Synergistic Research ART Basik, any opinions?

Davidpritchard,

ART works well with all the other room treatments in my system. I have 10 Schumann devices, DIY HFTs, Audio Magic PEAs and Wave Stabilizers, QRT products, Steinmusic Harmonizers and some other things. I auditioned the IPC energizers but did not buy them. Can you isolate what they are doing to SQ in your system?

David, I'm sure that many conditions that cannot be held constant in listening rooms affect the sound we get as much as do tweaks. Certainly my experiences differ from yours as I have constantly found alternative room treatments badly interact with each other.

This was true of the Roomlens and the RPG diffusors, the Shatki Halograph diffusors and the Syn. Res. ARTs, and the Shun Mook Mpingo disks and everything else.

Tbg,

I have found that placement of accessories and tweaks is crucial in my system. If one element is not in the right place or not at the right height then the SQ reacts, often unpleasantly.

Sabi:

The IPS Energizers create the sensation that the music extends farther into the room and there is a sense of the music being more palpable. Turned off the music is "over there" where the speakers are located. They were fussy in getting optimal placement. Then things snapped into this better type of focus. I tried to add the Audio Magic to this system but at the 7 locations I tried the sound was always less focused. That was trying to add two PEAs to the IPS system of 5 units.

I find it facinating that some of these devices do interact so well. Each element adding a different component to the improved room- speaker interface.

As you very well know it ia a lot of time, trial and error, and critical listening, but the results are worth it.

Davidpritchard,

Yes -- each element covers a different aspect of SQ. Most of the time these various devices interact well together in my system. But not always. It is interesting that you could not get the Audio Magic PEAs to interact well with your IPC Acoustic Energizers. I was impressed with this product when I heard it a while back -- in a triangular configuration. But, after reading your observations, I am disinclined to add IPC products to my system because I have 3 Audio Magic PEAs and 2 Wave Stabilizers. My system is so sensitive at this point that one new element could throw the SQ out the window if it did not integrate well.

Yes -- this is all based on trial and error. Last night I changed the location and height of my Wave Stabilizers, with a big improvement in SQ as a result.