Category Accessoires
Shakti Electro-Magnetic Stabilizer Stone
Ben Piazza’s Shakti Stones employ “proprietary noise reduction circuitry to absorb and dissipate electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI).” In other words, nobody’s quite sure how they work, but work they do when placed over the transformers of amps, preamps, and other electronics, reducing noise and enriching timbre. JV, Issue 188
Shakti Hallographs
Master of the inexplicable, Shakti’s Ben Piazza has followed up on his magic “Shakti stones” with yet another impossibleto- explain-but-effective-asclaimed item, the Hallographs. With direct-radiating or omni speakers, these large, rotatable, free-standing, tuning-forkshaped items work some kind of voodoo when placed in the corners of a room (behind the speakers), masking chaotic wall reflections and “clarifying” the soundfield (just as Shakti says they do). JV, Issue 188
Given that this is the high end, where components generally have long lifespans, some of our recommendations look back several years. At the same time, in an effort to be as selective and up-to-date as possible, we have dropped some components that appeared on last year’s list, usually because they have been discontinued but sometimes because fresh competition has caused us to reconsider the choice.
TAS founder Harry Pearson’s selections can be found in this issue’s HP’s Workshop.
