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In Reply to: Hey Norm, more info on the fridge trick please... posted by kenster on March 26, 2008 at 16:54:48:
Not really much information to give. My fridge is in the kitchen which is below my listening room. I put a RIQ-5010 on the top shelf after listening to a cut. On returning to my room I heard more information which I associate with a cleaner top end and a lowered noise floor. Later I told my wife to remove it from the top shelf of the fridge while I was listening and I would ring our land line when I heard it. After about two minutes I heard a collapse of the sound stage. This is relative as it still was pretty good. She said that she had just removed it. She was not willing to do more of these dump tests.
Later I moved the quartz to the bottom of the fridge closer to the compressor. I heard no difference.
I have since experimented with these devices elsewhere. The biggest improvement I have had was putting three under my H-Cat line stage. Next was on top my Statement amp. When I moved this disk to under the amp where the IEC mount was the sound got worse. They also varied in their impact on my AR RR-77. This is definitely a "trial and error" tweak. Its benefits compliment other tweaks. The RR-77s, AVM, RTPs, and RIQs all are of great benefit in different ways. For me the question is how far can you take these tweaks. Before these tweaks I thought the H-Cat x7 had achieved a state of realism, I previously thought could not be achieved. The AR QR-8s and Silk greatly improved it, as the AVM paint shortly thereafter. The RTP was shockingly better yet. And so were the others. In this hole process I also added the Townshend Speaker Cradles under my LaCampanellas, which again gave a great improvement. Each night I listen in awe of the realism I now have.
I hope this helps.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Hey Norm, more info on the fridge trick please... - Norm 06:30:49 03/28/08 (3)
- Didn't know that location of the RIQ5010 quartz in the fridge - hotbird 08:25:00 03/28/08 (2)
- RE: Didn't know that location of the RIQ5010 quartz in the fridge - Paul_A 15:11:22 03/28/08 (1)
- Thanks for the replies guys... - kenster 04:54:49 03/30/08 (0)
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