Just when you think there can't be more silliness than too many so-called audiophiles already believe...
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“But most people here able to read my posts...Even if they are not well written...” I would caution against speaking for others “But i am not always black or white , not binary, and not a simpleton... Then if someone is not interested he cannot made head and tails... I suspect if you accuse me of being undecipherable it is because what i say dont interest you at all .. 😊” it’s not an accusation. It’s just my personal observation. But truth be told much of what you post isn’t terribly interesting to me. My interests are pretty specific in audio. “Be frank and say it direxctly ... I dont think you are a simpleton either ...” I don’t see any point in telling anyone their posts aren’t interesting. Which has nothing to do with yours often being indecipherable. And English is your second language so it’s not exactly surprising. “And you are very easy to read mind and letter ...” And yet you keep getting it wrong. |
No it is not ...I never spoke english, i only read it somedays at 19 years old trying to understand an article about hypercomplex numbers ... I am not talented in mathematics either but was heavily interested all my life ... I always was interested by linguistic also but i am not talented in learning language, i never succeed speaking latin and greek either ...
But most people here are able to read my posts...Even if they are not well written... But i am not always black or white , not binary, and not a simpleton... Then if someone is not interested he cannot made head and tails... I suspect if you accuse me of being undecipherable it is because what i say dont interest you at all .. 😊 Be frank and say it directly ... I dont think you are a simpleton either ... And you are very easy to read mind and letter ... As anybody who rent the head we own after throwing shit like a children and laugh and say that he did not even want it to begin with .. 😊 The most important thing is staying friendly, life is short....And be useful if i can ...
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I am afraid i will not survive the next war of all against all ... Archimedes does not survive the Roman invasion and diege of Syracuse not by lack of survival skills but by his geometrical absented minded silence answering to athe question very fit roman officer ...Too bad Rome want the genius alive , he died by accident and distraction ... I was always fascinated by Archimedes... His genius was on the level of Newton ... And he even use the concept of the actual infinity if i read Reviel Netz ...
Why survive at all cost if the body fall but the spirit stay ? I admire the survival craftmanship by the way, read me right ... But i was more talented for dreaming than for handcrafting ...😊 |
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You misread me another time ... I was talking about your post and your intention in this thread discussion about a "tweak" ... I advised you in a friendly manner after your first posts here on double blind test mantra which you throw at the head of people speaking about their opinions, i invited you to be more positive and less ideological and spoke about acoustics more then being more useful to people here , for example about the BACCH filters you own etc ...
I had no opinion about Belt ideas... I only know about what i experimented for ... And putting cd in a freezer is not an experiment i will do as most people because it has no justification i can think about , ionization of a room at least is something less far fetched working or not... Then when i read it i recognized your unoriginal ideological mind because repeating the double blind test mantra is manifesting an obsession as such ... and i advised you to read Creative mind as William Blake instead in my reply above ... try it paste and cut William Blake ... Try to appreciate people instead of mocking them by the way , especially those who have fun and are creative , right or wrong ...I like salt lamp by the way ...😊 😉
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For sure, when someone so innocent and pure as you are and rational, throw a piece of shit in a garden , and seeing a repulsive reaction from the owners of the garden, he always say that now he "own real estate in their heads but he never even wanted it " and he laugh for sure ...😊 By the way you are the only one to find this hilarious... It is mediocre sarcasm at best ... Try better from your own creativity instead of cut and paste ... Scottwheel read William Blake you will learn something new ...Here we have asvjerry who wrote fun posts and wise one ...Imitate him if Blake is over your head ... « A discussion is a garden, and nobody shit in a garden unlike it is not his own » -- Anonymus audiogon poster 😎
But i am not angry at all with you my friend ... «Shit in the garden is only compost»-- another Anonymus audiogon poster 🧐
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F1 engines? Fixed point. 'Tweaks'? Oh, yeah....when a .01, .001 of a second makes for win v. go home.... Wings 'n things, tire warmers, compounds....an eighth of a turn on the shocks.... ...and the sensors RT'ing it to the pit 'puter crew.... ....and the nut behind the wheel is the 'variable factor' you can't wrench or screwdriver..... |
