Stillpoints and reference-level 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!

Some things are worth repeating. Tom

Agear, I kind of lost interest when Bo1972 hijacked the thread with his usual nonsense. I tried the Ultra 5's under my TAD Reference Ones with questionable benefit. Some increase in resolution, at the expense of tonality. I couldn't justify the price of six Ultra 5's.

Psag, can you tell us more. While I got some improvement with the Ultra 5s under my BMC Arcadias, I always knew that I had been unable to use them right, namely the speakers were just sitting on the Ultra 5s. I was unable to thread bolts into the threaded holes as the weight of the speakers merely pressed the inserts further into the speakers. I also know from another case that the Ultra 5s sitting on thick carpet don't work properly.

OK, I KNOW I didn't post that 4 times! Mods, feel free to zap the extras.