Highend Novum PMR

rockitman · Nov 15, 2013

Anyone try one or two of these resonators ? It seems to be a very interesting concept. I wish I could demo before buying...

http://www.highend-electronics.com/highend_novum.html

Bill Demars · Nov 17, 2013

rockitman said:
Anyone try one or two of these resonators ? It seems to be a very interesting concept. I wish I could demo before buying...

http://www.highend-electronics.com/highend_novum.html

I have heard them in two friend's systems as well as my system. Very dramatic differences in all cases-vastly improved space between instruments and a more holographic 3-D perspective.
I will be getting one or two in within the next week or two and could let you try one in your system to see if we hear any changes. Bet we will

I've been on a roll checking out various tweaks such as the Acoustic Revive R-77 and several products from Audio-Magic that have literally transformed my system. Coolest tweak are bottles filled with an unknown material that you place between tubes in your amp. Adds richness and weight in the midrange down through the bass.

rockitman · Nov 17, 2013

Bill Demars said:
I have heard them in two friend's systems as well as my system. Very dramatic differences in all cases-vastly improved space between instruments and a more holographic 3-D perspective.
I will be getting one or two in within the next week or two and could let you try one in your system to see if we hear any changes. Bet we will
I've been on a roll checking out various tweaks such as the Acoustic Revive R-77 and several products from Audio-Magic that have literally transformed my system. Coolest tweak are bottles filled with an unknown material that you place between tubes in your amp. Adds richness and weight in the midrange down through the bass.

Let me know when you get them and have had a chance to hear them in your system. I'm interested in demoing them. Pretty easy to A/B test.

Bill Demars · Nov 18, 2013

Yeah, real easy to A/B. Putting a towel over the gong and lifting it is the easiest way.

Jazzhead · Nov 18, 2013

Bill Demars said:
Coolest tweak are bottles filled with an unknown material that you place between tubes in your amp. Adds richness and weight in the midrange down through the bass.

Note to natives : Easy now !

caliaripaolo · Dec 1, 2013

Just try with bronze drum cymbal

LL21 · Dec 1, 2013

rockitman said:
Anyone try one or two of these resonators ? It seems to be a very interesting concept. I wish I could demo before buying...

http://www.highend-electronics.com/highend_novum.html

I have been surprised to see a lot of systems with this in the middle...all of a sudden too. Or maybe I never noticed them before. Most intrigued. Is it just adding a resonance to the sound waves coming off the speakers?

Johnny Vinyl · Dec 1, 2013

caliaripaolo said:
Just try with bronze drum cymbal

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How very interesting. What impact did it have?

mep · Dec 1, 2013

Johnny Vinyl said:
How very interesting. What impact did it have?

His soundstage now occupies 3 zip codes.

flez007 · Dec 1, 2013

caliaripaolo said:
Just try with bronze drum cymbal

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nice speakers!

caliaripaolo · Dec 1, 2013

flez007 said:
nice speakers!

"Great" Speaker.
Seriously, try to insert bronze cymbal ( 70$) instead of 2400$ Gear.
Depend by room resonance, but you can clearly hear more defined med-Hi frequencies

mep · Dec 1, 2013

caliaripaolo said:
"Great" Speaker.
Seriously, try to insert bronze cymbal ( 70$) instead of 2400$ Gear.
Depend by room resonance, but you can clearly hear more defined med-Hi frequencies

I wish someone could explain how hanging a metallic object up (like a cymbal) between your speakers is going to improve things by adding noise. And if we are going to hang cymbals up between our speakers, don't we need to debate the size, brand, and cost of the cymbals used?

This reminds me of the time I stood on my head in my listening room and the image height of my system grew much larger.

Johnny Vinyl · Dec 1, 2013

mep said:
I wish someone could explain how hanging a metallic object up (like a cymbal) between your speakers is going to improve things by adding noise. And if we are going to hang cymbals up between our speakers, don't we need to debate the size, brand, and cost of the cymbals used?

This reminds me of the time I stood on my head in my listening room and the image height of my system grew much larger.

No different than those Shakti things or those plugs or whatever on the wall that one of Peter's reviewer's uses. That one blows me away!

audioarcher · Dec 1, 2013

Why not just go for a full drum kit?

At least it would be useful. Not sure why it would be beneficial? Maybe it adds some sort of diffusion?

caliaripaolo · Dec 1, 2013

mep said:
I wish someone could explain how hanging a metallic object up (like a cymbal) between your speakers is going to improve things by adding noise. And if we are going to hang cymbals up between our speakers, don't we need to debate the size, brand, and cost of the cymbals used?

This reminds me of the time I stood on my head in my listening room and the image height of my system grew much larger.

Not, really I am not go to hang up cymbals between speakers. It was just to try. The effect is really minimum, but there is. This is not so unusual. Bronze plats have been used to improve teather Acoustics in the pass.

thedudeabides · Dec 4, 2013

Is this similar (benefit wise) to those Shakti devices that look like coat hangers?

I'm with Mep. Color me very skeptical.

GG

XV-1 · Jul 19, 2014

Christian

Did you ever get to try these things?

cheers

rockitman · Jul 20, 2014

XV-1 said:
Christian

Did you ever get to try these things?

cheers

I have not...

PeterA · Jul 20, 2014

I tried one of these borrowed from a friend. It made a very audible difference - one that I did not like. It added a resonance in the upper midrange/lower treble region that altered the tonal balance of my system. It kind of sang along with the music and added a coloration which I don't need in my system. Once I heard it, and recognized it for what it does, I removed it pretty quickly.

However, I also heard this in the same friend's own system, and it did actually help his overall sound by increasing the perception of space and detail in those frequencies. His sound became more open and slightly more realistic sounding. It became less flat and a bit more exciting. It also seemed to focus the center image and was a nice effect on vocals. My conclusion is that this is a tweak which is very system/room dependent. I do not need the "enhancement" in my system. YMMV.

MadFloyd · Jul 20, 2014

I tried it too but decided I had enough resonance already and didn't need any more.

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