Rupert stands & OTA Quad 57's. After 5 + hours listening, my take so far is, even more natural than the Auva 70's or indeed the Auva 50's, at the moment bass not apparently deeper however more definition & separation between drums & bass guitar or Indian Jori (wooden drum) & Rudra Veena (long string instrument with a large gourd at each end) deeper sounding. Electronic music like Tomita or deadmau5 I can discern the previously single sounding deep bass notes are overlaid with 3 or more frequencies giving an almost palpable texture to the bass, Virgin box live recordings have a more natural quality now stepping away from HiFi to real performances I have written when listening to Norah Jones at Ronnie Scotts using the Auva 70's my table was 20 feet away my table is now even closer & I can hear the knuckles of the double bass players hitting the bass. The treble & mid's are cleaner voices both male & female sound real, where applicable the acoustic sounds natural & there is more to come the Auva 70's took 100 + hours for the micro granules to settle the Auva 100's are an improvement even before 5% of that time.
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 22, 2024 17:25:41 GMT
On another forum I was asked what the steps from Auva 50's to Auva 70's then to Auva 100's. since there was interest shown there there may be some here. my answer best I can below.
The jump from a few pads to Auva 50's seemed quite big at the time, going to Auva 70's before the Auva chamber micro particles in the Auva 50's had settled, seemed an even bigger jump, once the micro particles in the Auva chambers of the Auva 70's settled after a couple of weeks use there was even more improvement.
Moving to the Auva 100's initially seemed more subtle, partially because I was by now used to the improvements wrought by Auvas including Auva EQ's under pre & power amps, as I upgraded I realised the darn things do work, just as advertised or money back.
However as I listened I realised that as the Audiophile Man wrote "But hear this, moving from the 70s to the 100s is to move from excellent hifi to truly high-end HiFi. And I mean top-of-the-line. It’s like moving from an exceptional boron cantilevered cartridge to a cartridge packing a sapphire or even diamond cantilever. That sort of standard."
Music that I know well has more body, a feeling of a performance rather than a recording, initially the bass was no deeper, now with only 10% of the settling time of the Auva 70's the bass notes on Tomita's Snowflakes are dancing now a bit deeper & fill the room not just project, bass with Auva 70's is good but this is in another league more powerful & as I wrote above what were single notes I can now hear are multiple frequencies overlaid. Mid range & treble have always been the lauded sweet spot for Quad 57's I can now hear little inflections in voices not noticeable before also the timbre has slightly changed, Instruments from gongs to bass drums double bass inn particular resonate naturally, voices & instruments whether blown, bowed, plucked or struck all seem so real.
I played a 1980's DVD of the Mikado earlier even with 3 people singing different words to the same tune you can clearly hear the 3 as individuals, actors footfall in dance the sequences is also better integrated without spoiling the enjoyment voices the acoustic of the stage is now easily discerned.
The sound is evolving as I put time on the Auva 100's, would I go back to Auva 70's brilliant as they are, an emphatic no the Auva 100's are here to stay.
I hope this goes someway to answering your query, as you will realise the Auva 100's cover an even bigger area/sound envelope than 50's or 70's, also it is difficult to listen for differences when the music grabs your attention so. I will try to update after a while.
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 24, 2024 11:27:29 GMT
In answer to a sceptical comment on another forum regarding burn in rather than settling. My reply was as follows.
Is burn in real?, well without opening a wasp's nest re components/leads etc. Reading the literature & watching YouTube & talking to Theo Stack on the phone. My take/thoughts on how they work are...
In the case of the Stack Audio Auva chambers, including those with 1,2 ,3 & 5 chambers, each has a layer of multiple types of micro particles (patent applied for) including Tungsten if you shake any Auva near your ear you can hear a soft rustle, whilst the particles are very small it takes time for the particles to settle since the vibrational energy is quite low similar to a Chladni Plate where a frequency forms a set pattern at a single frequency when brushed by a bow changing the pattern with slower or faster bowing thereby changing the frequency. The Auva chambers are subject to the full audio spectrum at once & it does seem to take a while for the particles to sort themselves out creating heat & absorbing vibration. The Auvas are made of Aluminium the stainless steel adapters etc are non magnetic (I tried a magnet).
An observation :
I Have found the dynamic range has increased since adding the Auva 100s, my wife (with tinnitus) has gone out to meet a friend/s.
The Auva 100's are as I believe still settling. I'm Listening to last nights prom & there is a wider gap? space? (can't quite find the right word) between the quiet notes/sections & the peak of crescendos ie the quiet parts like foot fall & loud parts with the orchestra giving its all.
