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Holy Holostages!!

Full disclosure, I'm a tweaker. I've tried many different products that claim to improve the sound quality of your setup or tame the acoustics in your room. They have been carefully selected, all have a generous return policy. For example, LessLoss products have excellent price to performance numbers. F

Their Power Base & Speaker Base will blow your mind & their Firewalls for Loudspeakers move the needle considerably toward achieving an immersive, natural & relaxed stereo image. Synergistic Research's FEQ Carbon + 3 Carbon ATM's achieves a similar sonic effect by taking a different electronic approach. 
 

This brings me to HeartSound Audio's Holostages. Have you ever wondered what it feels like to go swimming in your music? Well, that's exactly what Holostages do for your listening environment by eliminating even the most stubborn acoustic anomalies in your room. You are now in the middle of the performance that wraps around you entirely as it draws you closer & closer resulting in a dreamy sounding. How can these inconspicuous passive little black boxes have such a profound effect you ask? I don't have that answer except to say, they do!

Since Holos are so portable, it's easy to tune the room more to your liking. If you find the soundstage is too wide, tall or immersive & you prefer a more intimate club setting, the placement of another Holo or 2 closer to speakers or components can alter the image more to your liking. I have 1 on top of each Floorstander also. There is 1 Holo on top of both rear surround speakers. 1 set of 4 Holos will be plenty. As for the 2nd set of 4 Holos, I am experimenting with optimal locations.
 

Finally, the fact that I can easily hear the benefits of Holostages over the already effective LessLoss & SR acoustical treatments speaks a lot about what this product is capable of. Holostages are future proof & can enhance the sound of any 2ch stereo system. They really are that good!

These are only my initial impressions of the HoloStages after 36hrs of listening. And to the skeptics, don't knock 'em if you haven't tried 'em. However, I already know how your experience will turn out. 

More later on the addition of 2nd set of Holostages.

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jmfinney
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jmac7
56 posts
 

I once used a Parasound JC-3 and it was a great preamp.

ianderson
92 posts
 

Fleschler - killer system you have there, well done! Given your knee deep in the VS and Westminster camp, have you tried the Masterbuilt Cables? As spendy as they are, they were a revaluation, and to me a worthwhile value to my ears.

willgolf
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I have had 8 holostages for the last 8 months.  I have placed them on all of my components and crossovers in my system.  i have two sitting on a shelf behind me.  I have an all-Aries Cerat system, so it is hard to hear improvements in SQ.  I know Krissy and was a fan of PPT in its heyday.  In fact, I think Krissy has more knowledge and understanding of the audio effects of tweaks than even Tim had.  

To all of you naysayers, unless you have tried them don't bother commenting.  You are wasting everyone's time.  You have a 60 day trial period.  

I talked to Krissy at great length before purchasing.  Was I skeptical?  Somewhat.  But, If I can spend $20k for a power cord, I can certainly try 4 holostage.  When I first got them, I really did not hear an impact.  TBH, I was not surprised, given the quality of my total system.  I had 18 SR HFTs scattered around my room.  My wife hated them, and quite frankly, they did nothing to improve my system.  They were removed.  About the third day, I was sitting in my chair, and I looked up when I was listening.  That usually means something has changed.  In this case, the music reached another increment.  The music filled the room; the sound was bigger and more holographic with more clarity.  So for me, the Heartsound Holostage was worth the investment I made.  

I am not here to promote Heartsound.  I am here to say try them and if they do not work for you, simply return them.  

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mahgister
13,011 posts
 

First: i dont doubt that holostages works because i learned by myself the effects of resonance and vibration on the acoustics perceptive experience...

Second: most of people who doubt this or most of people who attack this "tweak" as snake oil had no first hand experience in tuning their own system by their own devices mechanically, electrically and acoustically...

Read about acoustics, try simple experiments, read again, try other simple experiments... Few years after you will know why things works and how and you will not mock no more the  experience of others...

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