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Post by palace on Aug 22, 2024 19:45:45 GMT
If the Auvas have a damping effect on the supported equipment like Black Ravioli, and I suspect that they do, then more Auva will provide more damping. You have to keep a fairly good load on them, so that helps determine the optimum number. MartinT you make a valid point they do damp by allowing vibrating micro particles in what Stack Audio call an Auva chamber by converting vibrations even small ones into heat following the laws of physics in that energy cannot be destroyed only converted. Auva EQ's have a single Auva chamber, Stack Audio say "Hi-Fi electronics benefit from being de-coupled from the stand or shelf that they sit on" their "Custom Silicon Absorber foot fitted to absorb high levels of external vibration". so it could easily be that more than 3 or 4 could be needed to be effective but more expense. Stack Audio say"loudspeakers should be positioned precisely and held rigidly". their various Auva 50's 70's & 100's increase in their mm diameters and number of Auva chambers either felt or spikes I do not like spikes so I elected for felt. I had allowed the Auva EQ's micro particles to settle before fitting the Auvq 70's & Auva 100's. stackaudio.co.uk/auvaeq/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjww5u2BhDeARIsALBuLnNtwJeIEQEcKs5ifnDzVV0B8v5fdoo3Pxu3h8CQHcEgsVN5EVpDn_8aArf6EALw_wcB |
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Post by palace on Aug 29, 2024 14:59:32 GMT
 This series of posts (blog) of mine was started when Mark Manwaring-White added a SUT Modification to my Croft phono stage for a Hana ML. Expanded with the help of contributors this forum. ![]() When I put the Auva 70'S on to the OTA Quad 57's & OTA Rupert stands I had 8 x Auva 50's, so I put them under the Croft phono stage & the CD4se CD player the effect was not as noticeable as the the Auva NO.1 EQ's under my Ming da MC7R modified by Mark Manwaring-White as was my Rogue Atlas Magnum which sits on Auva No.2 EQ's. I read the Stack Audio promotional literature again reproduced as follows "The rigid machined aluminium shell of the AUVA EQ is designed to sit underneath the piece of Hi-Fi equipment in direct contact with the case. The silicone absorber sits on the hi-fi shelf or rack. As such, the case of the Hi-Fi equipment is directly coupled with the AUVA chamber of the EQ but de-couple from the Hi-Fi shelf via the CSA suspension". My thought process was simple something soft & flexible under the Auva 50's after a internet binge Sorbothane pads from SRM I have used their RCM cleaning brush on my LP's when cleaning since my family bought me a Okki Nokki RCM for my 65th so 10 years. Today I removed the OEM feet drilled out the existing holes to 8.5 mm to take the M8 adapters (M8 studding) used for fixing Auvas to speakers. One disc underneath one on top of the Auva 50's to lock the studding & one in the Croft to lock in place, the adapters are non magnetic stainless steel as are the discs, a 25 mm disc of Sorbothane 4 mm thick using double sided tape stuck to the felt under the Auva 50'S So half an hour later listening to Vinyl , Melanie plucking her guitar I heard her nails on the strings never heard that before, then listening to Simon & Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme first track Scarborough Fair their voices cleaner easy to differentiate between the two, there has always been noticeable sibilance on this early LP bought soon after release I put a scratch on side 2 this LP sounds better than the later spare I bought with an extra track, the sibilance had almost disappeared, the last track Silent Night was so clean & clear S & G's voices so gentle then from the right speaker the 7 O'Clock News voiced by Charlie O'Donnell was audible sooner & fixed & isolated in a mono space. As it happens O'Donnell was a DJ not a news reader. It is clear to me that I must investigate more Auva EQ's under my Caiman DAC & it's MCRU/Longdog designed LPSU. MartinT thank you repeated what failed with postimage earlier.  ![]() |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 29, 2024 15:38:43 GMT
If you could re-post the images using the Insert Image button and just the URL for the image, they should work.
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Post by palace on Aug 30, 2024 14:41:37 GMT
To save delving through this thread a brief resume. After my eliminating as much EMI/EFI from the system with copper foil shielding. I have fitted Stack Audio Auva 100's to my OTA Quad 57 speakers with stunning results. I have also fitted Auva EQ's to pre & power amp. With Auva 50's modified with Sorbothane under the Croft phono stage with SUT's fitted by my dear friend Mark Manwaring-White (Malvern Audio Research).
