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Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak

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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!

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roccl007
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Hello Teajay, i just bought one for my listening room (23 X 23).I received the unit last evening i did not have the time to make a serious listening. I was only able to put the RR- 77 in a corner at about 6 fts high.Heard great things about an upgrade with the KINGREX PSU ( Power supply) who i was told it double the efficiency of the RR-77.I read also that adding a Shakti stone or Gut Wire Notepad will increase the performance of this Tweak...
What i note at this moment is a change in the acoustic of the room in the sense of more reverb or a better transmission of the atmosphere (recreate more the room or the space where the music have been recorded ???)
Note that my system was already sounding very natural and relaxed...
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roccl007
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Second evening of listening: the cd of Bob Dylan Oh Mercy on the song Man in the long black coat was really transformed with the RR-77 more floating and space out with more silence and delicacy.You should try this one !
For the other listenings in my system i feel i miss a bit of PRAT and bite, it seem the sound was getting a bit leaner.
My impression was like looking into binoculars by the reverse side.Don't get confuse with deeper sound stage and laid back sound.In my system i was listening to a live event but few rows in the back. Also i think i miss some micro details.
So funny to tell you that after a good night of sleep i feel the benefic effect of the RR-77 when i awake in the morning: i am more in shape
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