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In Reply to: RE: you wimps !....8^) posted by Julien43 on November 29, 2007 at 17:06:44
Glad you caught the smiley....
The use of quartz is listed there right in the patent papers. I use the quartz extensively in my own system, utilizing its piezoelectric properties. I believe the secret to the Shun Mook discs rests also on the use of crystals, too, BTW, as I have dissected one.
The use of the the antistatic foam is also interesting. I know of one designer who uses it like a piece of dampening inside the chassis covers, but really uses the conductive nature of the foam to trap RF. You do have to be very careful as you do not want it to fall on your circuit and short things out, Also bear in mind that many types of foam eventually deteriorate and crumble and that can also lead to issues as the bits fall onto circuit boards!
As for the use of CF I believe the properties employed are different, but I haven't actually tried it so I can not say. I can anecdotally say that adding a ground screw to my Black Diamond CF shelf seemed to smooth things out, however. The Shakti on top of the shelf was more effective.
It is not stated in the patent but I believe the actual material used for the exterior of the Stones is lightly permeable, I believe, and I believe that helps the functionality of the Stone.
Stu
Follow Ups:
between your affinity w/ bybees (which i wholeheartedly agree with) and now quartz, you certainly win the "esoteric tweak" award!
best
ryan
Check your local rock and mineral stores. Sometimes even New Age stores carry quartz bits. I like tumbled quartz pieces which are irregularly shaped and have relatively smooth sides. The flatter ones seems to work better if you place them perpendicular to EMI/RFI fields.
When I go to CES at Vegas, LV Rock and m Mineral (IIRC correctly, right off of Sahara close to the Hilton) has quartz and quartz variant necklaces for $4 to $5 dollars and about 20 inches in circumference. I get them in a couple of different stone sizes and they last me a long time.
Stu
I'd like to implement something like this. Any DIY page or more info for me?
Where to place, how, etc. size of quartz and so on. TIA!
ET
I did enter puberty in the 60's. Events of the era did have a great effect upon me, although I was originally a conservative. Must have been those funny tasting brownies, but quite honestly, I ran on the outskirts of a very drug influenced crowd: China white, LSD, and man made substances of all sorts and types. Several acquaintances OD'ed and that scared me enough to steer a relatively straight path.
At any rate, the Shakti patents mention quartz, the most common mineral on the earth's surface, placed on a visco elastic dampener. That's big words for something like putty or blue tack or the Duro poster putty that I use. It will convert the movement of the quartz into heat.
As for sizes to be used, the size is dependent on the strength of the EMI/RFI field you are working with. Smaller crystal work better with smaller fields, and larger ones work better stronger fields like a transformer, for example. I use smaller crystals bout 1/8 inch across to 1/4 inch in diameter and keep adding them. The larger ones have better effect on bass, the smaller ones seem to affect the treble more. Smaller one are prone to move, being lighter, and this is something you desire in order to transmute the energy into heat.
Places to try: center of motors. That means the TT motors and the spin motors of a CD player. On a CD/ DVD player, I place a crystal about 1/8 inch blue tacked to the pressure plate of the CD clamping mechanism. A larger crystal in the center of a toroidal transformer of inductor (speaker crossover) works well, also. You'll find a lot of inductors in digital amps and crystals there greatly smooth out the top end, reducing edginess.
Bear in mind sonic differences can be rather subtle but certainly additive when multiple sites are addressed. I find that room treatment, polarity correction all sometimes will mask the effects of the quartz placement. The motor sites are usually quite audible, and even give better picture when applied to a DVD player.
Stu
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