So I post just saying something obvious, because I have no reason to believe he was utterly confused and heard the wrong word, and you post this afterword? What thedo I care to read this? We all know plenty about Jack Bybee, and this finger pointing gets really god damn old. It's like trying to tell someone cigarettes are bad, we all know how people feel on it
A scam is a scam is a scam.
What a boring statement.
Only surpassed by the eternal discussions about this BS!
.....as you know it.
I also questioned the 'sliding' comment.
Hmmmm, you guys are giving Bybee a bad name, or at least setting out to do so.
The curious thing is that all you guys who denounce the character of Mr Bybee have never tried his devices/products.
Please understand that I do not actually endorse his products and much less his pricing.
That said, guys, I do possess and have tried BQP's and they do alter system sound, no ifs or buts about it.
The change is relatively subtle, but once you recognise the change, there is no going back, they cannot be 'unheard'.
That said, whilst I appreciate the fact of such system change, but I don't like/enjoy the change and they would ultimately drive me out of the room.....big words.
I think we all understand the importance of correct electrical design (schematic) and the importance of correct layout (emc etc), but in my experience this is not the last word in electronic designs/products.
I have commented in the last day or so that I am able to reliably/consistently change the sound of a battery powered player device on the fly by applying a a charging current for 10 seconds or so.
There is more going on than is described in standard theory.
Dan.
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Who cares about descriptions, stories, sales pitch etc, the fact is BQP's do change system sound.
Surely that should pique one's interest, instead of the reaction of derision.
Dan.
OK, it's a deliberate falsehood, then. As I said repeatedly, it has all the effect, no more and no less, of a standard 30 milliohm resistor in an audio application.
Look at the sch on the label of a filtered IEC socket.
It has Cx across the lines on both sides of the inductance.
It is DESIGNED to work both ways.
That way a manufacturer buys in the filter and know that it attenuates incoming noise and attenuates outgoing noise.
If that does not meet regulation he looks for a better filter.
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I'm interested, but not willing to pay money for such a thing. If somebody wants to send me one for evaluation (or even better, including for possible destructive testing) that would be great. I do find myself skeptical of the claimed theory of operation, and I would guess this is the source of much derision among some people, that and the pricing. But it seems plausible that they might do something or other depending on how they are hooked up to a system. If they do in fact cause the sound to change, it most likely could be explained by conventional physics.
That's been done. It's a resistor wrapped in BS, sold by an amoral scam artist (and hyped by hucksters) to people who are too ignorant and gullible to know better.
We have a dear neighbour that buys these little yellow round things from the local hardware store.
They have a gritty, chalky texture. She cuts about 2cm off every week and puts it in her dogs water bowl during the summer.
These things are sold on the basis that they 'cool the dogs blood'.
So, the USA has Jack Bybee, but looks like the Brits have worse . . .
Consider yourself lucky SY.
Separately, do you not have the equivalent of the UK's 'Advertising Standards Authority'?
In Australia, Nurofen were selling the same pain medication (i.e. the IBUPROFEN based tablets were exactly the same) but in different packaging and then pricing them differently so for example, pain relief for menstrual cyclew was AUS$4-00 while for a man headache it was AUS$2 (I'm just using 'placeholder' prices here).
The Australian authorities made them remove the differentiation - i.e. not allowed to sell the same product in different packaging and at different prices.
Our Oz friends will have the details, but its this kind of stuff I love about the place: zero tolerance for b.s. Would be great if places like the UK and USA would also step up to the plate on issues like this. Don't get me started on cosmetics either.
They have a gritty, chalky texture. She cuts about 2cm off every week and puts it in her dogs water bowl during the summer.
These things are sold on the basis that they 'cool the dogs blood'.
So, the USA has Jack Bybee, but looks like the Brits have worse . . .
Consider yourself lucky SY.
Separately, do you not have the equivalent of the UK's 'Advertising Standards Authority'?
In Australia, Nurofen were selling the same pain medication (i.e. the IBUPROFEN based tablets were exactly the same) but in different packaging and then pricing them differently so for example, pain relief for menstrual cyclew was AUS$4-00 while for a man headache it was AUS$2 (I'm just using 'placeholder' prices here).
The Australian authorities made them remove the differentiation - i.e. not allowed to sell the same product in different packaging and at different prices.
Our Oz friends will have the details, but its this kind of stuff I love about the place: zero tolerance for b.s. Would be great if places like the UK and USA would also step up to the plate on issues like this. Don't get me started on cosmetics either.
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Yeah, and a mains filter that blocks most RFI, crap from PLC etc as quantified by measurement is rejected because it has a ferrite in it.
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