Tbg wrote,
"Geoffkait, isn't a lot like a cereal manufacturer when asked how much cereal should be put into the bowl, telling you fill it to the top?"
I see what you mean, but I suspect that it's just a question of coverage, i.e., how can you use the large capacitor chip diameter 1 inch on the top of a (physically) small capacitor since most of the chip will be just hanging off in empty space? And the small capacitor chip is only, what, 1/8 inch diameter? So, a small capacitor chip on a large cap is probably not beneficial due to the coverage issue. But for physically small caps the small cap is OK. How many synthetic atoms can you squeeze into a 1/8 inch Diameter dot? Answer at 11. |
A synthetic atom, aka "artificial atom," is a nanotechnology invention that is produced in the laboratory. The so-called Artifical Atom is comprised of a number of (negatively charged) electrons and a positively charged hole in the center rather than a real nucleus. (Hence the term, artificial atom.) Artificial Atoms fluoresce when stimulated by external means such as laser light or electrical current. You know, along the same lines as the Intelligent Chip. |
Who would have thought ten or fifteen years ago quantum mechanics would be able to improve sound? - it just doesn't make sense if you were brought up to believe quantum mechanics is strictly the domain of the very small, you know things like electrons and photons? Quarks are for dorks. But we are finding out is that quantum mechanics also applies to the Macro World since we can create Artificial atoms and Artifical matter and change the physical properties of matter and objects quantum mechanically. There are NO boundaries between classical physics and quantum mechanics. Run, Forrest, run! |
Theaudiotweak wrote,
"Which particles to buy for use in audio? One different near the flux field of electrons? Others that react on the vibrational surfaces of one's chassis, walls,acoustical conduits and musical instruments.Vibration has a charge minute enough to cause reactance with nano particles maybe. There must be a distinct difference in the treatment of metals versus tone wood versus drywall."
That's what is so fascinating about the WA Quantum Chips. There are chips for caps, chips for inductors, chips for semiconductors, chips for (acoustic) musical instruments, chips for cables, etc. and, with perhaps a couple exceptions, they aren't interchangeable. That's what is so weird. The WA chips must be programmed according to where they are placed. But what are they programmed to do?
I suppose some WA chips might convert mechanical energy to another form of energy, e.g., light. But when a WA cable chip is wrapped around the incoming romex cable at the breaker box and the sound is improved, I suspect something else is taking place, there's too much distance between the breaker box and the wall outlet in the listening room for the vibration theory to make sense. Recall the manufacturer claims the chips operate at the subatomic level, whatever that means. But it probably almost certainly means the chips are not acting as vibration dampers. |
Raks wrote,
"Speaking about vibrationÂ… if someone wanted to stick one of the chips to their tray in their CDP, does anyone have an opinion on which chip would work best for that?"
Apparently none of the WA chips are programmed, uh, I mean designed for the CD tray. There is only one quantum chip programmed for CDs that I am aware of, but it's not a WA chip and it's not for vibration . Have you tried Marigo dots or visco material on the CD tray? I have. |
Theaudiotweak wrote,
"Geoff if there is motion there is vibration and there is always motion. The flux fileld will have its greatest potential around the convergence of all the cable runs of the ac mains. The mains box will be alive with resonating energy..."
Maybe so, but there is also a lot of vibration between the breaker box and the wall outlet, since the while house is vibrating; the power cable from the breaker box to the wall outlet will be subject to vibration its entire path. I'm guessing that it wouldn't accomplish much by reducing vibration in the power cable so far downstream. Which is why I don't think the WA Cable Chip is programmed to reduce vibration, as I said.
"What choice of material is being programmed copper, silver, gold carbon?"
The material being programmed is in the WA chips. I.e., artificial atoms. How many artificial atoms can you fit onto a tiny WA Chip that has an area of 3.14159/256 square inches? |
Let's briefly review the bidding.
This is the blurb from one of the WA Quantum Chip dealers. While this blurb can be considered second hand information it matches the WA Quantum GmbH press release (that is quoted earlier in this thread. Nowhere is there any mention of vibration. While the information below (and in the press release) appears on the surface to be helpful it's loaded to the gills with generic, non-specific terms such as "efficiency of current flow and signal transmission," "bio-energetic chips," "synthetic material," and "subatomic Quantum level."
"In each case the Chip is mounted on an adhesive backing which can be attached to the device. The Chips are "programmed" for their specified applications. High tech manufacturer, WA-Quantum, from Berlin, Germany, introduced so-called bio-energetic chips for the audio/video market. These chips are in fact small pieces of a synthetic material, encased in what outwardly appears to be an adhesive-backed "sticker" that can be fixed to audio components and cables. WA-Quantum GmbH is a manufacturer of high technology products. Among their products are this line of "Chips" operating at a sub-atomic Quantum level, which improve the efficiency of current flow and signal transmission in audio devices including fuses, capacitors, phono cartridges and tonearms, transformers, transducers, and audio cabling. Special chips are also available for use with both electronic and acoustic musical instruments."
