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Stillpoints Aperture or Synergistic UEF panels Which one?

Stillpoints Aperture or Synergistic UEF panels Which one?
Both of these products have received rave reviews. The Stillpoints appear to be 4 times the cost of that of the Synergistic Research.

Currently, I am using some convoluted foam panels at the first and second reflection points and I also have many of the Synergistic HFT's through out the room. I also have ASC bass traps in all 4 corners.

I just tried a SR HFT in the center of the acoustic convoluted form panel and son of a gun it did lock in the soundstage. So, now I would like to pursue further with trying either one of these panels.

I have read somewhere that the SR HFT's do not work well with the SR UEF panels, which to me seems strange.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

ozzy
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millercarbon
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HFTs are not even close to the performance of Apertures

At a fraction of the price, I would hope not! lol!

Now why am I not surprised your statement is so misleading???

Maybe someone who has both- and is a credible source- would care to comment on their relative value?
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Ozzy,
I had Mats on the outside of my speakers. Sounded great but couldn’t stand the look. Removed the drivers, cut Mats up, put them inside. One little 1/2" wide strip of Mat taped along internal wires is awesome. Or near the crossover. Also wrapped some around the speaker magnet, held on with a zip tie. Put fo.Q tape on speaker baskets. Paint internal wires and fo.Q tape with TC. Coated crossover with TC. Do all this stuff it is like a major major upgrade. You know what a Mat can do, well this is even better. This is putting it right in the places where it can do the most good. Same amount of Mat, you’re not changing that, just putting it ten times closer to the fields so it works even better. And it doesn’t mess up the look of your speakers!

Also nice system. Maybe its the photo's but it looks like you have the same HFTs all over the speakers. The Speaker Kit uses different versions of HFT for different locations on the speaker. They're definitely tuned for the different applications. Do you have Speaker Kits or just HFT on them?
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millercarbon
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I have several sets of HFTs on the walls, and complete speaker kits, plus ECT and PHT. All very effective. I tend to experiment and try different things, essentially tweaking my tweaks, and was impressed to find all Ted's placement recommendations very effective. One time I put an ECT on the projector, noticed absolutely no improvement. Which seemed odd. Until I looked and saw his guideline to put it on the sending end. So I moved it to the sending end and sure enough, works great there!

So if SR says does not work well with, I would believe them as odds are they are right. But I would give them a call- SR not the retailer- and ask. Because Ted is serious about good sound and if there's a better option he would know.

Other than that if you don't have HFT speaker kits that's the obvious one to do next.
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