Chaps, Got any recommendations on where to buy a set of Stillpoints from?
Get some quadraspire silencers instead, that'll save you a fortune and instead of making your kit sound worse, will improve it.
It's really impressive how people can be so sure about what they are talking about especially when it concerns otherbody's systems.. Bravo...
I used to be the Stillpoints contact in the UK, not sure who they use now but I think it may be: http://www.audiophilecandy.com/home.asp There are several products to choose from now in this isolation category, all have their merits. I personally found the Stillpoints to be awesome in high-end systems. For more mid-range you may want to start with a less expensive isolation product first to see what, if any benefits you notice.
A quick look on the Internet for "Quadraspire Silencer" revealed nothing obvious. No mention on the Quadraspire website either. Can somebody point me in the right direction if they are indeed worth having. Cheers
Call Larry at the Audioworks, that's where I got mine from, they are dead good, I've got a load for cable isolation and two further sets for CDP and Amp, all for far less than one set of three stillpoints.
What makes you think stillpoints will make your kit sound worse? Lyndorf/tact are UK importers,and I import them for Spain.
maybe mike would sell you his (stereomic).. send him a pm... I dont think he uses them, but may have already sold them on... or maybe he's not bothered to yet* (*most likely) I also noticed found a set here for you - http://www.adverts.hififorsale.com/vardet.asp
Titian, what are those gold and black hockey pucks you use? I was surprised that I could actually hear a difference with those.
http://www.walkeraudio.com/valid_points.htm Every one who I lent them to heard more or less some difference. The point of all these accessories is where you use them and how much difference the really make. On each components and in different environments you will have different results. The problem is that according to my experience you cannot say at priory what will work the best. Sometimes it could be these "hockey pucks" sometimes the Stillpoints sometimes nothing or any other material. Actually I can only say try different things and if you find something great then keep on trying other things...you might find better solutions which might be even cheaper.. That's my opinion and that's why I never seriously recommend things or solutions that I have. These "Valid Points" I had continuosly taken away from my system mostly because I let myself got influenced by all the anti Voodoo talking in the different forums. At the end (when you were here) my system was performing quite badly. When we tried to use some of the valid points on the preamp it sounded better. Now I use them in many more places and I believe the system is back to at least the definitive higher level it was before you came here. But again what is good here could be bad somewhere else.
When I have heard still points I found that it did improve the hi-fi aspects of the sound a fair bit, but this was at the expense of the more important, IMO, conveyance of music.
