I am using the Stillpoints Ultra SS with good success in some of my gear. Looking to complete two more sets. Then it hit me, is there anything better (preferably cheaper) out there?
Send me your email: I still have them. I can send you a picture with me holding them, or even take a video or do FaceTime and show them to you. Why would I lie ?
Believe or not @stevecham I did try those. Or something very similar I bought from Amazon. I definitely try to save money. I wish I could post a picture of them at hand. Still have them. Sitting there
Unfortunately, they made things worse. Muffled and dull
thyname: you’re wasting your money, but that’s your prerogative. You can’t afford $30 to try my recommendation huh? This is what’s wrong with our hobby!!!
Stillpoints are bright and very overpriced. Look at Symposium Rollerblocks or Magico Q pods for better more balanced sound with great stage and balanced frequency extremes.
And of course... here come the objectivists! Or the skeptics? Or the trollls! Flat earth crowd? Please... I don’t need your opinion. Go pollute a cable thread. Or a streamer/ DAC.... everything you don’t believe in
I would suggest Daedalus DiDs, particularly under DACs and other digital equipment. I had a chance to hear them A-B and the improvement was noticeable. As for Stillpoints, I'm using a set of Ultra SS under my speakers and they are excellent, though expensive.
I don't know if better then Stillpoints' since I have never tried them and refuse to pay that much but the Finite Elements Cerabase Classic,s work really well and look great. They can be had for a set of 4 between $700-1000.00.
I recently put isoacoustic's pucks under my power amp ($120 for four) to great effect. I'll be buying more. Thinking about the stillpoints under my TT though, due to their weight tolerance.
I tried a whole bunch of different things under the tube power supply to my phono stage about 5 years ago. Wound up with Stillpoints SS. But, believe it or not, the Vibrapod cone plus puck did add a clarity without any stridency- not as much as the Stillpoints, but cheap. Among the things I tried were Herbies Tall footers (softened the sound), Aurios (like an enclosed roller block- unbelievable clarity but added a bite that quickly became intolerable); HRS footers and plates (fine, didn’t do much); a set of old Goldmund cones I had from biblical times (didn’t do much) and maybe one other.
The Ayre myrtle blocks come to mind. Are they 'better'? Who knows? But, at least another choice that won't break the bank. Besides that, maybe something from Herbie's. Bob
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