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Giant Steps
After receiving 25 Giant Steps, i started to listened for half an hour on the existing setup - where I had bindbreakers under my equipment.
– Then I replaced three Bindbreakers with 3 giant Steps under the power supply for my streamer.
The first 5 minutes I heard very airy and a little mysterious sound.. Then suddenly I got a completely new system!
It played with power, dynamics, width, details, depth and an enormous naturalness and musicality I just sat and listened with my mouth open for 3 hours.
I have never heard such a clear improvement in comparison to replacing device feet.
But this was only the first of 8 improvements, because at weekly intervals I placed Giant Steps under my amplifier, then my LessLoss DAC, a LessLoss distributor, a LessLoss Power Base, a LessLoss Speaker Base, under my Ethernet Switch and under a power supply for my Router.
Each time the sound became more organic, natural and magnificent...
I don't understand what Louis has done with this unique combination of materials, magnetism and shape wrapped in such a discreet and beautiful foot!
But even the many and perhaps somewhat magnificent promises I read before the launch were fully achieved.
So now I just ask myself, how many extra feet can I afford to buy? Because I haven't even tried to put 4 feet under each device yet!
Best regards Lars from Denmark
Giant Steps
C-MARC Classic Power Cable
Sans LessLoss, impossible de connaître les vrais performances de son installation HiFi, c'est aussi simple que ça!!
Il y a sûrement d'autres concepteurs/fabricant d'accessoires HiFi performants dans toute la production mondiale, MAIS, à mon sens, aucun, qui comme LessLoss suivent la même ligne, le même principe consistant à améliorer systématiquement le résultat sonore vers LA MUSIQUE en elle même, et avec autant de réussite. C'est tout simplement SUPER d'avoir décider d'utiliser ce FIL ROUGE, comme une recette impeccable de cuisine. Je suis cuisinier à la retraite!!
Patrice
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Without LessLoss, it is impossible to know the true performance of your HiFi installation, it's as simple as that!!
There are surely other designers/manufacturers of high-performance HiFi accessories in the entire world production, BUT, in my opinion, none, who like LessLoss follow the same line, the same principle of systematically improving the sound result towards THE MUSIC itself, and with as much success. It is simply SUPER to have decided to use this COMMON THREAD, like an impeccable cooking recipe. I myself am a retired cook!!
Patrice
Giant Steps
1. Burn in is real and quite substantial. I am almost 4 days in and it does feel, as everything settled. No need to experiment in the first 3 days. Things change anyway.
2. As with all anti whatever things: placement is key. I settled on the place I have already used the Bindbreaker feet.
3. For me they are not replacements for the Bindbreaker. The opposite. They compliment each other very well. And they do work with other feet and platforms as well.
4. Once burned in I find their effect to be immediate. But sound still ripens over the next hours if you move them.
5. Expect a lot of everything you find in LessLoss products. But at a magnitude higher than you are used to. I would compare my 9 giant steps to an upgrade of all power cords to Stellar. But at a fraction of the cost.
6. The effect on my Innuos is insane. The same with my Aqua DAC and my Copland tube amp. It feels like I upgraded each component with a component costing three times as much. I decided to stay home today and thought I would work from my listening couch. I worked maybe 1 hour. The rest of the time I was listening to music and most of the time I was in awe of what i was hearing.
7. There is a stability in the sound I have only heard before from active systems. Everything is pinpoint but at the same time more natural. When I close my eyes soundstage seems to have no limits. Every sound feels like it can be touched. Sounds and reverb tails sometimes seem to linger forever in space. Noise is dramatically reduced. Bass is deeper, has more contours. You hear the strings on an upright bass slap, and at the same time you hear the wood of the bass. Everything is more colorful.
8. It does not change the sound profile or the character of my system. Everything I like about my system is kind of amplified. Oh and it does not add any magic. I found the BlackGround for power to be a magic machine. If I take it out of my system, the magic is gone. Taking three Giant Steps out of the system didn’t kill the magic, it was just not as natural, as big, as bold, as spectacular, as with the Giant Steps.
9. 4 are better than 3. And you might need some paper to adjust height. My Amplifier's bottom seems not be perfectly level. The stock feet have some rubber. So I didn’t realize that. Paper worked just fine.
10. 3 is better than none. If you have nine feet, use them on 3 pieces of gear.
11. This is by far the most potent LessLoss product I have come across.
12. I will buy more
Firewall Module
My system is highly resolving, consisting of the following components (partial listing):
- Loudspeakers: PMC Twenty5 26i
- Amplifiers: Luxman 509Z Integrated; Pass XA 25 power amplifier paired with Icon Pro 4 SE balanced passive preamplifier
- DACs: Lamipizator Baltic 4; Holo May ‘KTE’
- CD transport: Jay’s Audio CDT MKIII
- Streamer : Matrix Element S
- Speaker cables : Audience AU24 SX ; JPS Superconductor V
- Interconnects : Audience AU24 XLR & RCA ; JPS Superconductor V
- Digital : Curious cable (blue) USB ; Tubulus I2S & Aes/Ebu
- Power cables: Lessloss; Isotek; Xindak
- Power conditioner: Audioquest Niagra 1200.
- Decoupling devices: Auva 100s and 50s; Symposium Padz and Roller Blocks
Upon inserting the Stellars into the system I was presented with a vividly clear, bright sound quite unlike the original Lessloss firewalls for speakers that I had been using for a few years. Initially, the sound was somewhat harsh accentuating the high frequences somewhat to the detriment of the mids and lows. However, I was correct to assume that some burn-in was needed: after approximately 20 hrs the Stellars appeared to settle, and I began enjoying a clear, transparent, slightly forward sound across the frequency spectrum. As I prefer a more relaxed sound, less forward, I experimented with speaker positioning: I discovered that by moving the speakers forward, not back, and increasing their separation, I achieved a more neutral, balanced and extended soundscape, any residual brightness or glare being ascribable to the materials/recordings. The noise floor is considerably lowered, graininess is virtually absent (depending on the source material), resolution is greater, listening levels can be moderate with no loss of musical fidelity.
In short: Not only are the Stellar firewalls a considerable improvement over the regular speaker speaker firewalls, they are a major addition to the audio excellence of my system.
Giant Steps
LessLoss History From the Very Beginnings
LessLoss started its business on Audiogon in late 2007. Within the first couple of month, word about LessLoss spread like wildfire among Audiogon members. Here is the feedback received from our clients during our first year of operation. This is from even before we had our own website.
Louis is one of the best in the business, truly professional and very fast production and delivery. I am very satisfied by your superb service. Many thanks.
Positive by Buyer Sebastian (135) on 07-29-2008
Excellent transaction with Lessloss on dynamic filtering power cord. Good communications & fast shipping. A+++++
Positive by Buyer Sennett (45) on 07-03-08
Bought 3 pc's from Liudas in Jan/08. Outstanding product as advertised. Performance is everything and more than I expected. Kudos to Lessloss cable for a great product. Very highly recommended...A+++
Positive by Buyer Phillykid (33) on 06-19-08