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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
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millercarbon
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Yeah, it sounds and appears as though you have experienced a DBA! lol! What I been saying! And Tim. And all the rest of us who have actually done it. Good for you. 
willgolf OP
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@jpan -  I was shocked at the level of improvement I received once I add Vicoustic Acoustic Cinema Round Acoustic panels to my walls. I already have 18 HFT's scattered around.  The panels aren't even in a position where they would be most effective as they are 12 feet off the ground.  Being able to move your panels around is excellent.  I was trying to convince my wife to allow me to buy two VicTotem Absorption / Diffusers on the basis that I would move them out of the room when we had company....she said NFW.  I can tell you the Vicoustic panels were a game changer for me.
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coralkong
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I have 10 HFTs around the room, as well as some acoustic panels.

They both work as advertised.

With the HFT's, what I find to be very interesting, is that you can tell (hear) a difference just by experimenting with their placement, to within a few inches.
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