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In Reply to: RE: I first heard a demo of them several CESs ago. Everyone in the demo. heard their benefits. posted by Norm on December 18, 2007 at 18:44:42
I was shocked to see how a rubber tree plant made the sound look like a comb filter had been applied.Yes, I agree. Rubber plants with their big, plate-like leaves make very poor sound diffusers. They probably exacerbate the situation by being highly reflective. In my experience you have to try a few tweaks before you can settle on one you like. Smaller, leafier plants work best for me behind my speakers. I've used dragon trees, parlour palms and kentia palms with shocking success. I'm sure you could find more scientifically sterile solutions to the problem, but never one so darned purdy... They make rotten bass traps, but so do Halographs.
Halographs are such shoddily-made pieces of junk that I was embarrassed to have them in the house. $1000 for sub-Ikea materials and workmanship?!
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What about "acoustic resonators"??? By a certain Frank Chang. Anybody tried this?
I used to own several of Tchang’s resonators. A lot of people swear by them, but I could never get them to work in my system, no matter where I placed them. They’re pretty expensive, too. As usual, YMMV.
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I agree with you. Tried them and didn't hear any benefit and they are very expensive to treat a whole room. Even the dealer who did the at-home demonstration with my system couldn't understand why we didn't hear any benefit. I had better luck with some strategically placed fake plants that the wife definitely accepted more. But what works in one's home may not work in another.
Slbenz
Hmmm. Thanks.
If you're talking about the Golden Sound Acoustic Disks, funnily enough I do know something about them!I used to have them in the corners of the room in the house where I used to live. I made the mistake of applying two tweaks at once (I can't remember the other one) and thought I heard a subtle but indefinable improvement in sound quality. I couldn't swear the little disks were responsible for the (very, very slight) betterment, and I could never be bothered to get the ladder out and do a before-and-after test, so they just stayed there as a conversation piece. My new house has open gables and I can't find a suitable place for them. I lose no sleep over this...
They're made of what seems like the leftovers from a nickel-sized aluminium sheet metal stamping process. I suppose you could try actual nickels and BlueTack as a possible substitute, but the tweak was hardly a buttock-clencher, so if you've got the itch, I'd suggest you spend your money elsewhere.
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Quite humorous. It's no wonder you guys can't seem to get up above the noise floor. LOL
Thank you. It's seems a few insecure people on this site are threatened by humor, mistaking it for a personal attack.
In retrospect, perhaps BluTack is too luxurious a bonding agent. Better to stick with the 1/4-inch double-sided foam pads from Office Max that Golden recommends as replacements when their originals wear out.
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If it's luxury you're afraid of, I suggest you stick to pennies instead of nickels. :-)
Sound fiscal advice, sir! (no pun intended)
An utter zip-zero in my room. Embarrasing purchase that went into the trash basket...
Golden Sound products are the creation of Allen Chang, not Frank.
See: http://www.fastaudio.com/INT/acsys100.html
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