Synergistic Research HFT's


Not to open up a can of worms but I am reaching out to people who actually have tried the SR HFT's or Black Box.  I am building a new house and my two channel room is my great room / kitchen.  The dimensions are 20'W x 40'L with 16' cathedral ceilings.  This is not the best 2 channel room but it worked well in my last house.  So the question I have are there any tweaks that I should be considering to improve the overall sound performance?   I know the obvious answer is Acoustical Panels but that won't fly in my house.  I already have all of the Perfect Path Technologies products for my system.  I already have SR Blue Duplex's but might change to the orange.  So now I am looking at what I can do to improve the sound in that kind of room without Acoustical panels.  The rest of my system includes:  Canary Audio Grand Reference 2 mono amps, C1800 Pre-Amp, InaKustic 3500P Conditioner, Lumin X-1 Dac/Streamer.  My cables are all upgrades also.  I have been looking at the SR HFT's and Black Box.  Comments?  
willgolf
Nevertheless they do indeed work. Search the site. Read my review. Search dither. Decide for yourself which is more important: that it works? Or that you understand how it works?
I installed a ten-pack of HFTs around the room as directed in the package. This finally got my room under control. And, this was after using four Shakti Hallographs and Room Tunes in the system.

Frank



Photo's say it all below.
Of course you did, and Ted Denney laughed himself stupid all the way to the bank.


I installed a ten-pack of HFTs around the room
https://img.usaudiomart.com/uploads/large/1525136-15b82cb5-synergistic-research-hft-5-pscks.jpg

And, this was after using four Shakti Hallographs
https://www.shakti-innovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hallograph-slide-e1484426476497.png



I'm one of the biggest skeptics on this kind of stuff.  I heard the demo at RMAF in 2019 and it was impressive.  Bought the HFT's (16) in total.  They made a positive impact on my system.  I previously had some bass traps in the corners and some diffusion but they improved the sound from there (bigger soundstage, openness and better placement of instruments).  Not all tweaks make a difference but these did.  I would have returned them if they didn't work but they did.