Holostages - critical review

I own numerous LessLoss products. Love ‘em. My experience with the Blackbodies

I own numerous LessLoss products. Love ‘em! My experience with the Blackbody V2 is more subtle than everything else I’ve tried from LL. If you have a resolving system, when combined with DIY Blackgrounds & ground wires, Blackbodies add another layer of luster to the stereo image. Someone aptly described their effect this way. Consider a freshly polished piece of brass. Shiny & brand new looking. Now look at the surface through a magnifying glass & you’ll see tiny little pits in the surface. The Blackbody V2/Blackground combination fills in those imperfections adding that layer of luster were all in search of.
Too Voodoo for me the Blackbody and I find little or no interest in the products Krissy is pushing. For one her website only lists the Holostages, information is non existent on the other products.... Love the LessLoss products I currently have and their site is very detailed and the science or voodoo is explained in detail. Very professional. I will put my Echo's End Reference DAC up against any top tier DAC.
 
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Too Voodoo for me the Blackbody and I find little or no interest in the products Krissy is pushing. For one her website only lists the Holostages, information is non existent on the other products.... Love the LessLoss products I currently have and their site is very detailed and the science or voodoo is explained in detail. Very professional. I will put my Echo's End Reference DAC up against any top tier DAC.
I understand completely. There's a reason the Blackbodies w/Blackgrounds are latest of many LessLoss purchases over the past several years. Despite the scientific explanation on the very fine LL website, I felt they were a little "out there" for me as well. They do perform as advertised, but in a more subtle way as compared to the many other LessLoss products I do own. Besides their wonderful entropic speaker cables, I particularly like the 10x Blackground Power Base, the Dual Channel Speaker Base, Stellar Power Cables & Stellar Firewalls for Loudspeaker. The Echos End DAC would be at the top of the list, but I have a Gold Note IS-1000MKII integrated amp that contains a pretty decent DAC. As for Heartsound's products, the Holostages are the real deal if you're looking for spatial enhancements to your room. This weekend, I expect to spend a fair amount of time listening for the additional benefits of Krissy's Ground Box & Breaker Panel Box. Her devices definitely add to the body, speed, dynamics, snappy attacks, impossibly long decays, saturation, articulate bass & better feel for the acoustics of the room in which the recording was made. As someone who knows the LessLoss signature well, I'm sure you'll agree that LL products achieve a similar sound by taking a technically different approach.
 
I understand completely. There's a reason the Blackbodies w/Blackgrounds are latest of many LessLoss purchases over the past several years. Despite the scientific explanation on the very fine LL website, I felt they were a little "out there" for me as well. They do perform as advertised, but in a more subtle way as compared to the many other LessLoss products I do own. Besides their wonderful entropic speaker cables, I particularly like the 10x Blackground Power Base, the Dual Channel Speaker Base, Stellar Power Cables & Stellar Firewalls for Loudspeaker. The Echos End DAC would be at the top of the list, but I have a Gold Note IS-1000MKII integrated amp that contains a pretty decent DAC. As for Heartsound's products, the Holostages are the real deal if you're looking for spatial enhancements to your room. This weekend, I expect to spend a fair amount of time listening for the additional benefits of Krissy's Ground Box & Breaker Panel Box. Her devices definitely add to the body, speed, dynamics, snappy attacks, impossibly long decays, saturation, articulate bass & better feel for the acoustics of the room in which the recording was made. As someone who knows the LessLoss signature well, I'm sure you'll agree that LL products achieve a similar sound by taking a technically different approach.
I am out. Anything Miller endorses.
 
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I am out. Anything Miller endorses.
He got me turned on to the Townshend speaker cables and Synergistic power cables-- which I see you also have. I don't know him through forums but he's a good friend and I have no regrets about buying my Townshend and Synergistic that he recommended to me.
 
He got me turned on to the Townshend speaker cables and Synergistic power cables-- which I see you also have. I don't know him through forums but he's a good friend and I have no regrets about buying my Townshend and Synergistic that he recommended to me.
So sorry.
 
He got me turned on to the Townshend speaker cables and Synergistic power cables-- which I see you also have. I don't know him through forums but he's a good friend and I have no regrets about buying my Townshend and Synergistic that he recommended to me.
Was using these products long before Millercarbon was a bad memory.
 
