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Stillpoints Aperture or Synergistic UEF panels Which one?

Stillpoints Aperture or Synergistic UEF panels Which one?
Both of these products have received rave reviews. The Stillpoints appear to be 4 times the cost of that of the Synergistic Research.

Currently, I am using some convoluted foam panels at the first and second reflection points and I also have many of the Synergistic HFT's through out the room. I also have ASC bass traps in all 4 corners.

I just tried a SR HFT in the center of the acoustic convoluted form panel and son of a gun it did lock in the soundstage. So, now I would like to pursue further with trying either one of these panels.

I have read somewhere that the SR HFT's do not work well with the SR UEF panels, which to me seems strange.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

ozzy
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ozzy OP
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ebm, Thanks.
Do you have the version 1 or 2?
By chance would you also be using the HFT's?

ozzy
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millercarbon
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Ozzy,
I had Mats on the outside of my speakers. Sounded great but couldn’t stand the look. Removed the drivers, cut Mats up, put them inside. One little 1/2" wide strip of Mat taped along internal wires is awesome. Or near the crossover. Also wrapped some around the speaker magnet, held on with a zip tie. Put fo.Q tape on speaker baskets. Paint internal wires and fo.Q tape with TC. Coated crossover with TC. Do all this stuff it is like a major major upgrade. You know what a Mat can do, well this is even better. This is putting it right in the places where it can do the most good. Same amount of Mat, you’re not changing that, just putting it ten times closer to the fields so it works even better. And it doesn’t mess up the look of your speakers!

Also nice system. Maybe its the photo's but it looks like you have the same HFTs all over the speakers. The Speaker Kit uses different versions of HFT for different locations on the speaker. They're definitely tuned for the different applications. Do you have Speaker Kits or just HFT on them?
ron17
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I've never used any Synergistic products but use 4 Stillpoints Apertures behind the listening position.  They are wonderful!  They don't make the room too dead or too reflective...just right.  I have had them for 4 years so not sure which version they are.  They are expensive but my dealer gave me a great price on them.  Good luck
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ozzy OP
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millercarbon,

I only had the HFT’s versions on the speakers and they did add a quality. I just don’t want to stick them back on again. I can’t see any good way to get inside my speaker cabinets but I’m sure that is the best way to get the full affects of the mat and the PPT stuff. Like the idea of the fo.Q inside too!

BTW, I placed a call to Synergistic but due to the virus they are all in a sort of hibernation state and had no idea when someone could get back to me.

ozzy
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slaw
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I've only used Apertures and love them. Afraid to contribute more as the OP may take the thread down once he obtained what he wants from it.
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