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Synergistic PHT... any other PHT heads here?

I ordered the black widow/ green dream pack. I’ve been playing with black widow. Yea the pht is phuckin cool 😎
I’m listening to Stan Getz and it’s like he’s about 6 ft in front of me... it’s strange I can’t feel the air coming out of his horn. Like, it’s so real but I’m staring off into nothing and it’s not coming from a speaker. It’s like Getz just materialized in the middle of my living room. I haven’t tried the green dream. Anyone else using these, any using more than one? Where are you placing them? Mines on the front of my cartridge like a rhino horn sticking out into the room, it’s not on top like in the literature... my setup wouldn’t allow it. 
andrewkelley
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millercarbon
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Wait till you try the HFT Speaker Kit. Same deal as HFT, soundstage just keeps getting better, speakers disappear more and more. Does not seem to matter which or what order, ECT or HFT, walls or speakers, you can even do one Speaker Kit putting half as many on each speaker, then come back and add another kit later. Which is what I did. Amazing stuff.


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@millercarbon ok I’m hooked, what should be my next step. I have chemical treatments from @whostolethebatmobile on my cables and chassis already, so probably not ECT. But what kind of hft’s should I get. 
I’m on a budget so step by step 
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Okay so being budget minded first off tweaks like these are way more cost effective than component upgrades. Then trying to squeeze the most out of the tweaks... ECT and all the HFT versions are really very comparable. Also it really doesn't matter what you've done, they'll work just as much magic regardless. So what I would do is call and talk to Betty at highend-electronics.com and tell her just what you said, looking to get more Synergistic magic but gradually in a way that makes sense. 

What you're looking for, they have done specials on Synergistic and may be doing some again. Try and find out. They've done things like buy two get one free, buy one thing get another. That's how I got my Blue fuses, they were a freebie with ECT or HFT, and the darn Blue fuse was so good I kept buying more HFT just to get the fuse! 

Now Orange is the new Blue but you get the idea. Can't go wrong with any of those, they are all very good value for money. But if you can get one free with the other that is definitely the way to go. So call and ask. Never hurts to ask.
lewm
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I'll have what you guys are having.
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simao
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Ordered the Black/Green combo. Tried both separately with a small but discernable difference. 


Then put Black Widow on the headshell and the Green Dream on the arm near the pivot point. 


Much more wide open soundstage. Petty's Wildflowers and the Rest vinyl was huge and enveloping. M83s "Raconte-moi in histoire" was tight and deep. Yuko Mabuchi's first album was just sublime and her piano hung in the air in front of me  


I'm not sure these are worth the $200, but they do make a difference. 
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