AJSki2fly
27-10-2019, 18:01
So today I made a trip to Bristol and visited Chris(Hornucopia). Chris had recently put his ACOUSTIC ENERGY HI-FI STAND up for grabs for a small charity donation as he had not used it for several years and is having a bit of a clear out. I was very lucky to spot it early on and could not believe my luck as it was just what I had been looking for to move my hifi off an old and not very good TV stand, which was in an awkward position in front of the window and radiator.
So up to Chris's and a chat with him and his wife over a lovely cup of coffee and then Chris showed me his several systems. In his basement he has his main system and I was very interested and impressed by his Ocellia speakers, for those that know they are not only impressive to look at they all sound outstanding. Chris popped me onto his wonderful hanging listening chair, very 60's, and put on a selection of music. The clarity and detail was just stunning, and what a soundstage, as I commented to Chris, Los Lobos sounded as if they were stood in front of me in the room, and you could easily pick out every instrument, very, very musical and impressive. I know Chris is thinking of selling them and if I had the money I would probably have brought them home, although explaining that to Sue would have been a challenge.
Chris also showed me his hand built floor standing speakers which are simple horns made of dense foam hooked up to his computer, I will let Chris explain but what I heard was again rather good.
So thanks very much to Chris, Sue likes the stand and is pleased now she can get to the window, and I am very pleased to have such a good isolating stand and all my hifi neat and tidy.
Here it is at home after a clean and carefully setting it up to get level and stable. It's interesting as the stand is on spikes which sits on a metal plate which is itself on spikes and that then sits onto another metal plate with spikes into the floor. I presume the two different plates are used to isolate/damp different vibration frequencies.
https://i.postimg.cc/FKvYdV4J/35-A5-B9-DA-B0-AA-4-A04-99-D9-F00608-AAF755.jpg (https://postimg.cc/18Wmb649)
https://i.postimg.cc/BnH8nwd0/72-D7073-E-517-C-4051-85-E6-7-B73-AE91745-D-1-201-a.jpg (https://postimg.cc/FYFFPGrW)
So up to Chris's and a chat with him and his wife over a lovely cup of coffee and then Chris showed me his several systems. In his basement he has his main system and I was very interested and impressed by his Ocellia speakers, for those that know they are not only impressive to look at they all sound outstanding. Chris popped me onto his wonderful hanging listening chair, very 60's, and put on a selection of music. The clarity and detail was just stunning, and what a soundstage, as I commented to Chris, Los Lobos sounded as if they were stood in front of me in the room, and you could easily pick out every instrument, very, very musical and impressive. I know Chris is thinking of selling them and if I had the money I would probably have brought them home, although explaining that to Sue would have been a challenge.
Chris also showed me his hand built floor standing speakers which are simple horns made of dense foam hooked up to his computer, I will let Chris explain but what I heard was again rather good.
So thanks very much to Chris, Sue likes the stand and is pleased now she can get to the window, and I am very pleased to have such a good isolating stand and all my hifi neat and tidy.
Here it is at home after a clean and carefully setting it up to get level and stable. It's interesting as the stand is on spikes which sits on a metal plate which is itself on spikes and that then sits onto another metal plate with spikes into the floor. I presume the two different plates are used to isolate/damp different vibration frequencies.
https://i.postimg.cc/FKvYdV4J/35-A5-B9-DA-B0-AA-4-A04-99-D9-F00608-AAF755.jpg (https://postimg.cc/18Wmb649)
https://i.postimg.cc/BnH8nwd0/72-D7073-E-517-C-4051-85-E6-7-B73-AE91745-D-1-201-a.jpg (https://postimg.cc/FYFFPGrW)