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...did a bit of quick nosing 'round, and ionizing one's air does have it's good effects in increasing oxygen intake on red blood cells (+), but excess creates ozone (-) which drove folks from plasma drivers in audio.... Salt blocks potentially a safer means of ion levels, but if you start coughing....? Love listening, but 'music to die for'? Himalayan salt is on the kitchen counter and gets regular use 'round here, but spouse would reconsider my balance of 'Sane? Yay v. Nay' if a case appeared instead of a pasta device.....and bbq this time of year? We'll go out... ;) ....and I've tweaks enough, a nice space to replace the present one would be a far better opt-out....but still unlikely for the present.... Not saying it doesn't work....but not in a position/condition to give it a proper go. Enjoy the Holidays.... |
Sarcasm may be interesting and humoristic... But when closed and narrow mind used it it is boring ... Sorry scottwheel ...Grow a mind of your own... Quit technological reading for a moment and read poetry sometimes logic is no more the solution but is the problem ... It is called creativity ...😊 I recommend William Blake , a Newton rival as prophet... What is now proved was once only imagined. Share this Quote William Blake
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/william-blake-quotes |
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Here are some more tweaks from an audio tweaker with a large devoted following and a long history in audio. Here are a list of some free tweaks. Plain piece of paper under one of four feet. Place a plain piece of paper under any ONE of the four feet of a piece of equipment. This applies to any piece of equipment, even if it is not an item of audio equipment. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the plain piece of paper in position !! *** Pinning back one corner of a curtain. Pin back ONE of the four corners of all curtains in the listening room with a safety pin.. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the safety pins and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the corner of the curtain pinned back !! *** Plain piece of Blue paper under any vase of flowers or any pot plant in the listening room. If you have a vase of flowers or a pot in a plant pot in the listening room, stand the vase or the plant pot on a plain piece of BLUE paper. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of Blue paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the piece of Blue paper in position !! *** Tying a Reef knot. If you have two adjacent power cords or two adjacent interconnects, unplug the power cords from their socket, tie a reef knot in them, replace the plugs back in their sockets and listen for a short time to some music. Then untie the reef knot and see if you can listen with the same pleasure !! If you have no adjacent cables, you can tie a Reef knot in only one cable by forming the cable into a U shape, giving you two parallel sides of wire with which to make a Reef knot. If you find that you have experienced better sound from making only one Reef Knot in one cable, then tie one Reef knot in as many other cables (power or interconnect) as you can. This applies to ANY cable belonging to ANY equipment – not just to audio equipment. No other knots should be used. Only a Reef knot (I think it might be called a Square knot in the USA). Two links are given below as visual descriptions. Just make sure you do not make a Granny knot by mistake !!h http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/knots/reef.htm Or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef_knot *** Freezing using a domestic deep freezer. Try the freezing experiment using a CD first – they are usually the easiest object to hand. If you have two identical CDs all the better as you can keep one CD as the control (no treatment) and put the other CD through the freezing/slow defrost process. Place one CD in a plain plastic bag and place this bag in the domestic deep freezer overnight. When you remove the CD from the freezer, allow it to return to room temperature very, very slowly. You can achieve a slow defrost quite easily by wrapping it in a towel or blanket. Listen to the CD which has been through the freezing process first and then see if you can listen to the other (unfrozen) CD with the same pleasure !! Putting the previously frozen CD through the freezing/slow defrost process a second time gives you a further improvement in the sound. If you have success with freezing a CD, then try putting an interconnect or an AC power cord through the freezing/slow defrost process also. Also experiment by applying the same freezing/slow defrost process to such as batteries. Again have identical batteries. For experimental purposes the batteries used in remote controls are an ideal battery to use. If the remote control takes two batteries, then you require four identical batteries – two to be put through the freezing/slow defrost process, and the other two to be left as the control ones (non treated). After freezing two batteries, insert them into the remote control and listen to some music for a short time. Then