Acoustic Revive RHR-21 Acoustic Resolution Exciter by Clement Perry

Fine-tuning oneโ€™s listening room is an art in and of itself and among my greatest passions. Iโ€™ve been fine-tuning my room for nearly three decades. Using the third-floor attic of my brick home, Iโ€™ve had some exciting results that ranged from stellar to terrible. Of all the room-tuning products Iโ€™ve tried over the years, Acoustic Revive is one from which Iโ€™ve come to expect the best results.

Acoustic Revive RHR-21 Acoustic Resolution Exciter

So much so that in 2009, I visited the beautiful city of Tokyo, Japan, home to Acoustic Revive president Ken Ishiguro. During a series of factory tours throughout Tokyo over seven days, I realized how vast and sophisticated the Acoustic Revive brand is. Today, my listening room uses Acoustic Reviveโ€™s RWL-3 Room Tuning Panels. The RWL-3โ€™s handsome styling, curved exterior, and specially designed internal (silk) fabrics made my space more attractive while improving image stability, focus, overall balance, and vibrancy. What I discovered about the RWL-3 while watching them being assembled is theyโ€™re not absorption devices. Theyโ€™re designed to diffuse reflections, which helps keep my room from sounding dead. What the RWL-3s do is help eliminate unwanted standing waves, reflections, and boom. Sound absorption devices can potentially harm rather than help when not applied appropriately.

Moreover, Iโ€™ve had excellent results with other AR products, namely their REM-8 EMF canceller, RGC-24 Ground Conditioner, and RR-888 Ultra-Low-Frequency Pulse Generator.

Acoustic Revive RHR-21 Acoustic Resolution Exciter

When I noticed AR had released a brand-new accessory in the Acoustic Revive RHR-21 Acoustic Resolution Exciter, my first thought was to find out how this product worked. After reading this on their website, I realized that the RHR-1 is small. However, thanks to its special structure, which is the subject of a utility model patent, it achieves a standing wave elimination effect that far exceeds that of large room tuning products for the listening room. Simply place it in the corner of a room, near a speaker, behind an audio rack, or anywhere standing waves tend to accumulate, and it will eliminate standing waves, providing clear, high-quality sound…

Complete review for Acoustic Revive RHR-21 at Stereo Times magazine


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