2008

Editor's Choice Award

The Absolute Sound

"...sensationally effective under most components particularly when used with Walker Resonance Control discs, which, themselves, can have a salubrious effect on components on which they are placed."

2006

Editor's Choice Award

The Absolute Sound

2005

Brutus Award

Positive Feedback Online

"...indispensable..."

Editor's Choice Award

The Absolute Sound

“...sensationally effective...”

2004

Brutus Award

Positive Feedback Online

"...vibration/resonance control technology taken to an exceptional level..."

Editor's Choice Award

The Absolute Sound

Editor's Choice Award

The Perfect Vision

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Super Tuning Kit

Stereophile - October 2002

Walker Valid Points: 

set of 3 large cones and 5 discs; 

other sizes available

Heavy brass-alloy-and-lead cones with points that rest atop large, brass-ringed, lead-filled “tuning discs”.  “Definitely worth checking out,” MF said, “and Walker will refund your money if you’re not satisfied. (You must return the set within 30 days in original condition.)”  MF adds that “not only do I like them a lot, they’re well worth the price – as I clearly found out when I put a set under the Ayre K-1 and added a few of the discs on top.”  Combined height may be too tall for some racks.  Super Tuning Kit includes three large cones, five discs, and four 1” discs for $425. (Vol. 20 No. 5, Vol.21 No.11) 

Note from Walker Audio: Valid Points are available in a Low Rise version for use when height is a concern. Valid Points Resonance Control System and the Precision Motor Controller have been listed for the past four years. 

Enjoy the Music.com  March 2002  web link

"Vividly Valid Walker-isms.."  by Srajan Ebaen

"Walker's brass-covered lead tips and discs work exceedingly well...What may not be as apparent is how far this Valid Point tuning system can take the performance of a good CD player...Walker's cones seem to be the epidemy, the Rolls Royce of their kind, the best made and most effective."

Enjoy the Music.com    August 2001 web link

Audiolics Anonymous Chapter 24 by Bill Gaw

These are the best feet-cabinet resonance suppression system I have evaluated...While fairly expensive at $295 for the regulars and $425 for the Ultimate kit compared to other feet, you get what you pay for."

"...each of his products works as described, are the best of the best, and while expensive, are worth every penny."

The Absolute Sound Issue 117 April/May 1999:
"A World of Serious Tweaks..."by Arthur S. Pfeffer

"If you had asked me six months ago whether you ought to spend your tax refund on a better component or on a bunch of accessories like cables and isolation feet, I would have given my traditional advice. A large sum of money is always better spent on components than on accessories. Ask me now and I might give an entirely different answer. Each additional accessory brought the same kinds of sonic improvement, only more so. The Walker tweaks and Omega-Mikro gear will not change the sound character of a component, but will reveal it completely. I did not know or even imagine how spacious and truthful my own system could sound until several of these items were in place".

Scot Markwell included the following comments to Arthur Pfeffer's review:
"The bottom line is this: if you value consistency and the "maxing-out" of your system over the constant merry-go-round of changing components, I believe as Pfeffer does, that you will enjoy these Walker accessories. All are effective; to my ear, the Valid Points are the most effective of the many such devices I have experimented with in my career as a professional audiophile. You cannot go wrong trying them."

Email August 2008

"...it's worth noting that I had put the 2nd Velocitor's platform on Walker Valid Points... WHEN I REMOVED the Valid Points, the sound stage collapsed and I lost more than 50 percent of the sensed improvement.

I immediately put the Valid Points back, and everything is beautiful.  YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE how much more detail there is in the Ellington Indigos CD.  Whew!  Can almost hear the leather of Duke's shoes tapping the floor under the piano..." TL

Audio Asylum Posting March 2007

"...I found that employing the Walker Audio Valid Points Super Tuning kit to the CD player made a tremendous improvement in all aspects of CD playback..." kenster

Email March 2007

"I have got the VP Standard kit today. After I put them under my home made Audio Note Silver line preamplifier the sound quality was incredibly better!! Better resolution, much better bass definition and more stable details- more there there. I am satisfied and glad that I have made this purchase. Thank you." AK

Email January 2006

"I put Valid Points under my transport and preamp, which yielded an immediate improvement in clarity from the top to the bottom of the frequency range, no question..." RGS  

"...thank you for the suggestion try Valid Points (and) Ultra Vivid...I received them last week and got to install the VPs under my 777ES and the improvement in definition, transparency and soundstage was remarkable. Awesome. Same for the Vivid...I just wanted to say how pleased I am so far on your products. Congrats!" CG

Email December 2005

"Just wanted to send a note expressing how impressed I am with the Walker Audio Precision Motor Drive and the Super Tuning Kit I have implemented in my system...

I installed a Super tuning kit under an EAR834p phono preamp with excellent results. I had a pneumatic suspension under the EAR but the STK (Super Tuning Kit) far exceeds what the pneumatic suspension delivered. Bass is tighter, soundstage has expanded and treble purity is greatly enhanced....

Anyway, the combination of your 2 products has taken my system to levels I did not think was possible." KA

Audio Asylum Posting February 2004

by Rushton

"...our experience with Lloyd's Valid Points is another example of how *everything* makes a difference and reminder to approach every change with an open mind.  If you have not experimented with Walker Audio's Valid Points and resonance control disks in your system, I encourage you to do so. With Walker's 30-day return policy, you have nothing to lose and much to gain. I would not have believed the improvement could be as noticeable as it is without hearing it for myself. These are not leaving our system."

AudiogoN Posting November 2002

By Acuujim

"I was stunned at the positive effect that a set of Walker Audio Valid Points under my Hydra."  

Audio Asylum Posting June 2002

by Antonio Machado

"I got the Super Tune Kit from Walker Audio, the result is clearly audible..."

Audio Asylum Postings May 2002

By trhunnicutt

"Get a set of Walker Audio Valid Points...No kidding, on my system, this took the (CD)23T to another level.  $400 tweak made that player perform more like a unit 2x - 3x it's price."

by Muzikmike

".. the Valid Points blow my mind!"

Audio Asylum Posting January 2001

by Muzikmike

"the Valid Points , under my CDP are a phenomenal improvement... the improvement was just as mind-boggling when under my power supply!"