replace the (treated) batteries with the untreated batteries and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure as before !! *** Although we do not specifically encourage people to put their audio equipment through the freezing/slow defrost procedure some of our customers have done this procedure with success. So, we would like to add a few words of caution for anyone wishing to attempt to freeze their equipment. If you DO decide to put any of your audio equipment through this freezing/slow defrost procedure, using your own domestic deep freezer, make sure that the item of equipment is sealed in a plastic bag when placed in the deep freezer. After freezing make sure that the equipment is defrosted very, very slowly by wrapping it in a towel or a blanket for at least a day or two. This will minimise the chance of condensation getting into the equipment. Before connecting the equipment to the AC supply make absolutely sure that the equipment is thoroughly dry – i.e. no moisture or condensation inside or on the equipment. One specific word of warning. Any item of equipment which has such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) may not be suitable for putting in a deep freezer, as LCD’s are not good at low temperature *** Pieces of quarter round wooden doweling in all right angles. Human beings do not like right angles and there are numerous right angles in any room. Such as book cases, shelves, a door architrave etc. Obtain a length of the quarter round wooden doweling and cut it into small pieces approx 5 cms – (2 inches) and place one piece in any right angle. You can use a removable adhesive such as Blu Tack to attach the piece temporarily for experimental purposes. Listen to some music for some time, then remove the piece of doweling and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure. *** Aligning the slots in screw heads. Align the slots in all screw heads so that the slots are parallel to the earth’s surface. ALL screws – screws fastening light switches to the wall, screws fastening AC power sockets to the wall, screws fastening shelves to the wall etc. |
For sure TODAY with computing model engineering this is so ... But that does not undermine my point about tweaking and my metaphor with F1 in his history before the complete regulations ...... Too much regulations can be a problem too ...But it is another discussion ... And we are too much away from the salt lamp ...😊
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@mahgister You need to get with the times. Everything is sealed and TP are mandated by the FIA. https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-championship/season-2023/2023-fia-formula-one-world-championship |
@nonoise Can not speak for that person, been using it for years and NO SELF RESPECTING GRILL MASTER COOKS ON GAS! Sorry for the upper case. I only cook on wood fires and have never had an issue. I also kill my own food. |
Think a second, do you think the only thing that matter for F1 performance is in the sealed engine ? Example simple , putting the air in the tire is an art in F1 , who do you think think the first about it , varying it in fonction not only of temperature and rain but about the different steps of a race ? Suspension did not matter? Mechanism of brake and the way to improve it ? The ergodynamic of the seat and acess to command button ? Is it not tweaking a bit each year to win a race ? I am not even a mechanics and i can imagine solution to improve as i did for my system /room .. Even rocket going to the moon can be tweak right fully or not ... Any mechanism can be "oiled" or improved in some way... We can even tweak our brain working ... Try relaxation in front of salt lamp to solve a mathematical problem ... Now try to solve one in a non relaxed condition .. Engineering is an art BEFORE and AFTER being an applied science ... As medecine is....( Not for Rockfeller controlled medecine though after the very " useful " Flexner report in 1910 used in some very specific direction and interests , some dont want free thinking individuals) I will stop here because i am far away from salt lamp ...😁 but not so much because salt lamp is better cure for covid than the imposed official "solution" ... Oups! i go too far .......
«Logic is not the solution, it could be problem »---Groucho Marx 🤓
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@mahgister not in the modern era the engines are sealed.
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The salt taste good even if it does not come from Himalaya anyway... It sell better marketed such... It does not improve hearing at all ... It changes the atmosphere ionizing it a bit ... Is it audible ? It was for me... But at this level of modification it could be placebo also ... Then i add 2 other different ionization means and it was more audible ... Was it a placebo effect again ? I dont know but i dont takes chance i kept them...😊 After all we hear mere "waves" or do we hear more ? We perceive and interpreted meanings coming from a vibrating sound source ( always with placebo effects anyway, a rainbow as a physical phenomenon described by Newton or differently by Goethe , or a rainbow as something relating human to God or as a signpost for a treasure this is four different perceived rainbows ) ...
