Snake oil is everywhere, not only in audio. So if snake oils make people happy, let it be. It is a property of snake oil that it is good for everything. Since no one comes up with something really explainable or verifiable the answer to Bob’s original question is: You can put is everywhere where good and bad electrons are involved as far as I understand the explanations so far. If you only deal with good electrons it is of no use, same if there are only bad electrons in your system.
For me, there are so many snake oils around the world that I can not try them all in my lifetime and do not have the money for it. I select only those that have a realistic chance for succes or have a well established reputation before I spend my money on them
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The only correct way of finding out if it works is a scientific approach. If those devices are used "for the passive sonar systems of the U.S. Navy’s atomic submarine fleet" there must have been a lot of research involved.
Now, Mr. Bybee must has been researching the devices when he was working for the navy so why shouldn’t we?
I'm not a physicist and certainly know nothing about quantum physics but at least I searched the net to find something. Although I don’t care if such devices improve sound or not (don’t have good enough ears) it would be interesting to know the scientific truth. If we can’t find that answer we will always be divided in two camps: the believers vs. the non-believers, which leads nowhere.
/Hugo
Now, Mr. Bybee must has been researching the devices when he was working for the navy so why shouldn’t we?
I'm not a physicist and certainly know nothing about quantum physics but at least I searched the net to find something. Although I don’t care if such devices improve sound or not (don’t have good enough ears) it would be interesting to know the scientific truth. If we can’t find that answer we will always be divided in two camps: the believers vs. the non-believers, which leads nowhere.
/Hugo
It's tough when SE is around to misunderstand what I was saying.
Physically, this is what you SEE! A really good metal film .02 ohm resistor, surrounded by what appears to be a ceramic form. BUT, it is not just a ceramic form. It has a layer of 'something' on its surface, AND it has silver endcaps that connect to this surface and the resistor leads. DUH! Maybe, just maybe, it is more than it looks like.
Physically, this is what you SEE! A really good metal film .02 ohm resistor, surrounded by what appears to be a ceramic form. BUT, it is not just a ceramic form. It has a layer of 'something' on its surface, AND it has silver endcaps that connect to this surface and the resistor leads. DUH! Maybe, just maybe, it is more than it looks like.
john curl said:
By the way, here's what you had said:
Chang, the devices are a fabricated hollow cylinder of ceramic material with metal end caps. Inside the cylinder is passed a metal film resistor that is attached to the metal end-caps that has a value of .02 ohms. The resistor leads are the outside connection. Even if you took them apart, you could not know more that what I just stated, unless you are working in a physics lab.
No mention of any layer of "something" on its surface or of the end caps connected to said "something" on its surface. And despite all the talk of superconductors on Bybee's website, neither the ceramic nor this "something" seem to be conductive to any degree at all as you also said the thing measures 0.02 ohms, the same value as the resistor.
I can only understand what you actually say, John. I'm not a psychic.
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