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Synergistic Research Upgrades

    Having just returned  from the S.H.O.W. 2016 at Newport held in Irvine, California, wanted to get feedback from fellow Audiogoners on the newer products form Synergistic Research.
    This year  as compared to last, the UEF Acoustic panels were placed at many locations and at differ heights all over the room.  The newer and taller Acoustic Wave generator was also in back of all the electronics.
    After Ted Deney's demonstration I asked one of Scott Walker's employees working the demo table outside  a few questions about specifically the panels and the taller Wave generator.   Found out the following information.
    If I were to invest in the new panels(8-12)  placed at the instructed heights, I can not use any of my HFT dots now placed around my  listening room except on the speakers.  None?  ... 'only on the speakers'....  " You can put them in your car" was the answer given by the sales rep.
    "The new Wave Generator tower is  4X more powerful than the old one" was the second response when I asked what was the difference between mine ( which is now the mid-size) and the newer one.
    Question?  Who has scraped their HFT's for the newer panels and what was the effect.  Second question:  Who is using the now tallest Wave generator and is there an appreciable difference between the now mid-size Generator?
    I just noticed on the Synergistic Research website there is a newer HFTX....  I already "outmoded"...  What say ya'all.  Thanks
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folkfreak
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s1nn3r -- I think you'll find that the various HFTs work very well with your existing treatments. I also combine SR products with more traditional acoustic treatments, in my case the Acoustic Science Sound Planks, Tube Traps and an Acoustic Soffit. The two systems are very complementary with the SR products helping really open the room up.

Also well worth treating the speakers, I think this is where I would start first if I was you using the 2.0 and X on the speakers. 

rnwong -- regarding the various sizes of Atmosphere I think it's more a question of room size, in my small/medium room the traditional atmosphere works fine so choose based on how large a room you need to treat
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@zheng4 regarding your question on SR HFTs and other room acoustic treatments -- my room has a full complement of HFTs as well as the ART system and a full set of ASC room treatment including full size bass traps in each corner. The three systems are complementary, Think of the ASC stuff as firstly minimizing the impact of the room itself by making it as neutral and smooth across the frequency range as possible. The SR stuff then has the effect of moving the walls out -- it somehow makes the room seem larger -- you can also fine tune things by adding or removing a HFT or two, or a ball on the Vibratron. While I do have a set of four ART bass stations I have never tried the black box -- I find the former work well and their presence is notable, I would imagine the black box would also work well but I currently don't really have room for a pair of them
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