Schumann generator are not placebo at all, it is way more audible than atmosphere ionization ... I dont know for sure how it work ... dithering effect ? One thing is sure anybody can with simple blind test hear the difference between a grid of 12 S.G. at 10 bucks each distributed in the room and near the gear, then when putting them all "off", or all "on", or only half "off", the aural atmosphere around playing instruments change ... I dont believe anything or i believe everything ... It is the same "faith" ... I prefer experiments ..,.Simple blind is enough for me ... Double blind test maniac can go elsewhere ... I dont want to be a statistic for audio market ...😁
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Even a F1 car can benefit from humble tweak by an inspired mechanics... The problem is when someone believe in the virtue of the mere price tag, he can imagine that putting speakers in a living room and plugging them it is then the end of the game ... When you own as me low cost speakers you cannot entertain this illusion of the satisfied consumers ... You must learn how to improve them not only plug the gear... I speak here in a general way, i did not presume anything about the OP ...
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The effect is subtle and you with your gear you simply EQ. it out ...😁
Buy another one for the glow; the last one was absorbing moisture so much and humidity in your house that there was perhaps a problem, if the lamp disapear so rapidly looking at it there is a problem ...Mine lost a bit in very humid summer but doe not loose their shape in a measurable way under eyes... Merry christmas mijostyn...I wish you the very best... 🎄 For arthritis use electro-magnetic field application and turmeric and astaxanthine ( a natural and powerful antioxydent which will help even covid/vaxx disease ) ...
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I will give you as answer a gentle double blind virtual kick ass...😁 Merry christmas and i hope you will receive a beautiful salt lamp to help placebo perception as an imprevisible gift...🦌
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@mahgister Merry Christmas and I want a quadruple blind and deaf test... 😜🎅 |
Ionization of room atmosphere work... I know because i did it ... Not only with salt lamp i like glowing...But with ionizer... It is very subtle effect... Fanatics will ask for double blind test for sure... Simple blind test in a well balanced system is enough ... I used not only three modes for ionization : salt lamp and a top ionizer ( patented and recommended by Pasteur laboratory by the way ) i bought first for health reason in the covid hysteria and totalitarian control era ..I also bought 2 low cost( 20 bucks) dust ionizer from china usb powered ... I also used a grid of Schumann generators i modified in my first acoustic room ... It was easy to test this grid of 10 bucks S.G. i had 12 ...😊 My first blind test was the day i forget to put them "on" and i realized it because i did not feel so much happy with my sound ... After i test it by putting half of them "off" etc ... They were distributed all around the room .. I use 12 because being cheap they were not powerful enough for a room ...it was better for me than buying only one at 500 bucks...The advantage with the cheap one was that i could experiment with the location and with the effect way better than with a single one ... The effect of the S.G. are more audible than with ionization ... And ionization more audible than just 3 salt lamp near the speakers ... But ionization and S.G. will not upgrade your system... It is only a cherry on an already well done cake ... I did it because it is easy to verify and i had lot of fun creating my dedicated room ... All this is way less audible for sure than mechanical, electrical and especially acoustical control of the system/ room... I did many other experiments with various minerals that idiots will take the excuse for to call me "tin foil hat"... We dont lack idiots then i will stay silent about this here ... By the way i never bought tweaks, i created mine or replicated some ... Audio experience is conditioned by acoustics basic experiments and concepts not by price tag gear collection and neither by tweaks so interesting and effective they could be in some case ... ( another tweak i experimented with is a form of tuned mass damping on my speakers and i created my own EMI shielding with some minerals ) By the way lacking money to invest in a 100,000 bucks system was my luck... With a 1000 bucks system there is two possibilities , you learn acoustics basic and you create your own tweaks ...I succeeded ... I envy no one and with my modified low cost speakers and modified low cost headphones i can live without any upgrade at all till my death ... Even if i want to buy one day the BACCH filters ...but this is another story ... Merry chistmas to the OP and to all ...🎄
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