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In Reply to: RE: LOL ! posted by unclestu on January 01, 2013 at 23:12:45

You and Geoff get into it here from time to time. But usually you try stuff that many consider BS. Are you saying by your comment above that you don't believe in and/or haven't tried crystals? I would think you'd be open to them as its well known they passively absorb RFI/EMI. Of course maybe something went over my head here...........

ET

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Oh Yes.... - unclestu 22:08:28 01/03/13 (4)
I have been playing with crystals since 1992 or thereabout. I had been presented with some Shun Mook discs, and they worked ! I bought a few, had them x rayed and then cut one apart, only to find a small faceted 2 mm red stone. Th stone made a greater sonic difference than the wood did, although I eventually lost the stone.
I believe I was the first to post about the crystalline effect over a decade ago, although I got the basic ideas from both Shun Mook and Shakti. I can not take credit for their use.
However the principles upon which I apply the crystal are very different from what Geoff claims. I claim the piezo effect, Geoff claims mechanical resonance, tuned to about 350 Hz, which I find hard to swallow when his rocks are loose in a plastic bag. No doubt when Geoff claims crystalline deformation he is merely referring to what the piezo effect is doing to the crystalline structure, but without having to admit that the mechanical
theory of his is very secondary.
When I posted about crystals, the field was wide open. Most know about the typical piezo crystals like tourmaline and the quartz family, but there are many other crystals with similar properties. It is impossible to try every crystal. Simply researching crystalline properties yields very limited information even with the internet.
I have attempted to be more open about sharing information because it is my firm belief that the field advances faster and further with the collective consciousness being pooled. There will be many who would rather buy a finished product rather than to spend time experimenting so there is still room for the entrepreneur.
Often times I do not quibble with the sonic effects, but rather the explanations offered.

Of course, YMMV

Stu

Edits: 01/04/13
- RE: Oh Yes.... - Awe-d-o-file 18:21:19 01/04/13 (2)
  OK, I see where you are coming from. I love crystals and what they do myself. I finally did the ground tweak and thought that it did much much more than the wire to negative side of a 9V or in my case I tried a 9V and 6AA in a holder too. Cheers.
  
  ET
  - Battery ground tweak - unclestu 17:08:53 01/05/13 (1)
    needs a large capacitor to balance tonality. Just the wire to the battery tends to brighten things up, but the 10K uF cap I use restores the bass response, I do have to bypass the cap, much like a power supply applicatin, however.
    
    with the caps, the effect is even greater than the plain ground wire\, at least IMHO.
    
    Of course YMMV
    
    Stu
    - RE: Battery ground tweak - Awe-d-o-file 18:35:35 01/05/13 (0)
      Actually I had no sense of increased or imbalanced HF, it was more of just not hearing much of anything. Loops are really nice though. Just on the negative speaker terminals 2 per speaker as I bi-amp/bi-wire.
      
      ET
- Good post! - theob 04:30:05 01/04/13 (0)
  'I have attempted to be more open about sharing information because it is my firm belief that the field advances faster and further with the collective consciousness being pooled. There will be many who would rather buy a finished product rather than to spend time experimenting so there is still room for the entrepreneur.'
  
  Totally agree. Beside your contributions think cmp^2. There was Cics initial magnificient work that has been improved upon by Serge and Jack and countless others. Cheers to 'open sharing of information' as it relates to computer audio.
  
  Good post!
  
  I have attempted to be more open about sharing information because it is my firm belief that the field advances faster and further with the collective consciousness being pooled. There will be many who would rather buy a finished product rather than to spend time experimenting so there is still room for the entrepreneur.

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