Too Voodoo for me the Blackbody and I find little or no interest in the products Krissy is pushing. For one her website only lists the Holostages, information is non existent on the other products.... Love the LessLoss products I currently have and their site is very detailed and the science or voodoo is explained in detail. Very professional. I will put my Echo's End Reference DAC up against any top tier DAC.
Have tons of LessLoss they are good.Never regretted a purchase- about $22K total in system now. Krissy is not pushing I am PULLING!. $4,800 of her products is at least 10 X the SQ delta of the LessLoss items. Beyond anything I ever imagined was possible. 1/3 of her devices are only one day old and need 10-14 days to mature. I put 2 of the Holostages on my TV electronics and I am stunned- color density, nuance and tone is amazing and the MOVEMENT is so much more free flowing and easy to follow- One's mind can follow ten athletes and everything else in the picture moving, each in their own way. I have bought MANY boxes and slabs of stuff that did a bit or absolutely nothing- this is a new universe. Just e mail her- super kind and helpfull.
 
Have tons of LessLoss they are good.Never regretted a purchase- about $22K total in system now. Krissy is not pushing I am PULLING!. $4,800 of her products is at least 10 X the SQ delta of the LessLoss items. Beyond anything I ever imagined was possible. 1/3 of her devices are only one day old and need 10-14 days to mature. I put 2 of the Holostages on my TV electronics and I am stunned- color density, nuance and tone is amazing and the MOVEMENT is so much more free flowing and easy to follow- One's mind can follow ten athletes and everything else in the picture moving, each in their own way. I have bought MANY boxes and slabs of stuff that did a bit or absolutely nothing- this is a new universe. Just e mail her- super kind and helpfull.
In your system. Not buying so let it go. I am out.
 
In your system. Not buying so let it go. I am out.
Just trying to be helpfull. Enjoy.
In your system. Not buying so let it go. I am out.
Understand every system is different. The massive positive effect on my TV picture in another room leads me to speculate the benefit may be quite generalized. But hey not trying to manipulate you just trying to help.
 
One's mind can follow ten athletes and everything else in the picture moving, each in their own way.

Sorry but I need to ask. I can get that maybe it improves the picture itself but what supposedly was the mind following before? I'm watching the Ole Miss Florida game and all 22 guys moving in their own way is pretty apparent so what more is this product going to do to change their movments?
 
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Just trying to be helpfull. Enjoy.

Understand every system is different. The massive positive effect on my TV picture in another room leads me to speculate the benefit may be quite generalized. But hey not trying to manipulate you just trying to help.
Funny I do not own a TV. You are not helpful at all, and sorry you are coming across as a peddler. Also as you do not list your system, I am doubtful about your LL ownership.
 
Sorry but I need to ask. I can get that maybe it improves the picture itself but what supposedly was the mind following before? I'm watching the Ole Miss Florida game and all 22 guys moving in their own way is pretty apparent so what more is this product going to do to change their movments?
With music the artist intent and interactions are more evident. The words though understood before hold more emotional weight now. The movem,ent on TV sinks in deeper and is less effoprtfull to follow. I do not love hockey but now at least I unsderstand what is happening. Basketball is like a ten man ballets . Ear/Brain Eye/ Brain. Just my experience and it's not subtle.
 
What can I say? I am a physician. I don't need to peddle anything. I am sharing BY FAR the best tweak in my 45 years as an audiophile. I have ten 640X AC filters, power distributor , 2 sets of the newer speaker 640X, a Black Body 10X power base, 3 of the Stellar AC cables-forgive me if I got some nomenclature wrong, I'm not into that so much. System: Project CD transport, LTA power supply, Audio Mirror T5 DAC, Goldmund 590 int amp, Adam Audio speakers, various Stillpoints and Carbide Base Footers, Neo Dio, Ground boxes from Scotland (forget the name), Puron plug ins and Audio Magic ground device, 2 Tombo ground purifiers, various acoustic devices. Yup I'm a fraud. BTW I'm a psychiatrist , just saying.
 
With music the artist intent and interactions are more evident. The words though understood before hold more emotional weight now. The movem,ent on TV sinks in deeper and is less effoprtfull to follow. I do not love hockey but now at least I unsderstand what is happening. Basketball is like a ten man ballets . Ear/Brain Eye/ Brain. Just my experience and it's not subtle.