Today listening to Sing When You're Winning vinyl LP Robbie Williams the modded Auva 50's are responsible in conjunction with the Auva 100's for the increase in clarity with deeper bass & a sexy hint in the voices of Nicole Kidman & The never less than superb Jane Horrocks & now a very real sounding Sinatra on track 4 "It Was a Good Year"
Rubber Soul The Beatles. Vinyl LP. This album bought as a Christmas Present 1965. I have listened to as much as any other album I have both at my/our flat & elsewhere though not recently. Today it's a different album, after installing Stack Audio Auvas The guitar plucking/picking is now so precise the harmonies the voices are clearer & more distinct an unnoticed muddle has gone. In places what I thought was Ringo hitting a wood block is in fact a cowbell. George Harrison playing acoustic guitar & sitar on Norwegian Wood the notes stop & start instantly, bass guitar underpins in a way I had not noticed before.
This was a surprise I never expected & yes, as before with the album spinning at exactly 33.3rpm it sounds more relaxed almost slower intricacies so easily resolve. As the micro particles settle may be there is more to come.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 30, 2024 19:56:00 GMT
Today listening to S wing When You're Winning That is a very well produced album. |
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Post by palace on Sept 3, 2024 16:29:51 GMT
At some point I am going to drive to Ming Towers in Malvern (Malvern Audio Research). I drive because I do not trust couriers plus the turnaround is quicker, I also get to see my dear friend & I can hear the result in Mark's demo system.
My MC7R preamp much modified by Mark Manwaring-White has developed a problem in so much that the 4 way selector switch occasionally goes silent, select any of the 4 inputs & nothing comes out flick it backwards & forwards a few times resolves the problem, I have cleaned the switch & treated with Deoxit , logic dictates, change it, as it will not improve, Mark agrees & will fit a new selector switch he also suggested whilst it is open on the bench fitting a much higher quality volume control than the fitted Alps Blue, the one he uses in his Audio Detail equipment.
When my son has a day off that fits in with Mark's schedule, since I like to have a co-pilot these days on a longish journey, Malvern is a 360 plus mile round trip including collecting my son, just to be safe now I'm 75. As a police officer I saw some unfortunate results of those being blase, I was taught to be careful.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 3, 2024 16:44:53 GMT
I like Malvern, my in-laws live there (Malvern Wells) and my late wife's ashes are up in the hills.
Lovely area to stay and walk around.
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Post by palace on Sept 3, 2024 17:03:15 GMT
I like Malvern, my in-laws live there (Malvern Wells) and my late wife's ashes are up in the hills. Lovely area to stay and walk around. I agree there are some exquisite paths Mark lives at the base of a big hill, his garden rises from the house & the land gets' steeper, though my knees preclude to much walking, the vistas are stunning a beautiful unspoilt place to have one's ashes scattered... |
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Post by palace on Sept 5, 2024 11:46:47 GMT
I have just put 3 x Auva No1's under my Caiman DAC & 3x Auva No1's under the MCRU/Long dog designed LPSU ditto under my Virgin box & likewise under my Sony BDP 6700 DVD player...
Listening to Reggae numbers from a Virgin box BBC recording lower bass is fuller, snare drums have a snap.
On i'm in love with a man nearly twice my age Shabba Ranks & Kristal a greater pizzazz I'm surprised Krystal wasn't a bigger star.
YouTube I just called to say I love you Stevie Wonder so much fuller the electronic voice section actually makes sense now.
YouTube Rio After Dark the bird song is so sharp does not hang on it has a sharp cut off, flute notes clear clean & sweet & as is Anna C's voice.
YouTube Crossroads (American Pie)Don McLean piano is so real McLeans voice softer & again slower/more relaxed less in the way...
YouTube Walk on the Wild Side Herbie Flowers opening double tracked bass notes were good now they are lower again sounds more relaxed the little background guitar notes are easier to pick out. Lou Reed's voice intonation works perfectly.
YouTube on numerous classical pieces the reverb of bowed double bass strings are richer & fuller other instruments as on Miriam Margolyes narrating Peter & the Wolf played by the Adelaide SO. are clearly in their allotted sections within the soundstage.
These are my initial thoughts the sound has grown more body & has not the slightest fatiguing element experience has taught me that Auvas improve as the micro particles settle.
