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Holy Holostages!!
Full disclosure, I'm a tweaker. I've tried many different products that claim to improve the sound quality of your setup or tame the acoustics in your room. They have been carefully selected, all have a generous return policy. For example, LessLoss products have excellent price to performance numbers. F
Their Power Base & Speaker Base will blow your mind & their Firewalls for Loudspeakers move the needle considerably toward achieving an immersive, natural & relaxed stereo image. Synergistic Research's FEQ Carbon + 3 Carbon ATM's achieves a similar sonic effect by taking a different electronic approach.
This brings me to HeartSound Audio's Holostages. Have you ever wondered what it feels like to go swimming in your music? Well, that's exactly what Holostages do for your listening environment by eliminating even the most stubborn acoustic anomalies in your room. You are now in the middle of the performance that wraps around you entirely as it draws you closer & closer resulting in a dreamy sounding. How can these inconspicuous passive little black boxes have such a profound effect you ask? I don't have that answer except to say, they do!
Since Holos are so portable, it's easy to tune the room more to your liking. If you find the soundstage is too wide, tall or immersive & you prefer a more intimate club setting, the placement of another Holo or 2 closer to speakers or components can alter the image more to your liking. I have 1 on top of each Floorstander also. There is 1 Holo on top of both rear surround speakers. 1 set of 4 Holos will be plenty. As for the 2nd set of 4 Holos, I am experimenting with optimal locations.
Finally, the fact that I can easily hear the benefits of Holostages over the already effective LessLoss & SR acoustical treatments speaks a lot about what this product is capable of. Holostages are future proof & can enhance the sound of any 2ch stereo system. They really are that good!
These are only my initial impressions of the HoloStages after 36hrs of listening. And to the skeptics, don't knock 'em if you haven't tried 'em. However, I already know how your experience will turn out.
More later on the addition of 2nd set of Holostages.
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Maybe the sanest way to process this is to look at it as performance art. In 2013, artist Pyotr Pavlensky famously nailed his testicles to the ground in Red Square to protest increased authoritarianism in Russia. Paying $999 for 4 little plastic pucks is undeniably less painful, but where is the political value? Exactly. You get what you pay for 😂🤣 |
A good friend who is also a discerning Audiophile told me this. He purchased 12 Holostages because he had 60 days to return them. He was positioning them around his room but he was frustrated because, although he could already tell that their effect would be transformational, the 12th Holostage was nowhere to be found and without it he he could not achieve the ultimate four-dimensional-like balance he desired. So he decided to run to Fred Meyer to get some dinner. For those of you who live in different parts of the world, Fred Meyer is a regional supermarket chain we have around here. Police was playing on the store speakers as usual. But this time, Sting sounded... exceptional, the best my friend had ever heard him. His voice sounded good, he said, imagine that! And the bass was amazingly deep and tight, as if the big freezers in the frozen aisle softly pulsated with enveloping bass whose inky depths were so sweet my friend forgot all about the cat food. But salmon fillets were on sale for 99 cents a pound, so he got that, and it seemed to him that was a really a good price. The lady at the fish counter sounded like Diana Krall! My friend was enthralled by her mellifluous tones! He was in a great mood now, so he got a big flat of filet mignon for $3, figuring he would freeze it. At the checkout he reached for his billfold, and - there was the missing Holostage! It had been in his pocket this whole time! Back home, he positioned his last Holostage thoughtfully on top of his amp, and that old Burmester suddenly sounded like brand new Rotels, no lie! He popped one of his favorite Toni Braxton CDs in his player and sat back, enjoying every instant of perfection. As he pointed out, why not give Holostages a try since you have 60 days to return them? Chances are you'll want to keep them though, because honestly how many $3 flats of filet mignon does it take for those little gems to pay for themselves? Exactly. And let naysayers say nay.
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My good friend, who was a revered Audiophile, recently added two Holostages to his listening room, for a total of sixteen. Alas, there is such a thing as too much of a miracle; sadly, my friend could not cope with the transcendental four-dimensional bliss brought upon by the additional Holostages, this though a mere two had been added. Were he still with us, my friend would urge me to bring a message of caution to the members of this Forum. Indeed, few of you realize how powerful Holostages really are. Please do not add any Holostages without first seeking clearance from your medical team! Think of your loved ones and don't be the next statistic. This is no joke, folks.
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