I'm not buying the over the top tv characrterizations but whatever as long as you believe you are getting these have at it and enjoy
 
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I was wondering what had RepTex so worked up. So I looked at Jeff4598 and what do you know. New member, over the top promoting goods. Does make me wonder if Heartsound Audio is using a alias, Jeff to self promote without paying vendor fees. I doubt Steve would like that. Does he know? Especially with all the upsell. You have to buy $20k to $40k and it only gets better.

Heartsound Audio had gone from interesting to as voodoo as they come.
 
I was wondering what had RepTex so worked up. So I looked at Jeff4598 and what do you know. New member, over the top promoting goods. Does make me wonder if Heartsound Audio is using a alias, Jeff to self promote without paying vendor fees. I doubt Steve would like that. Does he know? Especially with all the upsell. You have to buy $20k to $40k and it only gets better.

Heartsound Audio had gone from interesting to as voodoo as they come.
While I'm not buying the over the top commentary I believe he said in response to Republic that he has $22k in LessLoss products and $5k of Heartsound with 10x the Sq benefit with Heartsound
 
I was wondering what had RepTex so worked up. So I looked at Jeff4598 and what do you know. New member, over the top promoting goods. Does make me wonder if Heartsound Audio is using a alias, Jeff to self promote without paying vendor fees. I doubt Steve would like that. Does he know? Especially with all the upsell. You have to buy $20k to $40k and it only gets better.

Heartsound Audio had gone from interesting to as voodoo as they come.
This is sad. If you look in the other Heartsound thread comment #8 is me asking for guidance because I could not locate the Heartsound web page. Then I became a shill? I joined 9 months ago Frankly I do not comment frquently because many of the items discussed are WAY out of my price tolerance range. However I am a physician with a very good income. This is not a side hustle. After 45 years in the hobby and having tried at least 20 brands of tweaks I can honestly say this stuff is in a league of it's own .I wanted to share with the community so MORE PEOPLE COULD HAVE BETTER SOUND.This is what I get. It fits with my idea of how someone calling themselves "republic of Texas" would think. I understand it's a small world of small audio bussinesses and shilling could be a thing. Not here. Not me. I am real. Effects are real( even my wife who sees and hears no difference ever asked what i did to the TV). I am done with this topic. Avoid trying them if you think that makes you clever.
 
What can I say? I am a physician. I don't need to peddle anything. I am sharing BY FAR the best tweak in my 45 years as an audiophile. I have ten 640X AC filters, power distributor , 2 sets of the newer speaker 640X, a Black Body 10X power base, 3 of the Stellar AC cables-forgive me if I got some nomenclature wrong, I'm not into that so much. System: Project CD transport, LTA power supply, Audio Mirror T5 DAC, Goldmund 590 int amp, Adam Audio speakers, various Stillpoints and Carbide Base Footers, Neo Dio, Ground boxes from Scotland (forget the name), Puron plug ins and Audio Magic ground device, 2 Tombo ground purifiers, various acoustic devices. Yup I'm a fraud. BTW I'm a psychiatrist , just saying.
Got it Doc, was an avoiding the word shill.
 
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While I'm not buying the over the top commentary I believe he said in response to Republic that he has $22k in LessLoss products and $5k of Heartsound with 10x the Sq benefit with Heartsound
Its $5k a pop for anything in their goodie bag.. Jeff has at least 4 sets of the stuff. Even a set for the TV. Double it up. Quad it up. Its even better when you buy buy buy more. Non linear scale. 2 is 4 times the fun. More makes it beter and beter.

Hey, I get it. I have a good friend with Shunyata ground stuff. $17,000 worth for maximum affect. What about 1 box and a couple entry cords. Nope. You need 2 to 3 boxes and high end cables to get the resl affect. If you only buy 1 and entry cords, don't say it doesn't work. You didn’t spend enough.
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I have to remember this is Whatsbestforum. The place to promote the most expensive of equipment. Even I was selling high end panels at one time. I sort of shake my head in shame when past customers tell me I was stupid to sell the stuff for so inexpensive a cost. I have to remember. If you don't charge way more than its worth. Its not worth anything. And no one will buy it.
 
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