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Thanks for confirming what others are saying about Lou Hinkley's new flagship, the Ulysses. Daedalus Audio speakers are some of the most musically satisfying speakers out there and the new models represent substantial gains over his previous (excellent) work. I am troubled, however, by one observation in your post, namely that "Equal credit, I feel, should go to Ben Piazza's amazing Shakti Hallographic Soundfield Optimizers and Shakti Stones." When reviewers start giving "equal" credit for great sound to peripheral tweaks they open us all up to the condescension and ridicule. The beautiful sounds you heard in the Daedalus Room were the result of years of acquired expertise and hours of hard labor on the part of Lou (and those whose products preceded the Ulysses in the signal chain). To ascribe "equal" credit to room tuning devises and other paraphernalia is really an insult to the component manufacturers in the room and to the hobby as a whole.