2 years later and they are still indespensable:)
Review: EVS Ground Enhancers Tweak
Category: Accessories
I recently put together a high performance system for my sitting room. The acoustics are very good with my listening position just 6 feet away, with the speakers only 5' 6" apart and only 1'6" out from the front wall. My musical interests cover jazz, classical, folk-pop and prog rock. Most of my systems have been no holds barred 6 figure behemoths with varying results. My latest foray into the musical arts has sparked my interest anew...and all for well under $10k. The icing on the cake comes in the form of a set of EVS Ground Enhancers(GE's) from Ric Schultz (Mr. EVS himself). After a lengthy discussion with Ric concerning the efficacy of the aforementioned GE's, I placed my order and waited. When they arrived, I discovered that Ric had sent me an extra set of prototype GE's marked with a black dot. A call to Ric enlightened me as to what was different about the prototypes....more wire! More wire more goodness seems to be the theory. Ric is very laid back, thoughtful and experimental by nature...he is an audio artist. Information and GE's in hand, I started hooking them up and tieing them down...with the supplied string. Yup, you should tie them down to prevent ringing...just do it, they sound better that way. Bottom line is that they work. How you ask? Well, let's put it this way....they are ADDICTIVE!! Leave them in and play them for a few hours before critical listening, but then play your favorite music. Next, I dare you to take them out of your system and not get the itch to put them back in. So what DO THEY DO?? Ok, Ok I'll tell ya....Everything is better. What? You want more? Alright, I'll dish some more. By better, I mean that the entire soundstage opens up more, inner detail is portrayed in bolder relief and the apparent scale of the music is enhanced somehow....the musicians seem to become almost tangible. Very strange indeed. I wound up with the prototype GE's on the negative tweeter terminals of my speakers and the standard GE's on the bass sections and on the neg posts of my amp. I also use an RCA GE on my amps Tuner input section (any input or output should work however). I tried removing the GE's from my system, but everytime I did, a sense of loss soon followed. A loss of aliveness and scale, a reduction of clarity and transparency and a generalized flattening of the images. The thrill was gone without the Ground Enhancers from Ric at EVS. You owe it to yourself to try them...it's like Viagra for your stereo:O)
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NAD C375BEE Integrated
NAD C565BEE CD Player
Totem Arrow Speakers
MIT S3.3 and AVT 1 Cabling
MIT Magnum AC2 power cord for amp
Audioquest NRG3 power cord for CD
HiFi Tuning Supreme Fuse for Amp
Herbie Audio Labs isolation products
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I recently put together a high performance system for my sitting room. The acoustics are very good with my listening position just 6 feet away, with the speakers only 5' 6" apart and only 1'6" out from the front wall. My musical interests cover jazz, classical, folk-pop and prog rock. Most of my systems have been no holds barred 6 figure behemoths with varying results. My latest foray into the musical arts has sparked my interest anew...and all for well under $10k. The icing on the cake comes in the form of a set of EVS Ground Enhancers(GE's) from Ric Schultz (Mr. EVS himself). After a lengthy discussion with Ric concerning the efficacy of the aforementioned GE's, I placed my order and waited. When they arrived, I discovered that Ric had sent me an extra set of prototype GE's marked with a black dot. A call to Ric enlightened me as to what was different about the prototypes....more wire! More wire more goodness seems to be the theory. Ric is very laid back, thoughtful and experimental by nature...he is an audio artist. Information and GE's in hand, I started hooking them up and tieing them down...with the supplied string. Yup, you should tie them down to prevent ringing...just do it, they sound better that way. Bottom line is that they work. How you ask? Well, let's put it this way....they are ADDICTIVE!! Leave them in and play them for a few hours before critical listening, but then play your favorite music. Next, I dare you to take them out of your system and not get the itch to put them back in. So what DO THEY DO?? Ok, Ok I'll tell ya....Everything is better. What? You want more? Alright, I'll dish some more. By better, I mean that the entire soundstage opens up more, inner detail is portrayed in bolder relief and the apparent scale of the music is enhanced somehow....the musicians seem to become almost tangible. Very strange indeed. I wound up with the prototype GE's on the negative tweeter terminals of my speakers and the standard GE's on the bass sections and on the neg posts of my amp. I also use an RCA GE on my amps Tuner input section (any input or output should work however). I tried removing the GE's from my system, but everytime I did, a sense of loss soon followed. A loss of aliveness and scale, a reduction of clarity and transparency and a generalized flattening of the images. The thrill was gone without the Ground Enhancers from Ric at EVS. You owe it to yourself to try them...it's like Viagra for your stereo:O)
Associated gear
NAD C375BEE Integrated
NAD C565BEE CD Player
Totem Arrow Speakers
MIT S3.3 and AVT 1 Cabling
MIT Magnum AC2 power cord for amp
Audioquest NRG3 power cord for CD
HiFi Tuning Supreme Fuse for Amp
Herbie Audio Labs isolation products
Mapleshade Brass Heavyhat weights
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