Sistrum or Neuance or...?

Sean I was not BSing when I stated earlier that I measured an increase in spl and a smoother in room frequency response when using a Sistrum Sp101 under a Krell 280cd..I used a Audio Control Rta and calibrated mic..There was a gain in output/efficiency.Tom

If you don't mind, Tom, could you please describe in whatever detail you can the smoother frequency response (e.g. frequency range, degree, Q/width? of what was smoothed). I'm curious, thank you.

Tbg: Something can sound "better" to you but maybe not to me. How something sounds is subjective and up to interpretation. If one were to go about doing some testing in a logical manner, it would be easy to verify which device actually produced more consistent results. That is, if one had the proper tools and knew how to interpret the data.

Tom aka Audiotweak: I never thought you were joking about a change in spl levels. I don't doubt it, but i would have loved to have learned of the specifics. I really wish i would have made some freq charts a year or two ago when switching from one rack to another. I have no doubt that the results were not only audible, but measurable. Sean
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Sean, Can you explain to the village idiot (me) how reducing the strength of vibrations by allowing them to "drain" to ground can cause an increase of gain such as experience by Tom. A 50% increase in gain from the previous setting is not insubstantial - and, I worry, might in fact serve only to color an otherwise neutrally balanced system. I previously asked Tom but he blew me off, not unexpectedly I might say. Thanks......

Sean, I am a social scientist and agree with you in principle. If we had the possibility of operationalizing "sounding better" and the proper tools to do so, we could proceed as you want. But we cannot operationalize the concept and lack the measurements. We have to be unscientific about this, especially as I know what I like.