Sorry I have not heard personally the effect of having more than 1 RR-77 unit, so would not be able to tell you whether it negates the sonic benefits. What I heard from the local distributor is that for the people who bought more than 1 unit, their listening space is quite large, and they like to listen to classical music. For them, it seems that having more than 1 RR-77 helps to reinforce the projection of a bigger and deeper soundstage, and gives better inner/deeper/farther resolution to the classical music they like to listen to. Tbg (who signs off as Norm on Audio Asylum) has bought 2 units of RR-77 to try, so he may be able to tell you more if he's reading this thread. I don't have a big listening space, so I don't think I will need more than 1 RR-77 at this moment ;-). However, you must really try swopping the default wall-wart with a better 12V DC power supply like the Kingrex PSU, that I can vouch works very well indeed.
Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak
Category: Accessories
I consider myself a relatively sane and skeptical audiophile when it comes to devices that offer a higher level of performance with magical explanations of how they work. Well, I had read on Six Moons website a very postive review regarding the Acoustic Revive RR-77 room conditioner, yes room conditioner, but took it with a big grain of salt. Then my good friend and fellow GON member Ted Brady in a conversation tells me that he has not lost his mind, but the damn device worked wonders in his high end system. So, what the heck, it costs $400.00 and I can get one from Music Direct with a 30 day home audition and send it back if it does not work.
It's a very small box that you put behind your speakers at the height of five feet off the ground. It is a type of wave generater that puts into the room a subsonic frequency that either effects how you hear the system in the room or somehow effects the acoustic of the room it self. For alot more information regarding the theory regarding how it works you can go to Six Moons website for alot more details.
Well, I have no real idea how it produces the effects it does, but the damn thing works magic in the following areas:
1)A greater liquidity and oozyness in my system without a loss of PRAT or macrodynamics.
2)More dense images with greater air around each player in the soundstage.
3)A deeper/wider soundstage.
4)Everything sounds more relaxed and natural.
My girlfriend, who is a musician, heard it instantly when she walked in and asked me what did I do this time regarding a new piece of gear. So, I have no rational explanation how it works, but boy does it work in a significant postive way. So, if I have not lost my mind, I recommend you try one in your room. What the heck, you get a 30 day trial from Music Direct. Highly recommended!
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I consider myself a relatively sane and skeptical audiophile when it comes to devices that offer a higher level of performance with magical explanations of how they work. Well, I had read on Six Moons website a very postive review regarding the Acoustic Revive RR-77 room conditioner, yes room conditioner, but took it with a big grain of salt. Then my good friend and fellow GON member Ted Brady in a conversation tells me that he has not lost his mind, but the damn device worked wonders in his high end system. So, what the heck, it costs $400.00 and I can get one from Music Direct with a 30 day home audition and send it back if it does not work.
It's a very small box that you put behind your speakers at the height of five feet off the ground. It is a type of wave generater that puts into the room a subsonic frequency that either effects how you hear the system in the room or somehow effects the acoustic of the room it self. For alot more information regarding the theory regarding how it works you can go to Six Moons website for alot more details.
Well, I have no real idea how it produces the effects it does, but the damn thing works magic in the following areas:
1)A greater liquidity and oozyness in my system without a loss of PRAT or macrodynamics.
2)More dense images with greater air around each player in the soundstage.
3)A deeper/wider soundstage.
4)Everything sounds more relaxed and natural.
My girlfriend, who is a musician, heard it instantly when she walked in and asked me what did I do this time regarding a new piece of gear. So, I have no rational explanation how it works, but boy does it work in a significant postive way. So, if I have not lost my mind, I recommend you try one in your room. What the heck, you get a 30 day trial from Music Direct. Highly recommended!
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Click to view my Virtual System
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(Not sure why my post got deleted or never published?? I said nothing disparaging to anyone. Maybe it was the 6Moons link. Anyway....) Teajay, now we are both whacko's, right? I knew you would like it, and it's funny that both of us were slack-jawed, only to have objective observers walk into the room and validate via a "what have you done to the room? It sounds great" comment. Very spooky stuff. I am now officially apologizing to anyone who I ever disparaged for an off-the-wall tweak he/she recommended. Both Room Lenses (although makes at least some acoustic sense as a hemholtz resonator) and now a Shumann Generator. And both, especially the RR-77, have a huge impact on the sonics, immediately and for all aspects of the sound. |
Forgot to mention one more use of the RR-77. You may have heard of demagnetising the CD with an Acoustic Revive RD-3 demagnetiser, or even de-ioninizing the CD with their RIO-5 De-ionizer, or de-stating the CD/LP with a Furutech/ORB De-Stat gun. (Never mind, if you have not). Well, the RR-77 has an unpublished effect on improving the playback performance of a CD too. Place a CD on the shiny face up on the top of an RR-77 for at least 10 secs (see attached pic) How to "Schumanise" the CD You will notice a bigger soundstage/depth to the music and more organic fluidity and even deeper resolution when you listen to such a treated CD. I can confirm that this effect is complementary to demagnetising/deionizing/de-stating the CD as I have all 3 mentioned tweaks personally. I am quite hooked to this treatment now, and rarely listen to any CD without treating it with the RR-77 ;-) |
Second evening of listening: the cd of Bob Dylan Oh Mercy on the song Man in the long black coat was really transformed with the RR-77 more floating and space out with more silence and delicacy.You should try this one ! For the other listenings in my system i feel i miss a bit of PRAT and bite, it seem the sound was getting a bit leaner. My impression was like looking into binoculars by the reverse side.Don't get confuse with deeper sound stage and laid back sound.In my system i was listening to a live event but few rows in the back. Also i think i miss some micro details. So funny to tell you that after a good night of sleep i feel the benefic effect of the RR-77 when i awake in the morning: i am more in shape To follow .... |
I have been looking for more warmth in my system and had a Stealth nanofiber on demo to try to accomplish this. The Acoustic 77 did everything the nano did and more. More detail, transparency, and better imaging of the soundstage, especially with vocals. Absolutely worth every penny! You ain't crazy, Teajay! This product initially had a low WAF, but even she hears the difference in sound image and APPROVES! |
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