Trying to pin down the myriad of minuscule elements is potentially a very long task, the cumulative improvements are many, rather than defining them at this point I just want to listen to music.
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Post by palace on Sept 5, 2024 14:10:38 GMT
I was a little rushed earlier re the Auva EQ's.
I have just got back from my doctors surgery for an inoculation with RSV vaccine, a virus lung infection apparently on the rise particularly in the elderly.
With the system back on, including the Sony BDP 6700 DVD player, firstly playing my 1980's Mikado DVD the picture is sharper! designs on elaborate costumes more visible; sitting here I realise that in crowd scenes the scale of the chorus is more apparent voices are more impressively real & with a feeling of space. I am also hearing what I think are the stage boards resonating in spoken sections not just the foot fall as before. The tenor voice of Clive Revel (oft a villain in the man from UNCLE) very emotive with a surprising quality of tone not heard before. The voices of the bass, baritone & contralto, sopranos et al are all improved...
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Post by palace on Sept 6, 2024 9:01:30 GMT
To quote the observation of someone on another forum "‘Noise’ is often translated into the picture as it has no where else to go and makes edging fuzzy on lettering as an example."
Last night with the system off whilst watching TV with my wife, I saw the TV picture had improved, on adverts I could read writing on products/items in the background as stated above. Of course duh! the 3 Auva EQ's under the Virgin box do not just work when I am playing HD recordings they work effectively at all times so just as I commented on, about the 3 Auva EQ's under the Sony BDP 6700 DVD player, sharpened the picture likewise those under the Virgin box are doing the same.
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Post by palace on Sept 9, 2024 12:04:32 GMT
The Auva No.1 EQ's under the Sony DVD player, Virgin HD Box & Caiman SEG 50 DAC & associated MCRU/Longdog linear PSU joining the other Auva EQ'S & Auva 100's under the OTA Quad 57's on OTA Rupert stands. These new arrivals have had a few days for the micro particles in their Auva chambers to settle.
I don't quite know quite how, the clarity of the sound produced by my system has improved exponentially as has the soundstage which has both widened & deepened as has the ability to find those micro details in the less congested recording, treble & mids more insightful, bass is multi layered where applicable, this is has left me both delighted & conflicted.
Listening to recordings on the Virgin box & then switching it off & listening to the same piece ie Stir it Up Bob Marley on The Old Grey Whistle Test the YouTube rendition is so much better far more detail, deeper bass sharper guitars/drums & the intonation & timbre of the backing & Marley's voice is also different, better sounds just appearing from inky black backgrounds on other recordings. I did connect the TV & Virgin Hub together with a UGreen CAT 7 cable a couple of Ferrites were added one at a time then listening to the cable after reading about a "choke" cable offering improvements.
The Virgin box was previously ok/good in comparison. Now the the differences between sources is now so clear, Phono still rules for me, CD is very good as is YouTube mostly, DVD is good as is the Tuner & so is my cassette player the gap between the Virgin box sound & the aforesaid is a virtual chasm now on 90% of the Virgin recordings.
All in all the Auva's under virtually everything has proved to be a revelation I can remember the system after my successful copper foil exploits to remove/shield against EMI/RFI that was a big improvement, using the Auva 100's was another big improvement, now fitting Auva EQ's under most of my electronics apparently feed the OTA Quads/Rupert stands with a cleaner signal that has been a great success, the music now has effortless scale depth & an element of magic that I did not know was missing. What I hear now is really quite different & preferable to what was available to me at the beginning of the summer.
