Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak


Category: Accessories

I consider myself a relatively sane and skeptical audiophile when it comes to devices that offer a higher level of performance with magical explanations of how they work. Well, I had read on Six Moons website a very postive review regarding the Acoustic Revive RR-77 room conditioner, yes room conditioner, but took it with a big grain of salt. Then my good friend and fellow GON member Ted Brady in a conversation tells me that he has not lost his mind, but the damn device worked wonders in his high end system. So, what the heck, it costs $400.00 and I can get one from Music Direct with a 30 day home audition and send it back if it does not work.

It's a very small box that you put behind your speakers at the height of five feet off the ground. It is a type of wave generater that puts into the room a subsonic frequency that either effects how you hear the system in the room or somehow effects the acoustic of the room it self. For alot more information regarding the theory regarding how it works you can go to Six Moons website for alot more details.

Well, I have no real idea how it produces the effects it does, but the damn thing works magic in the following areas:

1)A greater liquidity and oozyness in my system without a loss of PRAT or macrodynamics.

2)More dense images with greater air around each player in the soundstage.

3)A deeper/wider soundstage.

4)Everything sounds more relaxed and natural.

My girlfriend, who is a musician, heard it instantly when she walked in and asked me what did I do this time regarding a new piece of gear. So, I have no rational explanation how it works, but boy does it work in a significant postive way. So, if I have not lost my mind, I recommend you try one in your room. What the heck, you get a 30 day trial from Music Direct. Highly recommended!

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teajay
I was pretty skeptical of this, and don’t usually do fringe stuff, but was intrigued enough to get an RR-888. I experimented with positioning it in several  different places in the room, just using the wall wart that came with it. My best compromise is about 6 feet off the ground, at a point perpendicular to the speakers, aimed from one side about a foot in front of the speaker line.
I eventually bought a linear power supply for it- a bench type with multiple channels, a large toroidal transformer, and the ability to limit voltage and current, connected with Switchcraft barrel plug and banana plugs. I like what it does, and have now idea how it works- I gather the effect may be on the person, rather than some mysterious blocking of EMF. And no, I don’t take substances when I listen or otherwise. :)
clmelis
12 posts
07-07-2016 11:05pm
Never mind.
I saw your avatar, Geoff.
(You do Voodoo?)
Go ahead, have the last word:-

Ah, the superstitious type, eh?
Does the resonator affect dynamics & inner detail?

I purchased one of the resonator clones off Ebay. Powering it with a linear psu with a quality pc. Can easily hear the difference with it on. Yet, it seems as if the dynamics of the leading edge have been softened - such as the initial impact of hitting the skin of a kickdrum or the pick of a guitar string. I’ve tested the resonator in several locations at various heights - with and without using Symposium Point Pods as isolation tweaks. Is softening one of the trade-offs or do I need to keep experimenting with placement?