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This Sistrum stuff works

Hi. I just got a bunch of Sistrum products to add to my system. The package arrived, with 2 Sistrum Speaker Platforms, 2 Sistrum Equipment Platforms, 2 sets of AudioPoints, a pair of Sonoran Plateau Desert Speaker Cables, and a pair of Sonoran Plateau Cactus RCA Interconnects.

I wanted to try an entire line of products that were designed to work together, using the unique vibration management system that the Sistrum and Sonoran products have. I thought this approach could have some merit.

I put the products into the system, 1 by 1, and listened for differences. I started with the speaker platforms. I immediately noticed that the slight "boxiness" that was present primarily in the lower midrange was almost eliminated. And the bass, and midbass was much more defined than before. Overall clarity seemed improved, but it was already quite clear to start with. One of the more interesting benefits was that I could play louder than before, with less audible distortion. Then I tried the equipment platforms under my preamp and amp. This improved the focus of the entire presentation by several percent. And again, I could play even louder before noticing any distortion occurring. The next candidate was the Audiopoints under my Teres TT. This was where I noticed an increase in detail and lowering of the noise floor. I had already used BDR cones and Cocobolo Cones under the TT, and these beat both of those quite convincingly. The final thing was the Sonoran Cables. These need some time to break in, but after about 4 hours of playing, this package is giving me the best sound that I have ever gotten from this system. The cables, even right out of the box, were quite open and detailed, with no high-frequency rolloff that I had experienced with some other cables I've tried, like Cardas Golden. After just a few hours, the bass was really showing excellent tonality and control. The mids were as open as my DIY cables, which had previously slain all comers. I expect these Sonoran cables to improve over the next couple of weeks, and that will be a nice treat, because they are already sounding quite good indeed.

Now, I have to admit that I have not tried a boatload of different cables, but I have tried a few. My cone and support situation was in need, and I didn't have a very good vibration control system in place before I got this stuff. Maybe other stuff can do very well too. But I can say that this Sistrum and Sonoran stuff does exactly what it says it does, and I am very pleased with the results that I got on my system.

In addition, I really like the appearance of these products, and that never hurts, even though my audio room looks more like a workshop than a living room. I go primarily for performance, and not looks. The sound is the key issue for me. But good looks are always a positive, if the sound is also good.

I would say that I recieved an honest 15% improvement in the clarity, tonal quality(especially in the low end), and in maximum SPL that I can now attain. Although I didn't measure it, I feel that I got an additional 3db SPL over what I was getting before. And with the improved clarity and tone at the same time. With my low power tube system, this was a very big plus, because it was like getting more power out of my amp. Sistrum claims that when you use their products, you get better efficiency from your system, including amps and speakers, due to proper vibration management. I now believe that this is true, because I experienced that in my testing with my system.

I could heartily recommend these products to others, because I feel that if they work on my system, they will work on others. The technology works. I'm happy.

While other isolation products may be very good, and also other cables may be very good, I feel that these are doing a great job, and have good neutrality, but let the sound and dynamics come through crystal clear, and from top to bottom.

This package wasn't cheap, at about $3000 retail for all the items I got. But it is not anywhere near the high price that alot of other cables and racks cost. I think it strikes a very good level of performance for a reasonable price. I can't buy $8k speaker cables, or $5k audio racks.

I'd recommend them for anyone to try out. They really do work, just as the manufacturer claims.
twl
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
Audiotweak, you're the one who has contradicted himself:

"The geometry of the Audiopoint was designed as follows: The flat surface and or the shaft are collection areas. The tip is the exit point. The point was designed to be an exit point only, it is not a re entry point. The tip of the point is therefor a coupling point. This one way in, one way out purposeful design makes the Audiopoint the..."

"The Audiopoint in this application is only effective when mounted to the Sistrum shelf. It works like mechanical amplifier/megaphone, when mounted to the much larger Sistrum shelf.. If the point where mounted upside down directly to a much larger mass such as Earth the Audiopoint would be rendered totally ineffecvtive. Tom"

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I did try some of Lak's Audiopoints, as posted earlier. They work. How much and if cost effective, I have to use them in house for a while...

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I do have a Psychic friend of mine back in the Caribbean. Her name is Milvia (aka Mystic Lady). She's really good with magnets, crystals, Chinese metaphysics and reading the Santería cards. I learned quite a bit from her. I'm sure you could send her some Audiopoints and she would *align them* for a fee...

Guess what, my mother is even a better Psychic--she's an herbalist and reads Spanish cards...
fbhifi
108 posts
 
Theaudiotweak: In an effort to keep this thread constructive, informative and focused on audio related issues- not personal- would you kindly comment on my 3/17 question to you. I will take the lack of any comment from you to be a concession that the contradiction I point out is irrefutable.
sean
6,229 posts
 
Audiotweak: I guess if you are a person that believes that science can explain everything and man knows all that there is to know, life becomes a lot simpler. You don't have to worry about any new discoveries or scientific breakthroughs ever popping up. As such, the Earth is flat. On top of that, the Earth is the center of the universe. As we all know, these statements were all taught as "fact" at some point in time. I'm sure that "scientists" back then used the same logic when making such statements i.e. "we've known this to be true for hundreds of years"....

Thank God for those that take the time to experiment, march to the beat of a different drummer and have ideas that fly in the face of convention. Life would be pretty boring living in caves and grunting to communicate.

Personally, i think that man knows just enough to be dangerous, both to himself and the planet. Only time will tell if i'm wrong or right. Sean
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twl OP
3,251 posts
 
Fransisco and FBhifi, if you want explanations of the technical performance of this product, why don't you contact the manufacturer and ask them? Attempting to draw conclusions of the performance of this product, based upon others' ability(or inability) to describe it, is nothing. If you don't like the idea or don't want to buy it, then don't. Attempting to create strife here by needling people about some complex scientific issue is not productive. If you really want to know, then call the people who know. If you don't do that, then I can only conclude that you have some underlying agenda at play, and I don't want that in MY thread.
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warrenh
2,286 posts
 
Psychicanimal, does your grandmother have any experience with phrenology? I'm a coupler. Some of you are decouplers. Sistrum: we know where they stand. Mixing the two, however, is kind of like buying beauiful leather furniture, and putting plastic slip covers over them. One nullifies the inherent characteristics of the other. If you're a coupler: stay true to that, and get rid of your absorbing, ruinous, little, resonance blockers. If you're a decoupler? Hey, I don't care where you go. Have fun though. peace, warren
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