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Post by palace on Sept 12, 2024 13:33:19 GMT
I borrowed an idea from the Fynne Audio Super Trax super tweeter. Using a vertical U shape copper divider covered in insulating tape in the mouth of the horn on top of my OTA Quad 57's though vertical rather than horizontal it worked, not so neat as the Fynne I  proved the concept. I fixed a stainless steel tube to the top of the horn box, then bent a brass rod cut to length with a 35mm brass disc shaped in to a shallow V mimicking the angles of the horn, the rod using JB Weld was affixed in to the V then another 35mm disc affixed over the other, then faced with a disc of flexible vinyl, even satin brass looked wrong to me. This method allowed me to move the what Fyne seem to call an Iso Flare & I call a diffuser, in & out to more precisely stop the Batpure tweeter beaming but retaining all of the other benefits of a super tweeter. I am very pleased with the result.  |
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Post by palace on Sept 23, 2024 11:28:16 GMT
Just a quick up date on my Fynne Audio Super Trax super tweeterI inspired "diverter" have now replaced the 35mm disc with a 44mm brass disc in front of the "diverter" thus dissipating their output, improving the impact of the super tweeter I first made discs out of aluminium foil trying several sizes. I have also put a 35mm poly disc on the front to damp the brass I think it looks quite good with a brass rim.   I'm playing my oft played 1983 DVD of the Mikado with Clive Revill as Ko-Ko as & William Conrad as the Mikado after another week, it seems that the recently fitted Stack Audio Auva EQ's under the DVD player as well as those under my pre & power amplifiers, the micro particles Auva chambers have settled even more the TV picture is sharper in which small details are more apparent, much like the audio which is now also sharper, cleaner, background instruments & voices are fixed floating in the room, emanating from a silent(black) background including in some scenes a tinkling stream the like of which I have for real camping in he lakes & a depth of natural bass that even I thought was beyond my Quad 57 speakers, all with a reality I never could have really anticipated... It is difficult to impress on others in mere words, the impact of the sounds I am hearing compared to near the beginning of the UK summer, let alone the previous 40+ years there also appears to have been an increase in dynamic range, a widened soundstage, with a depth for & aft of the speakers. I think this is because so much hash has been removed or stopped from entering by the Auva 100's & the Auva EQ's, I have certainly run out of superlatives to describe the current realism. |
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Post by palace on Oct 1, 2024 11:27:55 GMT
Yesterday I drove the 35 miles or so to my son & daughter-in-law & not to forget my now bi-lingual 19+ month old (German/English) granddaughter. As my daughter-in-law's diesel car needed a long run, my son drove the 120 ish miles to Malvern & our joint friend Mark Manwaring-White at Malvern Audio Research, despite amber weather warnings, we had just a little rain & at about 180 meter visibility just a little foggy for 3-4 miles.
After a cup of incredible China bought, Red Tea, & several refills during the day, Mark disassembled my Ming Da MC7R pre amp that he has extensively upgraded, so Mark removed/replaced the defective 15-20 year olds selector switch, Mark then replaced the original Alps Blue volume control potentiometer with a new TKD one, a brand used by Kondo & LAMM & Audio Note, it is a shunt attenuator/taper type to give you it is said better performance than a standard taper potentiometer.
Mark is fastidious in application & on testing on one of his oscilloscope's he found a discrepancy in channel output of 1-1.5db after chasing the circuit he found a 470k resister showing 200k, soon all was well and the MC7R was inserted in Mark's reference system. It was a tad warmer or had slightly more bass balance than the reference preamp but was as open & clear.
Mark then set to on my Croft phono stage that he recently converted to have 2 x SUT's he rewired the 2 x valve sockets from ECC83/12AX7 12.6 or 6.3v to take the 6.3v 6N2P EV OS Voskhod factory Russian valves that I had fitted with adapters, when tested perfectly in phase no visible mains ripple. Then the reverse journey & home.
Today I plugged everything in, bearing in mind the Auva 50's I repurposed from the OTA Quad 57's bolted under the Croft phono stage with added Sorbothane to decouple them from the rack/table. These Auva 50's the micro particles will need to resettle.
My initial reaction on playing music of YouTube & turntable was of added definition & clarity of mid's & treble, bass seemed to be missing, certainly a lot less than previously, though thankfully after 3 hours playing diverse types of music on YouTube including an hour of the Tara labs burn in, bass is back & even better defined, so far the effect has been similar to when I placed the Stack Audio Auva 50's under the OTA Rupert stands, & close to the Auva 70's before they ran in.
I will let everything do it's thing for a while & then try to write a coherent post when I can come to terms with what I have now.
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Post by palace on Oct 2, 2024 12:37:52 GMT
Today I have been listening/watching the Brian Wilson & Friends DVD at the moment the change of volume pot. to a TKD one has been very positive, there is more open soundstage, fine details coming to the foreground Wilsons voice has lost a few years, sounds closer to that Pet Sound vibe (I have the mono). bass guitar a little more resonant, acoustic guitars sweeter, the stage the performers are on is slightly deeper & wider.
Mark Isham on Half Moon Bay his trumpet sounds very rich. Sebu Simonian on Runaway Dancer duetting with Wilson their voices are yet another step up.
