Stillpoints Aperture Acoustic Panels

Priaptor said:

For what it is worth, I find they work best when you place them as close to the wall as possible. I have tried them "freestanding" with a DIY stand on the first side reflection and didn't like them there and was less impressed with their effect when moved away from the front wall between the speakers on a similar stand. I found them to be most effective when there was little or no gap against the wall they were being used on. Just my experience.

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Purite Audio said:

G Hi, look at the MiniDSP site, they sell very neat 'black boxes' load your Dirac filters and they just sit there, if you have any questions it would be a pleasure to help.
KR Keith
haven't heard the Stillpoint panels,whats inside them?

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allvinyl said:

Earlier in this same thread I wrote that Paul is unwilling, at this time, to divulge details on the internals of the Aperture product. The product is a absorber/diffuser/resonator in a compact 22x22x3 package. No, we don't have measurements. The designer is working toward this but I have no expected delivery date.

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GuillaumeB said:

Hi John, do you know if anything is planned by way of a floor standing version? One of my reflections is in a doorway and I have a cinema screen between my speakers.. a couple of members have made some good suggestions but it would be good to know what Stillpoints is planning on this front.

Guillaume

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allvinyl said:

Hi Guillaume, yes this effort is the outgrowth of wanting something of this ilk to use at shows. But experimenting here and doing demos at shows has led us to the realization that its application would extend, necessarily so, into the home environment which brings in a whole new set of requirements. We have looked at a variety of existing products but nothing we've found to date works best in both environments. We are now looking at separate products that satisfy the differing requirements for show demos and home listening rooms.

John

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microstrip said:

Great music and great recording. The second viola makes these quintets particularly challenging in terms of sound quality. I think you will be pleased to read the following comment about Mozart string quintets from the Gramophone site:

For recordings, there are few and only some can do enough justice to these extremely difficult to be appropriately performed unique works. I think, in mid-price, the Grumiaux trio (with guests) is a safe choice (on Philips, if it's still available, in any form) along with the quite solid Talich Quartet on Caliope. The best but very expensive (now it has been deleted and you have to get it as a collectible) is with the Fine Arts Quartet on the French Lyrinx. The Amadeus is good but it doesn't give all the nuances and colours of these multi-faceted works.

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Priaptor said:

Steve,

You should try to get them to loan you 3-4 panels for your room. I have spent three-four weeks now with them and while I recognize my open baffle Nola Concert Grands do not represent a standard for how to use the panels the best setup for me by far to date has been two panels centered between the two speakers along the wall and one panel behind each speaker on the wall lateral by 50% relative to each speaker (so a line drawn directly from the outside to the wall would bisect the panel). It is a great place to start.

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Steve Williams said:

Unfortunately there is no way for me to incorporate them in my room which is completely draped along all 4 walls.

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...Steve-Williams&p=191739&viewfull=1#post191739

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Steve Williams said:

I guess I used the wrong word because as you say the room was tuned by an acoustician and I have no desires to do experiments with my room. Priaptor, that large canvas picture in the front is lined with something called Paradise Foam which is an absorber

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Priaptor said:

HOWEVER his curiosity might just get the better of him and ask the Stillpoints people for a demo of two stacked Apertures where he has his beautiful absorption panel between his two speakers. One never knows.

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LL21 said:

Stillpoints will even have the Apertures stencilled or whatever with the art of his choice!

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tima said:

I had a canvas abstract painting hung on my front wall and considered dividing a hi-rez image of it into quadrants then having those reproduced. A different meaning to performance art, no? I cannot remember the name of the technology but it is not a stencil; it is a professional process and iirc somewhat time consuming to perform, involving test printing for color match and approval. I'm sure John can lay out the details.

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