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Review: Sistrum Mini-Minitor Platform Support-SMM 1 Stand
Sistrum all around in my system. On a post over a year ago I reported that I could hear the Sistrum platforms under my Dunlavy speakers buzzing like a nat in heat. These products are obviously being excited by resonance from the world placed upon ... 
Vibration Isolators
Vibrations are self perpetuated within the playback instruments that we choose to reproduce-- the natural resonance of the music we enjoy. If we were to try to dampen or leaden the sound of musical instruments then it would not be considered natur... 
Help On Dunlavy's
Replace a 10 cent resistor with a multi dollar Vishay resistor bridge and you will be able to leap from joy over the top of your Dunlavy's 
InfiniCaps in Audio Research gear
Cresendo caps from North Creek Music Systems are my favorites in most applications, including speakers, and tube equipement.. 
Cable Comparison-Stage 1
You cannot to mix cables and tell which one is talking. 
Help On Dunlavy's
Passive parts are a totally interactive voice within the choir of component parts of a loudspeaker. They are taken for granted! 
Help On Dunlavy's
Chuck, there are many ways to upgrade Dunlavy speakers. E-mail for an exstensive list of how to, whys, and what parts.Tom 
Audio Rack with Positive "waf"
Optional coupling discs wiil protect your equipment and give you 99% of the performance benefits the rack will reward you with. The discs go between equipment and point thereby safe guarding your electronics. My madness tells me to go for that las... 
Why "splay" walls 4 custom listening room design?
Splayed walls and novice do not = hi- end sound. I agree with Rives. Simple = smart unless you are a pro. To many angles are hard to predict. Worse yet is the correction for an irregular room. I have been trying to work magic in mine for the last ... 
Audio Rack with Positive "waf"
Best sounding rack is the Sistrum rack. Component quality improvement in sound. Totally adjustable vertically, open for quick hookups. My wife likes it, my friends say it's very cool. 
Acapella ion tweeters
At an audio show years ago John Dahlquist demo-ed a system with Ionovac tweeters. Sounded very cool and open .The hotel room was also cool with the windows open to exhaust the ozone buildup.. 
Which cone's or platforms have helped?
Hello,Its hard to get your hands around a soup sandwich. Mixing shelves of different thickness and different woods with rubber pucks and points of steel with those of carbon fiber or titanium, brass or lead, sitting on grandmoms girdle between two... 
Which cone's or platforms have helped?
Bob, Two competing theories- dampening vs resonance transfer.Besides believing in one and not the other, a person should not mix the two. If you do mix the two you have no reference point for either one. Yes when I removed all rubber from the bott... 
Which cone's or platforms have helped?
Bob, I have found in using the Sistrum products they work even more effectively when I remove all factory feet, rubber or any other material. I think the rubber slows down the extraction of resonance that Sistrum drains away so well. I wonder how ... 
Which cone's or platforms have helped?
I was recently challenged by a friend who is a Sistrum Platform non believer to measure in room response of a system consisting of Thiel CS6's Krell amp and pre and Krell cd. All of this sat on a Stand Design audio rack. I used Audiocontrol RTA an...