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Halcyonics under my tt. Wow

I just put my third, too expensive but wonderful, Halcyonic active isolation base under my Shindo Labs tt and am just overwhelmed by what I am hearing. I doubt if I will sleep tonight having 50 LPs that I "must" hear.

The ambient detail and realism is just shocking.

It is one of the great tragedies of audio that this device cannot be made somewhere for under $2000; I think they would sell hundreds. I know I would have one for every componnent. Mine was used.
tbg
tbg OP
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Audiofun, no Panacea, but these are so superior, that I have lost interest in others.
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himiguel
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Tbg I agree 100% about the Stillpoints ultra five. I put four under my turntable and four under my phono stage. Amazing!
tbg OP
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Himiguel, I wish I could say that there is no benefit of them under your speakers and amps, but I cannot deny that they are amazing. I know a guy with more than 60 of them! The problem under components such as a phono stage is that the Fives are so big, you have difficulty getting them under them.

If you have a StillPoints Rack, there is a replacement coming for their acrylic shelves that allows using the SP Ultra SSs that is every bit as good as the Fives and way better than the acrylic shelves which hide the real benefit of the SP Rack.
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himiguel
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Tbg, saving for the ultra fives on the amps, speakers, Troy, Orion, Spartan. I can only imagine the effect as a whole on the entire system.
suteetat
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Wow, I saw the price of Stillpoints Ultra Fives. I wonder, a set of 4 would be pretty close to a Minus K platform. Granted you cannot use Minus K easily in a rack except for the top one but for amps or anything that sit on the topshelf, wouldn't Minus K make better sense?
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