I found that in the final analysis, I really didn't get on with the Tripoint in my system.
Entreq more organic grounding my Airblades.
Actively disliked the Tripoint grounding my Straingauge energizer.
Elements of my dislike I do recall hearing in the system of the guy who loaned me his Troy to try, so it's not *just* my system.
Always intrigued as to how moving grounding around, disconnecting and reconnecting ground leads, invariably goes to a worse sound for a day or even two, and then if you have it right, the sound blooms again, then better than ever.
So installing my newly acquired second Entreq Olympus Mini to my CDP and Entreq Silver Cleanus filter, while my Airblades stay grounded on their own Olympus Mini, has taken a couple of days of frustrating flat sound to come together.
Then the magic starts...
If i have a rummage I'm fairly sure i can turn up a spare atlantis lead to loan you, to make a comparison once they arrive and if you're so inclined.
I have some available since i reordered everything, primarily to simplify to one component per ground plane. I currently have more leads than ground planes; the olympus has two, the tripoint five including mains. But i have need for at least another two to ground my dac, so I'll use them soon enough.
I'm just starting to consider how i want to ground my subwoofers. I reckon i need four ground planes per side, to allow for 3 active subs and a speaker. If i had the means I'd buy another two tripoints...the entreq approach performs well but im not wild about the aesthetic. Otoh I'd gladly stack a tripoint on each stack. I'd have to hide the big entreq hero- thingys out of sight behind the subs as theyre the size of a chest of drawers
Edited to remove incorrect reference to softwoods.
Had a butcher's at the website and it's oak.
Always intrigued as to how moving grounding around, disconnecting and reconnecting ground leads, invariably goes to a worse sound for a day or even two, and then if you have it right, the sound blooms again, then better than ever.
So installing my newly acquired second Entreq Olympus Mini to my CDP and Entreq Silver Cleanus filter, while my Airblades stay grounded on their own Olympus Mini, has taken a couple of days of frustrating flat sound to come together.
Then the magic starts...
So, four Airblades used as rear ambience drivers for the Divin Majestics?
And I notice that Stellavox IDEMs are replacing Koda K160 monoblocks.
Re the stacked Airblades, I wouldn't want to be the Audioexotics staff member who accidentally nudges them over, lol...they're somewhat prone to that when used singly let alone in pairs.
So, four Airblades used as rear ambience drivers for the Divin Majestics?
And I notice that Stellavox IDEMs are replacing Koda K160 monoblocks.
Re the stacked Airblades, I wouldn't want to be the Audioexotics staff member who accidentally nudges them over, lol...they're somewhat prone to that when used singly let alone in pairs.
How does using two pairs of Airblades have a bearing on impedance demands?
I've had to change from 8 Ohms taps on my amps to 4 Ohms when installing *one* pair of Airblades.
Using *another* pair...?
Spent a few hours bedding in the new Z Axis Audio ground leads to ground my Airblades to an Entreq Olympus Mini box.
After an initially uneven couple of hours, by the end of the day my faith in Paul making these up for me started being paid back in spades.
So happy I've gone down this path with Paul's ground leads, and that I had the initial opportunity to use a Tripoint Troy to ascertain efficacy of grounding my Airblades.
I was speaking to Tom/Montesquieu about the amazing effects of grounding Airblades.
He's very much of the opinion that any noise affecting such high sensitivity high resolution transducers will seriously constrain their performance, and thus reducing noise significantly can only lead to disproportionately positive outcomes.
And this is very much proving to be the case, all levels of performance improved, critically sweetness of tone (my term for lack of grit and grain causing less gauziness) and a real sense of air, and fluidity of sound.
What I'm also very happy about is that my Entreq/Z Axis combination is way less coloured than the Tripoint Troy one I'd been trialling, certainly less high frequencies sharpening and exaggerating.
