Mribob,
I went to a dealer's last weekend to demo a pair of Elac super tweeters. I noticed the place was filled with all these boxes from Sweden and I asked my dealer what these were. I had never heard of Entreq or 'grounding boxes' but he offered to give me a demo so I said sure.
As you say, they remove grunge, and provide quieter backgrounds and deeper sound stages. What sold me personally on this product, however, was the fact that so much more emotion and inner detail comes through. Everything becomes more relaxed and more 'musical.' You get a better sense of the flow of the music and it is much easier to sense the intention and emotion of the performers. I feel it is worthwhile but it certainly isn't cheap. My girlfriend was skeptical when I brought it home but she couldn't believe the difference it made to the ease and flow of music through my system.

exlibris November 26, 2014 19:52

Hello,

I´m in love with Metrik´s Redwall. A beautiful sculpture.

By the way, do you live in Toronto?

Best,

Daniel

jesusa0 November 25, 2014 22:23

Exlibris:
I too have been intriqued by the positive comments of adding a grounding station, to help remove grunge, and provide quieter backgrounds and deeper sound stages.
How long have you had your Entreq system inplace, and how has it improved your sound quality? Do you feel its a worthwhile, and critical investment to help finalize
'tweaks' and allow us to 'enjoy the music'?
Best,
Bob

mribob November 25, 2014 18:52

System edited: Added a ground box for my components and some discs for under the speaker stands.

exlibris November 24, 2014 20:04

Thank you.

The room is actually 2 rooms: a living area and a kitchen, divided by an island.

It is 14' deep (I listen about 12' from the speaker plane)and, in total, it's about 25' wide.

exlibris July 17, 2014 12:15

That red wall just draws you in it has a very special look and I'm sure it sounds amazing. Thanks for posting.

needfreestuff July 17, 2014 06:29

Nice system. Love the fact that the TV is hidden. How big is the room?

gsm18439 July 17, 2014 02:58

I don't have pics of all the components yet, just the 5 with the word "pic" beside them.

exlibris July 16, 2014 12:32

the pics are not showing up?

agear July 15, 2014 20:04

System edited: new room treatment and some new pictures added.

exlibris July 15, 2014 19:41

I meant to write: "I'm NOT sure that it does very much for the sound...."

The red wall also does a nice job of hiding my TV.

exlibris July 15, 2014 19:28

System edited: New cartridge added: London Decca Reference. (Removed: Kondo KSL-SFz MC Step-Up Transformer; ZYX Yatra; and Kondo IO-M cartridges)

exlibris July 15, 2014 19:23

System edited: System picture replaced.

exlibris July 15, 2014 19:15

I'm sure that it does very much for the sound. It's there mostly just to look nice. The room treatments that I'm speaking about are simply the Stein Music products.

exlibris July 03, 2014 13:31

How does that back wall structure impart energy?

agear July 03, 2014 11:47

The room treatments have the following effects:

1. 3D imaging and room-filling energy.

2. the music has more harmonic complexity -- it sounds more nuanced.

3. a sense of ease to the proceedings.

exlibris July 02, 2014 14:34

visually beautiful and elegant system. Bravo. Can you tell us more about the sonic effects of your specific room treatments?

agear June 29, 2014 03:04

Hello All,

Yes, I had a Kondo IO-M before and still have it. It may need a re-build after 7 years. Right now I'm liking the immediacy of the Decca cartridge.

I haven't heard the Thoress 845 in my system but if I get a chance to compare it to my Thomas Meyer amp I will be sure to post about it.

Saltetric, thanks for the compliment. I like Harbeth speakers and I love the Harmonizers. The maple platform is made of three solid pieces of maple that have been glued together to form one block. The footers are simple floor protectors that screw into the maple. I'm using Stein footers between my components and the maple.

exlibris June 26, 2014 19:28

Absolutely beautiful system! I imagine it sounds just as nice. I heard the Stein Harmonizers at the Capital Audio Fest last year (in a system with Harbeth 30.1 speakers) and was very impressed, but of course there was no way to separate out the effects of the Harmonizers.

I am curious about the maple platform. Is it made from solid maple boards or is it maple veneer covering plywood perhaps? And what type of footers do you use between the bottom of the maple platform and the floor? I have been thinking of building something similar.

salectric June 02, 2014 19:59

Hi Exlibris,
What differences have you heard between the Thoress 845 and your 45 Thomas Mayer amplifier? I imagine that they're rather dissimilar yet individually both very good.
Charles,

charles1dad June 02, 2014 13:17

Didn't you use a Kondo IO cartridge before. Any reason for the change?

pcosta June 02, 2014 09:58

Noromance,
Do you happen to have John Wright's email address?

exlibris April 14, 2014 17:03

Exlibris, if you can afford it, go for the Reference... Call John Wright, he will advise. You have many options at the higher end. Look at the Soundsmith piezo (can't recall the name) cartridge.

noromance April 11, 2014 22:14

wow! so many of us using Super Gold. I too got mine recently and it is a very satisfying cartridge for very less money. My tonearm is not upto the task though. I need a better tonearm, probably a Moerch UP4 ?

pani April 10, 2014 09:43

Noromance,
I'm wondering if my next cartridge move should be the Paratrace re-tip or moving up the line to a Jubilee or Reference?

exlibris April 08, 2014 23:15