I got excited yesterday comparing the TKD pot. to the Stack Audio Auva 50's & 70's I have now spent hours immersed in music, in reality the TKD is a worthy step up in quality but does not quite have that visceral impact on my first hearing the Auva 50's under the OTA Quad's/Rupert stands let alone 70's & 100's augmented with lots of Auva EQ's & unlike the Auva EQ's the TKD pot. can not/did not improve the TV picture.
Nate Ruess his 2 songs were fuller a slight edge to his voice this DVD/system had gone. She & Him, God Only Knows, Zooey Deschanel with Wilson her voice is so good that I prefer her/this version to the original.
Earlier listening to "Raising Venus" from the Album Convergence with Malia with Boris Blank (Yello producer) via YouTube what stood out was a slightly fuller presentation & even if it is Boris Blanc studio magic produced, a more realistic acoustic. Now listening to the opening to Jazz at the Pawnshop the drummers brushes stroked the drum skin the vibraphone resonated more, the width of the keyboard/piano is more apparent, I even may just may be beginning to enjoy this Jazz album.
I have also noticed that the volume is now lowered a little more than previously & even playing quieter (baby downstairs was crying) the detailed midrange, treble & bass are still there.
I wonder if there is more to come?
Addendum :
There is now more air & space, plus several albums I know well with a little sibilance in places with disparate voices from Simon & Garfunkel to Karen Carpenter seem to have disappeared, without any loss of treble. The old Alps Blue was also 15-20 years old, I bought the MC7R S/H well actually multiple owners in 2013 it was sold on repeatedly on a now defunct forum due to excessive gain, it is how/why I met Mark Manwaring-White when he was known as Mark the Ming, he sorted the problem & has upgraded it beyond any expectations I had & has done it as my funds have permitted.
For MartinT I forgot to say the Malvern Hills were looking beautiful...
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Post by palace on Oct 22, 2024 10:31:00 GMT
I previously wrote that at the beginning of the month I drove to my son's house, then my son drove me to Malvern to see our joint friend Mark Manwaring-White (Malvern Audio Research) to get a new selector switch & HQ TKD volume control to my MC7R preamp. Whilst my son John was at tech college, Mark had kindly taught John point to point wiring whilst John was building a TNT PreAmble Nuvistor preamp from scratch with the addition of a Bluetooth connection as a project for a 4 year multi skilled technician apprenticeship.
Some years ago Mark fitted a higher quality transformer to my 25 year old silver wired Croft phono stage when Mr Croft was incognito due to test cricket. Mark also added a 6.3v regulated DC supply to the existing 12.6v one intended for ECC83/12AX7 valves.
For several years I have used Russian 6N2P EV OS (OS space program) 6.3v only valves, using adapters I made from valve savers, on this visit I also took the Croft phono, Mark had already rewired the cathode follower socket to take after much testing of candidates a 6N1P valve without an adapter, this visit Mark rewired the 2 remaining valve sockets enabling the use of the 6N2P EV OS without the adapters, as they provided a less than perfect connection.
A few days before I had already bolted 4 x Stack Audio Auva 50's to the bottom of the Croft phono that was after I removed the OEM feet drilled out the existing holes to 8.5 mm to take the M8 adapters (M8 studding) used for fixing Auva's to speakers.
One disc underneath one on top of the Auva 50's to lock the studding & one in the Croft to lock in place, the adapters are non magnetic stainless steel as are the adjusting/fitting discs, I added a 25 mm disc of Sorbothane 4 mm thick using heavy duty Velcro stuck to the felt under the Auva 50's to decouple the Auva 50's from the support shelf, speakers should be coupled according to SA literature.
Inserted into Marks reference/demo system both the MC7R & Croft phono had slightly more bass than Mark' reference, both held their own not sounding out of place.
Now over 2 weeks after re-inserting them into my home system & the micro-particles in the 2 Auva chambers in each footer have had a chance to re-settle there is a noticeable improvement to my analogue play back & although the digital has also had an improvement in clarity I suggest that the TKD pot & a working selector switch are responsible for the digital, that improvement of the analogue is noticeably greater, yesterday I played only HQ versions on YouTube of albums I have, then comparing the two, vinyl has/had the edge in that it has a very natural sounding presentation, the more reliable valve connection with fewer friction joints & the modified Auva 50's being responsible, both of these media were several orders of magnitude better than at the beginning of the year prior to my copper foil exploits & the heavy sprinkling of Stack Audio Auva's.
