You have to build them up / laminate layers of hard and soft materials, in order to make them non-resonant (except for the epoxy-encapsulated compartment, which holds a unique crystal - make them available with different embedded crystals.)
Be sure to use P.C. “Reclaimed” materials, like bits of man-made driftwood/ ship wreckage recovered from the Arctic, plastic bottles recovered from the ocean / rivers.
The crystals can be chosen by the user for harmonization with the fundamental frequencies favored by Gaya in your particular area. Glue should be made from non-petroleum / non-animal based only from RENEWABLE resources...
We recommend buying SEVERAL sets, so that you can experiment and determine which crystals harmonize best in you listening room....
Then, make available “protest symbols, lazer-engraved” (so that you can “stick it to the MAN”, while spending a ridiculous sum to PROVE both your aural and pluralistic superiority).
Be sure to use P.C. “Reclaimed” materials, like bits of man-made driftwood/ ship wreckage recovered from the Arctic, plastic bottles recovered from the ocean / rivers.
The crystals can be chosen by the user for harmonization with the fundamental frequencies favored by Gaya in your particular area. Glue should be made from non-petroleum / non-animal based only from RENEWABLE resources...
We recommend buying SEVERAL sets, so that you can experiment and determine which crystals harmonize best in you listening room....
Then, make available “protest symbols, lazer-engraved” (so that you can “stick it to the MAN”, while spending a ridiculous sum to PROVE both your aural and pluralistic superiority).
Sonically useless. I see the reasoning in using them as an esoteric way to organise or route cables though. Part of the whole "over the top" way of doing things.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to "pull one over" on anybody. I want to make some, and sell them with an impartial opinion. Maybe a disclaimer would be in line? Selling them mainly as an aesthetic cable organiser? That's a good way to let people buy them for whatever reason they wish, with no claims of anything else other than being an attractive accessory.
Well, so long as you're being honest ... "It makes vacuuming much easier"... I see no harm in it.
FWIW... one of my pet peeves in the current high end audio market are these predatory companies, preying on the enthused but uneducated, to sell wildly overpriced products that have no hope of ever doing what they claim.
I mean really... $200 power cords? Get serious. 😱
FWIW... one of my pet peeves in the current high end audio market are these predatory companies, preying on the enthused but uneducated, to sell wildly overpriced products that have no hope of ever doing what they claim.
I mean really... $200 power cords? Get serious. 😱
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1) P.T. Barnum was right.
2) Maybe someone can recommend a good shrink.
Seriously though, those "high end" companies make us all look bad.
These could also be marketed as a dual purpose product...they would be an excellent choice for suspending complex Hot Wheels track layouts when you get bored with your stereo.
I actually never thought about that, sounds like a nice bullet point to add 🙂
Two words- Audiophile fuses. I don't know why but every time I hear people talk about such things, and the apparent huge difference that they make I can't help but poke fun. It's asinine.
No worse than enjoying food prepared on a nice cutting board versus a cheap bamboo one I suppose. Let them say and think what they will 😉
I have some unusual custom manufactured XLR cables (custom made wire, stock good quality connectors). Some experiments showed the cables could pick up a very small bit of audible coupling effects from speaker level or AC line level cables if allowed to physically couple too closely. Used some very small cardboard boxes to suspend the line level cables a bit above the higher voltage wiring on the test bench. It helped some in that case.
Reason for using the custom cables in the first place was because experiments confirmed the cables ability to perform as they were designed to do, with minimal (mostly) linear distortion to line level audio signals (given a 1 meter long interconnection length).
Also, now trying out some custom speaker cable in 8' lengths. Trying to keep them reasonably separated out of an abundance of caution given line level cables, AC cables, and bi-amping of each speaker all in one fairly small area. Some cheap cable lifters might come in handy, don't know.
As the famous poet once penned “a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest”
And Douglas, there are power cords on which the sales taxes can amount to over $200.
No doubt.
I've seen RCA cords for over $5000, speaker wire at $20,000... unshielded RCA cords, RCA cords with the shield connected on one end only, cords with arrows to show direction, cords with batteries on them, speaker wires that would stall a wood shredder... and lets not forget the crystals and little wooden disks you put on stands to define your soundstage...
But the biggest rip off of all... Power Regenerators, the ultimate in wildly expensive, embarrassingly inefficient do nothing boxes that waste more clean power than they create.
You probably would not believe how many times the solution to otherwise insoluble problems of hum, noise and distortion in very high end systems is to rip all that overpriced crap out of there, put in the standard RCA and power cords that came with the gear and hook up the speakers with good old 16-2 lampcord. It's always a difficult moment when you see the look on one of these guy's faces when they realize they spent literally half their audio budget making their system worse.
In much the same way as you can't tune a guitar with a watermellon, you can't tune an audio system with expensive wire.
If you have XLR cables that are picking up hum and induction from nearby wires, they aren't XLR cables... or your XLR inputs are not truly balanced/differential inputs. Either way... the whole point of XLR signalling is that common mode noise such as you describe is filtered out.
The receiving end is a Neurochrome HP-1 head phone amp, utra-low distortion, ultra-balanced XLR inputs. I am talking about very small, yet detectable noise.
Why use the cables in the first place if they are not perfect in every way? Because they are optimized to be better at some things that others. Does that justify using them? Yes, although wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't imagine why. That is why we invite diyaudio members who would like to see for themselves to come visit Auburn, California, and they can try all the cables they want. We have zip cord and other options for speakers, and several types of high quality XLR cables (such as Mogami Gold Star-Quad and others). You decide what you think only after you listen, is how it works here. Otherwise, your imagination will lead you badly astray as yours obviously has.
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You sell the stuff? So your cash flow depends on your OPINION about cables, not the reality as above.
Listening to the differences is only of any value if they're listened to at home using the listener's usual system over an extended period of time.
Listening to the salesman pitch, who knows how to make believe in the wonders of golden ears is the trick.
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