Stillpoints and reference-level speakers

07-16-14: Agear
"Yes indeed. Peter is a genius who comes across as a verbal Tasmanian devil to uninformed dolts like moi...."

lol Agear you`re a F..... funny F....

{quote]Seems logical to assume that the makers of megabuck speakers would use superior footers in their designs. Any experience out there with Stillpoints isolation devices to support the reference-level offerings from Magico, TAD, Rockport, Tidal, and others?
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Where the F--- is Psag? He started this thread....

Agear....i use the Ultra 5s...4 of them ..under my Tidal Contriva Diacera-SE speakers and they make a sigificant improvement in the sound as compared to the stock footers. i have a friend with Tidal 'Piano Cera's ' and he uses the Ultra SS under his and they, too, make a big improvement..i think there probably is some good, sound, science behind their developement.The USA distributor for Tidal now uses the Ultra 5s with his Tidals at the shows..

Agear, I think vanity and being cheap greatly undercuts your expectation of makers of expensive gear going with the best. I remember what the manufacturer of Tidals and BMC Arcadia' said about my trying other footers under their speakers.

Just popped in the Audio Points (by myself. My effective wingspan is wider than I thought...).

First listening is very favorable. Hearing more of the strike of the hammer with piano, stick hitting cymbal etc. Bass impression so far is not that it is reduced, but that I'm hearing more below say 100hz. Richer tonality perhaps?

Soundstage width doesn't seem to have changed, but it is deeper and taller. It is easier to hear the individual contributions in two-part harmonies.

I'm almost rolling my own eyes as I type this sentence, but it's like the potential of the Salon 2s to benefit from what they are fed from the gear behind them has grown. A lot. Wicked pissah, as we say here in the Armpit of Cape Cod!