Snake oil product, can't find it

IMHO, most datasheets are now largely the product of marketing guys. They see their job as making products look attractive to engineers by extolling the product benefits while keeping any problems they know about secret.

The LT1028, LT1128 and LT1155 datasheets almost fit that description. You can derive the 3.4 pA/√Hz equivalent input noise current from the total noise versus unmatched source impedance graph somewhere near the end of the datasheet, while the 1 pA/√Hz that only applies under unrealistic conditions is much easier to find.
 
How do you pass current through a piece of wood with felt on the bottom side?

I don't know much about claims and devices other than Bybees, purple felt pens on CD edges, and Schumann Resonance frequency. For those three, there is probably some scientifically plausible audible/perceptual effect.

Regarding Bybees and according to JC: Bybees work by producing a small bias voltage when current is passed through the resistor. The resistor is inside and electrically connected to a coating cooked onto a surrounding ceramic tube. The coating on the tube needs a small voltage to bias it on, which is not so unusual in itself. For one type of example, most of what is interesting about tunnel diodes is occurs at less than .7v of bias.

Question is then what happens when the coating is sufficiently biased? My best guess based on some observations by JC about when there was an audible effect is production of signal-correlated noise.
 
Last edited:
I spotted a magazine advert promoting plug top and equipment fuses designed for "music enthusiasts":

"Metal molecular activation technology is to increase the electron flow per second thus improving the dynamic range and reducing the background noise."

View attachment 1390292


It is important to install the fuse in the correct direction.

P.S. I've searched for scientific information on 'metal molecular activation technology', but so far have drawn a blank.
What is the correct direction in AC current? In AC current flows back and forth 50/60 times a second.
You have to flip the fuse 50/60 times a second in that socket. No wonder no one in their right mind hears the difference.
 
Fuses have been known to exhibit thermal distortion. Some of it may depend on how the fusible element is connected to the end caps. Audible directionality of AC fuses, however, is hard to imagine. That said, the image referenced in the above post shows the fuse installed in a direction where one end may be more subject to heating from adjacent electrical connector contact resistance. Possibly that could be a reliability factor depending on fuse internal construction.

Various possibly related info: https://www.google.com/search?q=the...CDY1NjhqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
 
Last edited:
I have found it. I was squared at least.

https://positive-feedback.com/Issue67/lessloss_blackbody.htm

Skärmavbild 2024-12-08 kl. 15.56.05.png
 
You have to search diligently to find the Blackbody manufacturer's get-out clause: "This is a new method of addressing EMI & RFI so depending on your system's susceptibility and its actual resolution; the improvements will vary from system to system".