SHAKTI STONE AIR & ON-LINE AIR

well as other components across the twochannel reference system (see “Systems” below).

Given the incredible success with one Shakti Stone Air, I was curious to place the Shakti On-Line Airs in the system, on the interconnect cables feeding the DAC. For immediate memory, I replayed the tracks with the Shakti Stone Air on the Mola Mola DAC/ Streamer. I then placed the Shakti On-Line Airs at the midpoint of the Audience Front Row XLR interconnects. I listened. What the Shakti Stone Air had improved, the Shakti On-Line Airs further improved, and in every respect. The sound stage had blossomed in volume as air and ambiance expanded and tone and timbre were more

“quiet.”

Here’s an interesting bit of information regarding the Shakti Stone Air: whenever it was placed upon a component, it was necessary to actually turn down the volume. This was, of course, completely unexpected. The rationale certainly had to be that less noise in the system, which the Shaktis definitely alleviated, called for less volume to hear the music. Or so my logic goes.

NOTE: For those who may be less able to parse differences in a given tweak’s abilities on-the-fly—short-term—I’d suggest the Long Term Trade Out (LTTO). That is, live with the Shaktis for a while—several days, a week, month, etc.—then remove them. You should have a pretty good idea after this what’s what in terms of the sound. The LTTO will, for me, represent a follow-up review for the Shaktis..

The Conclusion

I could not have anticipated the level of improvement with regard to the Shakti certainly don’t. In summary, the Shaktis have served as one of the most cost-effective and capable tweaks I have used to date.

Pros: Inexpensive tweaks that bring component-level improvement to even your reference system for very little money, hands down.

Cons:… THE COMPANY

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Oline-Air—Electromagnetic Stabilizer $99 info@shakti-innovations.com experience with Ben’s Hallograph Soundfield Optimizers, I assumed that there would be improvement. How much would be determined by analysis and review. Well, the short and sweet of it is that the Shakti Stone Air and On-Line Air work immediately and beautifully together. They took our electrostatic reference system to even greater high-fidelity heights than we could have imagined. The improvements can be summed up in a few words—more transparent and resolving, more natural, more musical. Once they’ve been placed in your system, I don’t believe you’ll want them to leave. I