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[BjornWiman]

Guillaume!

Where did you position the Ansuz Ceramic pucks underneath you amp?

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[moreno1973]

When I tried Stillpoints Ultra Minis under my Devialet units last year I didn't think that they made enough of a difference to warrant spending £300 each or whatever it was...

A few months ago I heard the Ansuz Ceramic pucks at a demo in Sweden and I was utterly amazed by the transformation (as was the rest of the audience).

So I ordered some and they arrived this am. 

In a word? Unbelievable. At first I wondered what had happened to the sound! It seemed quieter and I had to turn the volume up! It took me a while to take it all in. The music sounds more relaxed and natural, tonal textures are improved in their level of detail and are richer, this is really surprising as it almost feels as though the tonal balance of the system has changed. I'm almost struggling to find the right words to describe it as I hate all the usual hifi cliches. The system seems quieter, softer, deeper... overall it's a lot more refined. It sounds more like music which is a stupid thing to say but hopefully some of you will understand what I mean. 

I can't recommend these pucks enough. My top tweak of the year that's for sure. 

Guillaume

Very interesting...
How They look? Do You have any photo? 
What is the price?

[completeluxury]

guillaume what was the price per on those pucks?

im currently eyeing off the HRS nimbus coupler that was mentioned here and they are VERY cost effective!

[GuillaumeB]

How They look? Do You have any photo? 
What is the price?

Here is a picture I took earlier.

   

Price is around the £260 mark each but there are discounts based on volume. Not cheap...

Guillaume

[rwjr44]

Has anyone totaled the cost of their system tweaks and compared it to the cost of their equipment?   I am afraid to balance it on a spread sheet.

[Mikeeo]

I was part of that audience that Guillaume talks about and in one word, these Ansuz footers transform the system in such way it is hard to understand, one must listen to believe it. Even at this price they must be seen as good value as no fancy cable or anything would give that hike in performance.
As I am still waiting for my Aavik to arrive but in the meantime I am testing Mad Scientist footers (Zirconia and Tungsten carbide balls) which shares some ideas behind the Ansuz (or was the other way around) ie decoupling with very hard materials. When I put these under my D400 I had the same hike in performance as the Ansuz had on Stefans D800 some months ago. These footers are about 1/6 to 1/5 lower in price.
I will of course compare with Ansuz feet when the Aavik is here as the Aavik is already prepared to take 4 Anusz feet.

The Devialets are for sure extremely sensitive so footers should be considered mandatory. Try your selfs and have the best upgrade of the year. Mind you that Ansuz and Mad Scientist footers are the best, with a margin, I tried.


Mike

[Manoet]

The idea of hardness in decoupling is old as the hills and been used in audio circles for decades. The opposing view has held tenaciously to soft media that is compliant and decouples via absorption. Most of the methods today has or is migrating towards hardness as their preference. My own favorite and (relatively) cheap footers are the Symposium Acoustics HPDE Rollerblock Jr with tungsten balls used between hard anodized 7075 aluminum cups at +/- $100 per corner new. That puts the tungsten balls at 72HRC (Hardness on the Rockwell "C" scale) and the hard anodized aluminum oxide corundum cups at a Mohs scale of 9. In comparison zirconia can only manage an 8 on the same scale. Mohs scale is for crystelline minerals while Rockwell is for metal... no direct conversions available. Just thought one or a few might like to know.

Speaking of the hardness factor and footers I'm now wondering if placing a couple of my Rollerblocks under my D200 might now add even better/more enhancement than prior to anodizing since the hardness factor of corundum (Mos 9) has been added to the D200 belly pan and extending further up the decoupling chain. Will be interesting to find out some day in the not-too distant future.

But I'm absent from my prescribed duties and goal playing here... must get back to that now.

[moreno1973]

I combined soft with hard

i use a simple Atacama platform with sorbotane footers and on this I use four Stillpoints Ultra SS, then on them there is Devialet 200. My rack is Made from MDF. The result after using Stillpoints is very very good. Just Please remeber to use Stillpoints under chassis not under Deviale's own footers...and Stillpoints should be a little loosen with Their Top plate...

[PhilP]

The Devialets are for sure extremely sensitive so footers should be considered mandatory.

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Funny thing is - when I first home demoed a D200 it sat on its cardboard packing box on the floor as my Fraim was still full of Naim gear.  It was better than my Naim system in every way. Perhaps I should try the cardboard box again...

[Cuisinier]

I was part of that audience that Guillaume talks about and in one word, these Ansuz footers transform the system in such way it is hard to understand, one must listen to believe it. Even at this price they must be seen as good value as no fancy cable or anything would give that hike in performance.
As I am still waiting for my Aavik to arrive but in the meantime I am testing Mad Scientist footers (Zirconia and Tungsten carbide balls) which shares some ideas behind the Ansuz (or was the other way around) ie decoupling with very hard materials. When I put these under my D400 I had the same hike in performance as the Ansuz had on Stefans D800 some months ago. These footers are about 1/6 to 1/5 lower in price.
I will of course compare with Ansuz feet when the Aavik is here as the Aavik is already prepared to take 4 Anusz feet.

The Devialets are for sure extremely sensitive so footers should be considered mandatory. Try your selfs and have the best upgrade of the year. Mind you that Ansuz and Mad Scientist footers are the best, with a margin, I tried.


Mike

Hello Mike, can You tell me the spots where the footers are placed?

Albert