The improvement particularly 70hz down in to the sub-bass to 35hz using a test CD though there is not a vast output, this has made me realise what I have been missing I did not think I needed subwoofers but investigation is underway re a suitably fast, clean powered sub to cover indeed enhance those bottom octaves.
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Post by palace on Oct 28, 2024 17:36:27 GMT
The other day I noticed a slight edge to the upper treble on female voice not heard/perceived before on some LP's I was catching up on, some I have had since the 1960's, which I am listening to almost with new ears such is the vast improvements wrought by the Auva 100's & EQ's.
I sat thinking a while, I had heard a similar effect ages ago with my original MusicMaker cartridge resolved by using a silicone damping fluid in the fluidwell of my semi uni-pivot Hadcock GH242 Silver plus tonearm, in 2020 I changed to a thinner oil that worked with the MusicMaster, I had/have a bottle of HQ pure 300000 cSt silicone oil my son used in his radio controlled electric & petrol cars gearboxes it is thicker than cold syrup/molasses.
I lifted off the arm tube & removed a little of the thin oil from the fluid well, adding a comparable amount of the very thick oil, tried the music again, I thought just a touch more collected it on a metal rod which I scraped off on the bearing center pin it is very reluctant to drip.
The detail in the upper/mid treble is now exceptional the bass is also improved & depth of the soundstage.
I have used the Hana ML for over a year my first post was on this thread was on 19/08/2023 (08/19/2024), the Hana ML is much heavier than my previous MusicMaster which also had a Cartridgeman Isolator, that little edge was not discernable prior to sprinkling the Stack Audio Auva 100's & EQ's around my system & they have now it would seem had time for the micro particles in them to settle & further clean up the sound.
What the viscosity of the damping medium now is I have no idea or indeed if repeatable though it should be with a little trial & error I did draw some out into a syringe with a wide needle used for vapes (I do not smoke) I bought the syringes to remove/renew the oil in the TT main bearing though silicone oil is unlikely to evaporate.
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Post by palace on Nov 7, 2024 12:19:49 GMT
I have not written anything for a week or two, mostly because I have been listening to music both analogue & digital, my son having shown me the sound quality available on YouTube.
I read on the forum about a "Throttle Cable" to use between components in set ups more complicated than mine using switches & the like, it utilises an ethernet cable with a number of clip on & a single ring ferrites, attached in a specific order, written about on a German forum.
I fitted the recommended but inexpensive UGreen ethernet CAT 7 cable between my TV & Virgin Hub the sound available on YouTube improved considerably, I then added 3 clip on ferrites they removed a slight edge, this coincided with my distributing Stack Audio Auva 100's under the Rupert stands my OTA Quad 57's sit on & Auva EQ's under the electronics as the microparticles they use settled the sound of my analogue elements ie turntable, FM radio & even my cassette deck have improved, aided by the new TKD volume potentiometer in my MC7R preamp.
I must for clarity digress, the sound from my turntable I keep noticing quiet background sounds that I had not noticed before, slight changes in timbre of voices more natural. double bass is now very much tighter but it does have that bloom you hear in a room listening to live music. Depth & texture to bassis also noticeable; there is no boom to it even at 80hz; it is multi-layered, not the single note bass Quad 57's can have, sound stage wider & deeper. In essence I have written I have a new record collection.
On the digital side the Stack Audio Auva's have created a comparable improvement, I have been listening to random tracks that pop up on YouTube as well as some I know well & have on LP or CD, likewise actual CD replay.
To get this level of improvement by buying a DAC, pre & power amplifiers,cables or cartridge if it were possible their purchase individually would cost thousands of UK pounds.
I note with interest Stack Audio are about to release quoting their weekly newsletter: "After a two and a half year research phase of experimentation, engineering and design iteration, we have now finalised the design of the SERENE Record Stabiliser and have received our first production samples. We will be reaching out directly to customers who have already registered their interest with more information as it comes. Please email info@stackaudio.co.uk to be added to our list". It is a lightweight record puck absorbing vibrations???
I wonder about the "Serene" as LP is still my go to, despite my age & stiff knees I still can be arsed to get up to set the volume or flip an LP.
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