In the context of the efficiency of current flow and signal transmission and all that jazz certainly there must be another explanation for how the Chip for acoustic instruments operates. |
Thanks for the tip, Theaudiotweak, and I hate to judge before all the facts are in but the evidence that I have presented appears to indicate that the chips do not operate as vibration dampers. If they did, wouldn't they be interchangeable? And wouldn't the manufacturer WA Quantum GmbH suggest the speaker chip be used on the wall (and thus sell more chips)? |
Theaudiotweak wrote,
"So then the speaker magnet and its moving coil somehow modulate the material contained in the quantum chip? Then placement on the cabinet would change the affect of the chip and the chip may vary in attitude placed near or far from the moving coil."
There is already a WA Quantum Chip for Transformers coils and inductors. Not sure if it makes sense to have two WA Chips that address the same issue. If the WA Speaker Chip is being "modulated" by the speaker magnet and coil wouldn't the best location for a chip be on the dust cover of the woofer or on the front speaker baffle, you know, in proximity to the magnet and coil as opposed to being attached to the speaker cabinet? There is also the sticky issue that most speakers have multiple drivers, so wouldn't a WA Speaker Chip be required for each driver if the issue is the magnet/coil? |
I have had very good results with one cable chip wrapped around the copper wire, the one for my audio system, as it comes into the circuit breaker. That operation usually requires removing the panel cover. I have had additional improvements by sticking a second cable chip directly on the front of the line of breakers. Small capacitor chips should be attached to the ends of physically small caps, large capacitor chips to the ends of large caps. |
There are lots of capacitors and lots of semiconductors, all of which should get Capacitor chips and Semiconductor chips, respectively. Coils and inductors and transformers should get the transformer/coil/inductor chip. When I say End I mean Top of capacitor. |
Did you happen to try the fuse both ways? |
Gbmcleod, I agree, the chips don't always work, but I also think sometimes the effect can be subtle, so until the system gets more resolved the effects might not show up. It's also not clear how long these chips take to "settle in," if at all. I have heard different stories, ranging from zero to one hour to one week. After all is said and done I'm getting very good results with one Cable chip on the wire coming into the breaker box, transducer/coil chips on headphones and AC filter inductors inside electronics. I have quite a few small and large capacitor chips, and quite a few semiconductor chips on DAC and other ICs, of which there are at least 10 in the Oppo. |
I have quite a few WA chips now, lots if semiconductor chips, capacitor chips, a few Cable chips and a few inductor/transformer chips. What it all comes down to is one needs to try a WA chip one at a time and see if it improves the sound. If it doesn't improve the sound try to find another location for that particular chip. For example the transformer chip did not work on my amp's toroidal transformer but it worked on the coils for the AC filter in my Oppo and next to the transducers in my headphones. The Cable chip did not work on my interconnects or power cords but works nicely on the circuit coming into the breaker box. On banks of capacitors I can use one large capacitor chip to cover four caps. |
Tbg, I suspect WA Chips are an excellent illustration that audio is a hands-on hobby. It's not really for the reluctant couch potato who just wants to plug and play. Experimentation is the order of the day for everything from speaker placement to tube trap and diffuser panel placement, to placement of acoustic resonators, Mpingo discs, coloring CDs, CD fluids, cones and Isolators, crystals, etc. Noone promised you a rose garden. Lol |
Never heard of jade quartz. I've heard of jade and I've heard of quartz. Have you tried Acoustic Revive's small beads of smokey quartz for room walls? Myself, I'm rather fond of topaz, sapphire, onyx, aquamarine, carnelian and others. |
Jade is typically Na(Al,Fe+3)Si2O6 - Jadeite. Quartz is typically siO2. A lot if crystal are somewhat similar in chemical structure yet not similar in terms of physical characteristics when it comes to audio applications. For example Acoustic Revive selected smokey quartz over clear quartz based on how it sounds. |
Tbg, as a manufacturer of products involving crystals, actually the first if you don't count the Shakti thing which almost doesn't count, before anyone had a gleam in his eye about such things, I agree about trial and error. However, as fate would have it some things are repeatable. It helps to know where to put them, you know, acting as they do like resonators. |
They're very likely like the Intelligent Chip, specifically "programmed" to produce photons with specific wavelengths depending on where they're placed. Intelligent chips, not the Orange ones, but ones programmed differently, can be used on cables just like WA chips. That's the beauty of quantum physics, the active ingredient in chips are grown in the lab according a specification, what output you wish. |
