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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.

Mac F
 

 


 

 

jmfinney
tuffy72561
184 posts
 

I had chimed in earlier in this thread but wanted to update some findings upon adding two more Holostages to my home system. It has been just over a week since introducing two more Holostages into my system. I have one on either side of my seated position about 1 foot outside of the speakers position and about 34 inches off the floor. My Hales Transcendance 5 speakers are about 8 feet apart, and my listening position is about 8 feet from the speakers drivers. The sound now is more three dimensional with guitars and many other instruments seemingly jumping out more into the foreground of the speakers and in between them. It is like being in the front row of your own personal concert. Orchestral music now has a larger scale to it with the enhanced three dimensionality and increased soundstage. The sound seems to flow better with a greater sense of continuity. I held off on inserting these last 2 Holostages into the system because Krissy said they should be a little higher up than I have them but wasn't sure what to put them on. So I just decided not to wait any longer and to put a Holostage on top of a side table with some stacked cds on one side and a box of cds on top of an Ottaman on the other side under the other Holostage.  Boy, am I glad that I finally inserted them into my system as it is quite the effect that these two Holostages have had on the enjoyment of the music. 

I also wanted to mention just how nice, accommodating and easy that Krissy is to work with. Krissy is also very knowledgeable on what her products can do for your system and an audiophile herself.  

 

devinplombier
116 posts
 

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.

 

bolong
602 posts
 

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