Any other Auva users out there how say you.
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Post by bencat on Aug 24, 2024 11:57:48 GMT
John given the description of the loading and that there is no electricity passing through these items (rightly or wrongly I associate burn in with electrical circuits and power flow ) I think in this case settling , bedding in seems to suit it better . What is implicit in your comments is that things will change over time in use with these supports .
|
|
bencat
Rank: Quartet
Posts: 353
|
Quad ESL
Aug 24, 2024 12:44:14 GMT
via mobile
Post by bencat on Aug 24, 2024 12:44:14 GMT
Just thought I would add that my comments can be seen as semantics the important part that is being said is that these supports change and improve over time . What we call or describe them as is just trying to not confuse those who are familiar with electrical burn in this not the same process but it is a comparable effect .
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 24, 2024 12:51:51 GMT
John given the description of the loading and that there is no electricity passing through these items (rightly or wrongly I associate burn in with electrical circuits and power flow ) I think in this case settling , bedding in seems to suit it better . What is implicit in your comments is that things will change over time in use with these supports . bencat: You elucidate the differences twixt passing current ie burn in & mechanical/physical settling which are indeed "implicit in" my "comments is that things will change over time in use with these supports." The previous use of 50's & 70's + Auva EQ's indicate such will be the case. I do not believe as you point out it is pure semantics. Having listened to legislative committees in Parliament discussing for hours the correct conjunction to make a bill or legislation unambiguous, only to have the obfuscation of the judiciary thwart their best efforts. John
|
|
|
Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2024 15:11:20 GMT
I have heard both the Black Ravioli (of which I have many) and the Auva (of which I have four) settle and improve over the course of a week or so. The Auva have been positioned and left alone. The BRs seem to respond well to further weight being placed on top of the component. That's why I have so many Schramm weights, too.
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 24, 2024 16:28:20 GMT
I have heard both the Black Ravioli (of which I have many) and the Auva (of which I have four) settle and improve over the course of a week or so. The Auva have been positioned and left alone. The BRs seem to respond well to further weight being placed on top of the component. That's why I have so many Schramm weights, too. MartinT: Now that is a very interesting observation, Alastair Robertson-Aikman founder of SME used solid brass where possible to weight/mass load his multiple Quad 57 setups in his famous, expensive purpose dug subterranean listening room, to turn your observation 180 deg has anyone I wonder tried to mass load speakers with Auva 50,70 or 100's fitted ? I use mass dissipation for my unsprung Hydraulic Reference turntable sitting on a heavy paving stone feeding into 2 brick walls of an alcove. Trying Auva 50s under the turntable & they sucked the life out of the music, thus conversely proving Auvas work. Mass loading the Rupert stands supported by Auva 50's 70's or in my case 100's would be relatively easy & safe since all of the sets of 4 Auvas are for up to 275 Kg (606 lbs) speakers/load mass loading the actual speakers I do not know.. Now not so practical would be mass loading the Auva EQ supported 13Kg MC7R preamp or 25 Kg Atlas Magnum power amp especially since the Auva EQ's are of the correct type for the load. MartinT I have read you are reluctant to fiddle with parts of your system but would mass loading the Auva supported item if not Auva EQ be possible & if so beneficial ?.
|
|
|
Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2024 17:04:48 GMT
I have just tried adding a heavy mass to the lowest (unused) shelf of my tall table supporting EtherREGEN, AfterDark clock and 2 x JS-2 power supplies, all on Auva CSA2. I'll let you know. The thought of 'mass loading' my speakers, which are on Townshend Podiums, did make me laugh out loud. They are already 160kg each. How much more mass did you recommend? Seriously, they each have 30kg of lead shot in the lower compartment.
|
|
|
Post by palace on Aug 24, 2024 17:59:24 GMT
I have just tried adding a heavy mass to the lowest (unused) shelf of my tall table supporting EtherREGEN, AfterDark clock and 2 x JS-2 power supplies, all on Auva CSA2. I'll let you know. The thought of 'mass loading' my speakers, which are on Townshend Podiums, did make me laugh out loud. They are already 160kg each. How much more mass did you recommend? Seriously, they each have 30kg of lead shot in the lower compartment. MartinT: i suspect you already know Auva EQ No 2's take 4-10Kg (9-22 lbs) per Isolator, I will be fascinated to know either way, with the acknowledged quality of your system differences should be discernible. I bet you do not change rooms or even move them often with speakers that weight, though Any set of Auva 50,70 or 100's could cope with 115 Kg more
|
|