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What Does Holographic Sound Like?

And how do you get there? This is an interesting question. I have finally arrived at a very satisfying level of holography in my system. But it has taken a lot of time, effort and money to get there. I wish there had been a faster, easier and less expensive way to get there. But I never found one.

Can you get to a high level of holography in your system with one pair of interconnects and one pair of speaker wires? I don't believe so. I run cables in series. I never found one pair of interconnects and speaker wires that would achieve what has taken a heck of a lot of wires and "tweaks" to achieve. Let alone all the power cords that I run in series. Although I have found one special cable that has enabled the system to reach a very high level of holography -- HiDiamond -- I still need to run cables in series for the sound to be at its holographic best.

There are many levels of holography. Each level is built incrementally with the addition of one more wire and one more "tweak". I have a lot of wires and "tweaks" in my system. Each cable and each "tweak" has added another level to the holography. Just when I thought things could not get any better -- which has happened many times -- the addition of one more cable or "tweak" enabled the system to reach a higher level yet.

Will one "loom" do the job. I never found that special "loom". To achieve the best effects I have combined cables from Synergistic Research, Bybee, ASI Liveline, Cardas, Supra and HiDiamond -- with "tweaks" too numerous to mention but featuring Bybee products and a variety of other products, many of which have the word "quantum" in their description.

The effort to arrive at this point with my system has been two-fold. Firstly, finding the right cables and "tweaks" for the system. Secondly, finding where to place them in the system for the best effects -- a process of trial and error. A lot of cables and "tweaks" had to be sold off in the process. I put "tweaks" in quotation marks because the best "tweaks" in my system have had as profound effect as the components on the sound. The same for the best of the cables, as well. For me, cables and "tweaks" are components.

Have I finally "arrived"? I have just about arrived at the best level that I can expect within my budget -- there are a couple of items on the way. In any case, I assume there are many levels beyond what my system has arrived at. But since I'll never get there I am sitting back and enjoying the music in the blissful recognition that I don't know what I am missing.

I should mention that there are many elements that are as important as holography for the sound to be satisfying, IMO. They include detail, transparency, coherence, tonality, and dynamics, among others. My system has all of these elements in good measure.

Have you had success with holographic sound in your system? If so, how did you get there?
sabai
sabai OP
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Bryoncunningham,
Regarding Geoffkait, you stated, "I for one do not believe that Geoff is particularly interested in making meaningful contributions to discussions. You can certainly find posts in which he appears to contribute, but they are few by comparison to posts in which he is provocative, evasive, or antagonistic. This is my own view of Geoff."

This is also my view. I have been upset in this thread because of the attempt to hijack this thread by Geoffkait. Geoffkait is like the cuckoo bird that takes over the nest of other birds to lay their eggs. I will not allow this cuckoo bird to get away with it. This thread is for one and all. I was hoping to encourage interesting and meaningful discussion here -- not to encourage the kind of nonsensical discussion that results in so many threads falling apart.
sabai OP
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Mapman,
You got it absolutely correct when you observed:

"Geoff, yes the bybees are expensivd but my guess is they are at least more likely to do something."
sabai OP
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Mapman,
You have put it so succinctly that I cannot not improve on your statement:

"My impression of Geoff is that everything he says or does is for the purpose of remaining an enigma in every way shape or form. I suppose that has appeal to some. But being an enigma in general does not build confidence or trust, two key ingredients in most any relationship."

If you check his Audiogon membership record you will see that he has 1155 feedbacks. That means he has made 385 sales by using these forums as his platform to attract attention to himself. Can there be any question whatsoever about his real agenda -- the reason why he trawls these discussion forums in the manner that he does?
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geoffkait
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Sabai and Mapman, suggested reading:

"Nothing succeeds like success."

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

"An ordinary man has no means of deliverance."

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic."

Sabai, you're making me blush. I didn't realize I have so many positive feedbacks. Is that a record? Lol. Do you think it would be fair to say all of bellyaching and whining and by infuriated mossback neophobes is actually good for sales? Perhaps nobody reads your screeds....That's a shame. Lol

Mapman, I'm giving serious consideration to promoting you to Associate Stalker. Keep up the good work. And welcome aboard.
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geoffkait
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Sabai wrote,

"This is also my view. I have been upset in this thread because of the attempt to hijack this thread by Geoffkait. Geoffkait is like the cuckoo bird that takes over the nest of other birds to lay their eggs. I will not allow this cuckoo bird to get away with it'"

Uh, kinda too late for that. You job now is damage control. Good luck with that.

You do have a penchant for laying eggs, I will say that.

~ Tootles
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