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I have been listening to the HFT for several weeks and now added the FEQ one week ago. You guys attending the RMAF will want to check this out. I don't have a Bose Wave Radio, but listened to these devices on Lucy's system.
I can't spill the beans yet, but I am very impressed. I hope to have a review out after the introduction at RMAF.
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Oh boy. This is going to be good... Anyone here attending?
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Nice. More elegant solutions in search of problems.
I'm at RMAF and heard the Synergistic Research FEQ and HFT demonstrated with a Bose Wave. There was no literature, data, or other satisfying explanation of what the HFT was doing except that it treats the higher harmonics that we can't hear to correct what we can hear. The little HFT nipples cost $300 for 5 of them, maybe a couple of grams of metal in each one. I was extremely skeptical of both tweaks, which is a very healthy approach to tweaks in general IMO.As far as a solution in search of a problem, actually there are a *lot* of problems with a Bose Wave in a hotel room, even with a front end that probably costs ~50X what the Bose costs. The system sounded dramatically different with 15 HFT's and the FEQ. I'm not sure I heard a big difference with the FEQ alone, the demo of that was literally a few seconds. With both the FEQ ($750) and 15 HFT's ($900), the resolution was still the same, but it was as if the sound climbed out of the box and filled the room - the change in imaging was nothing short of dramatic. I'm not sure which lesson to take away:
[1] Buy these things right now! - OR -
[2] Don't play a Bose Wave radio in a cinder block hotel room and expect good sound ;-)
Fortunately there's a 30-day unconditional guarantee, and shipping the HFT's back would cost next to nothing so I may give them a try.
If you get confused, listen to the music play (Garcia/Hunter)
Edits: 10/11/13
SYNOPSIS: I brought this tweak home and tried it in a $45,000 system. It was really bad news - I'm returning it immediately.I had 20 HFTs and I used a ladder to put them up and take them down repeatedly just as they did in the demo at RMAF, trying them with and without the FEQ. I don't know what they do but it made it more difficult to hear voices and instruments distinctly. Not recommended, unless perhaps you're listening to a Bose radio in a hotel room ;-)
If you get confused, listen to the music play (Garcia/Hunter)
Edits: 10/15/13 10/15/13
I'm not terribly surprised at your result August. And yes, you have a very nice system. I will be happy to address your comments after my review is posted next week. I think I have a very good idea of what these things do after living with them for some time now.
was it a wooden or aluminium ladder ? Did you leave the ladder in the room ? These things matter.
http://mqnplayer.blogspot.co.uk/
I'm finishing my review as I read this. All I can say is that a Bose Wave Radio is one thing, but a real high end system is another. The best is yet to come!
Edits: 10/12/13
Fringe.
Thanks for the first hand account. Quite interesting.
I guess it is a matter of priorities. Or allocation of resources. I would much rather pour dough into getting better components, speakers or cables.
Even the the $300 to get 5 of these HFT things..I spend $100 a month on new music..for me to shift 3 months of my music budget on something like this would never happen.
I just read JVS's account too:
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