Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve tried Stillpoints Ultra SS under the 272 and the 250DR, and any improvement was very marginal - certainly not worth best part of £2k (which is about the same as the reference Quadraspire would cost). I’ve already tried two racks (Fraim and Isoblue) and, again, any improvements were so negligible they simply were not worth the cost, to me at any rate. For that reason I honestly can’t see any point in spending anything on glass, cups and balls.
I really must have struck lucky with my setup - words really can’t express how good it sounds to my ears! Unless and until Naim come up with a replacement for the 272 that significantly improves SQ, rather than just updating the streaming element (none of which interests me, as I only ever use UPnP to stream from my UnitiServe), I’ll happily stick with what I have, and spend all my spare on music, travel and wine!
i had the lovan rack before the fraimlite, 4 times less expensive. The fraimlite gave a little improvement.
For stillpoints subject, which use ceramic balls, i would not put them under the pre and power amp. They alter the sound. In my case, the finite elemente cerapucks, same construction as stillpoints, work best under the speakers and rack and the 555dr.
No idea! It was sourced from the SORG years ago. It wasn’t expensive but seems to work OK and cosmetically matches the Kudos speaker stands. No doubt a Fraim would be better but the space is limited and I’d rather spend my limited resources on black boxes.
Very true
