Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak


Category: Accessories

I consider myself a relatively sane and skeptical audiophile when it comes to devices that offer a higher level of performance with magical explanations of how they work. Well, I had read on Six Moons website a very postive review regarding the Acoustic Revive RR-77 room conditioner, yes room conditioner, but took it with a big grain of salt. Then my good friend and fellow GON member Ted Brady in a conversation tells me that he has not lost his mind, but the damn device worked wonders in his high end system. So, what the heck, it costs $400.00 and I can get one from Music Direct with a 30 day home audition and send it back if it does not work.

It's a very small box that you put behind your speakers at the height of five feet off the ground. It is a type of wave generater that puts into the room a subsonic frequency that either effects how you hear the system in the room or somehow effects the acoustic of the room it self. For alot more information regarding the theory regarding how it works you can go to Six Moons website for alot more details.

Well, I have no real idea how it produces the effects it does, but the damn thing works magic in the following areas:

1)A greater liquidity and oozyness in my system without a loss of PRAT or macrodynamics.

2)More dense images with greater air around each player in the soundstage.

3)A deeper/wider soundstage.

4)Everything sounds more relaxed and natural.

My girlfriend, who is a musician, heard it instantly when she walked in and asked me what did I do this time regarding a new piece of gear. So, I have no rational explanation how it works, but boy does it work in a significant postive way. So, if I have not lost my mind, I recommend you try one in your room. What the heck, you get a 30 day trial from Music Direct. Highly recommended!

Associated gear
Click to view my Virtual System
teajay

Showing 8 responses by geoffkait

The Kemp Schumann Frequency wall plug has been garnering some very favorable attention. Google Stereo Times review by Clement Perry.
How does the 26K mile Schumann wave fit in the room? That's what I'd like to know about it. And why is about five feet above the floor the best place for the device?
Hi, Sabai, does the Schumann frequency device operate on the signal (acoustic waves) or on the listener?
Sabai, thanks for the response. How can you tell the difference between affecting the signal and affecting yourself? Cheers, Geoff
I heard through the grapevine that those eBay R-777 units are knock offs. Which might explain why the prices are "more in line with reality." ;-) They are sold as "used" so as not to raise too many doubts as to their authenticity. Ditto with high end cables on eBay from the orient.

clmelis
10 posts
06-28-2016 9:39am
That's the official line.
The current model is the 888 anyway.
It's not painted with magic symbols inside, but it WORKS!
I saved $400 for the same performance.
I'm happy.


I happy if you're happy. But I kind of doubt your eBay unit has the same performance as the real McCoy. I never said the eBay version doesn't work. But everything is relative. That's why there's an RR-77, RR-777 and RR-888 and why aftermarket power supplies further improve them.

clmelis
12 posts
07-07-2016 11:05pm
Never mind.
I saw your avatar, Geoff.
(You do Voodoo?)
Go ahead, have the last word:-

Ah, the superstitious type, eh?