Fun Little Project for improving Dynamics


Fun little project, or Tweak that will improve system dynamics, soundstage, frequency extremes.

Try using Amethyst crystals. Get them in small sizes and unprocessed. I bought a pound on EBay for $10 including shipping.

To clean the unprocessed crystals prior to use, I soak the crystals in distilled water with Aquarium salt. Mixing it to become a strong sea salt mixture and letting them soak for about 8+ hours.
Then pour off the sea salt and soak the crystals with 90% or better alcohol for about an hour. After that, drain off the alcohol and rinse well with just distilled water.
Finally, let the crystals dry in a bowl in the sun.

Start with placing small amounts (25-40 crystals) in the plastic baggy things and tape the bag over your Circuit breakers to your system or on top of power cables IEC/Male end.
You can even buy at Radio Shack small project boxes. When using these types of boxes I put a lot more of the crystals in them.
You can use Blu Tack or 3M tape to stick these project boxes to outlet strips, junction boxes, over outlets, etc.

For reasons still unclear to me, it may take a few weeks (perhaps as much as 4 weeks) to sound good.

But, when it does, the dynamics will improve and so will the overall sound stage and frequency extremes.

Please note:
Too much of the crystals may actually surpress the dynamics, but with the baggies you can experiment with how much of the crystals to use.

I have experimented with all kinds of different crystals, from Topaz, to Tourmaline, to Quartz and etc. The Amethyst crystals seem to work the best.
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Tweakyman, You've got to try a "baggy" on the IEC of a power cord thats where you will notice the most improvement.
I wrap aluminum foil around my PC at the IEC end. There is definately an improvement. The aluminum shields the IEC end of the cord.
Thanks Ozzy...I will try this and appreciate your suggestion..I'm hoping something will improve that (stage depth loss) That I mentioned..I don't always feel like driving my system at higher volume levels...Earlier in this journey I placed the baggies at the male 3 prong plug (wall) end,There was no noticeable effect to my ears so I removed them..
Ozzy or Tweakyman - I am going to try this tweek. Researching Alan's stuff and haven't found anyone who actually has bought his stuff that didn't like it, which is amazing in this hobby. I looking to source the amathyst. Any guidance on size, amount etc.. Also, did the air tight vacuum sealing make a difference over not vacuum sealing. I didn't want to have to buy a food sealer, family eats everything as fast as it comes in the door.

If you were to recommend other tweeks that have a good ROI and not terribly expensive what would they be. Is the Audio Prism Ground control worth looking at.