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Driver wanted to try out a set of my Stillpoints, so I removed them from under my speakers. I gave one set to Driver and decided to play around a bit more with the other set under my SACD player. As mentioned in an earlier post, I had initially placed the Stillpoints under my speakers and had liked the effect so much that I decided to leave them there. I will be putting them back in once Driver is done with his audition as I already miss them.
The bottom line is that the Stillpoints did not perform at the same level as the Magix, Relaxa or Bright Star combo as a source isolator. I tried them points up and points down. I also tried moving them around to various locations under the SACD player. In no case was I able to reproduce the degree of improvement resulting from the use of these other devices. I found that the Stillpoints cleaned up the sound, creating better dilineation within the soundstage, but they also made performances sound smaller and less energetic. Furthermore, there was a change in the tonal character of the music, a whitening of the sound,which I did not hear with the others. When I placed the Relaxa back under my SACD player it was obvious that the Stillpoints were not a good fit with my system as a source isolator.
The Stillpoints are beautifully made and extremely well packaged. It is clear that a lot of care and energy was put into their design and manufacture. They appear quite robust and I imagine they could support almost any audio component. Their low profile (slightly less tall than the Vibrapods) requires the use of risers under components with tall feet (unless, of course, you want to remove the existing feet). They are quite heavy and there is a feeling of quality about these cones which sets them apart from many of the other devices I've been trying.
Based on my experience thus far during the "Isolation Devices Binge" ( I have now demoed Relaxa, Bright Star, Vibrapods, Aurios, Still Points, Polycrystal, Black Diamond, Hip Joints, Magix and SSC Pucks) I am going to make a gross generalization. Cones work well under speakers but are outperformed by other isolation devices on source components.
More to come as I'm still awaiting the delivery of a few items. If anyone is dying for me to try a specific isolation device, let me know. I've gone this far, I might as well go a little further.

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