Another new sound system

[bosshoss]

I just sent yours by regular post without a tracking number, since they said it would only take 3 days. My return address is on it, so it will come back if I made a mistake with the address (I'm pretty sure I didn't but it was one of those damn Aus Post bubble packs which are almost impossible to write neatly on).

 

[bosshoss]

My 10 Kilos of China Black is on its way, apparently. I got a phone call this morning. I had put Rose Bay as the destination city, but they wanted Sydney. After that was sorted, it should have been sent, I hope.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I just sent yours by regular post without a tracking number, since they said it would only take 3 days. My return address is on it, so it will come back if I made a mistake with the address (I'm pretty sure I didn't but it was one of those damn Aus Post bubble packs which are almost impossible to write neatly on).

Let's hope it hasn't gone to Lincoln Close - that's where a lot of my mail ends up!

 

[bosshoss]

At exactly 7:00 pm in Sydney, the electrical grid changes for the better. It goes bad about 4:30 PM, gradually. But the change at 7:00 PM is startling, it only takes about 2 minutes to go from really bad to really good. It will continue to get better until 11 PM, but most of the benefit happens exactly at 7:00 pm. I find it hard to believe that a change this sudden (literally 2 minutes) and pronounced is caused by neighbours all suddenly switching off their ovens simultaneously...?

Also, there are three different types of electricity. Morning and early afternoon, late afernoon, and evening. In the morning and early afternoon, the sound is fabulous, but it's "crisp" and images are "etched" and very solid and present in the room, but little depth. In the afternoon (4:30 PM - 7:00 PM) the sound is horrible (although better now with STB Platinum). In the evening (7:00PM onwards) the sound has lots of depth, realism and detail, but none of that intense "etching" that I actually find quite interesting and very engaging. It's like the air is being torn and ripped by the instuments.

 

[bosshoss]

As far as I have taken it...you can still take it so much further. There really seems to be no end. I put STB Platinum across the breaker box in strips tonight. Not touching any flip switches, but covering every safe square inch on the breaker box. This has sent the sound through the roof. Every song is like a different far superior mix...again. Tons of stuff in the Who Sell Out that I never ever heard before, and I've played it to death recently.

As good (and completely safe) as it is on the doors, it's much better when it's stuck directly on the panel of the breaker box... but I can't recommend anyone ELSE does this... If need be, It can be peeled of in about 10 seconds per strip, because the adhesive is so weak.

 

[bosshoss]

I discovered today that the Black Wand does not need to be hung over the breaker box. It can be plugged into any spare power outlet in the house. I have not yet done comparative listening tests to ascertain whether it matters how close to the stereo. But it doesn't have to be in the same room.

The Wand has a different effect than the strips. It creates a much more fluid and 3D soundstage, whereas the strips increase the clarity, dynamics and detail. Obviously there is some crossover in those effects, but generally i think I have nailed the difference.

 

[bosshoss]

A very strange possibility - I may be imagining it, but I think the effect of the Black Wand lasts even after it is unplugged and taken away. If that's true, now I'm wondering if it somehow eliminates "something" from the power plug it is plugged into. Static? Who knows. But I'm going to try plugging it into every power point in the house for 30 minutes each, to see if there is a cumulative effect. This may be a completely wrong notion, we'll see...

 

[bosshoss]

CRAZY...It definitely does work cumulatively. I don't know how long it will last, and it's probably (definitely) too much trouble to treat every socket before a listening session. But maybe the effect will last for days or weeks, I don't know. This time I only treated each socket for 5 minutes - I was impatient to find out.

EVEN CRAZIER - Going from room to room, I finally got to the laundry where I keep the graphene. Wow! The effect of plugging in the Black Wand into the wall socket in the graphene room was 10 times stronger than any of the other rooms. I have nearly 5 kilos of high quality graphene stored there, sealed in metal bags. I moved the graphene closer to the wand, and the effect increased even more. This is about 20 metres away from the stereo, through several double brick walls.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Perhaps it's time to invoke Occam's razor here. Error of margin in human judgement combined with imperfect memory and expectation is a more likely explanation for the perceived improvement between auditions. If I were perceiving the improvements myself, I would also doubt my perceptions. It's either accept my proposition or accept that your materials and coils are breaking multiple boundaries in science: Occam's razor urges us to accept the former in the absence of objective tests. Maybe you can discuss scientific measuring equipment with your sponsor on Monday.

 

[bosshoss]

I don't think the materials and coils are breaking any scientific boundaries, per se. Perfect Path, fo.Q and Furutech have all mined this seam extensively with a multitude of solutions and products. I think I have just devised a much more powerful version of a combination of these, by adding something completely new into the mix.

I've never tried the Furutech Clear Line products. For all I know, they could be better than STB. I doubt it, but they could be...

https://www.furutech.com

The Clear Line Conditioner is a miniature "The Gate", dressed up in fancy hi-tech clothing.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

It was mostly the ability of coils to condition the wiring after removal that I was questioning. Wiring wouldn't hold static charges as it would disperse through the network.

The Furutech connecters look interesting. I imagine they're prohibitively priced though.

 

[bosshoss]

Yeah, I question it too. I have no idea what's going on really. But after hearing the effects of demagnetizing a non-metallic vinyl record, I've developed a very open mind.

 

[bosshoss]

The Furutech connecters look interesting. I imagine they're prohibitively priced though.

Yes, especially the NCF crystal material inside the male pin. That's something I'd like to hear. Just thinking back though, I already tried that several years ago, by stuffing the male pins of the Synergistic Research interconnect pins with early model TFT slivers. It may even have been fo.Q tape covered in Total Contact graphene, probably. I still have them in place. I don't remember it being world shattering.

 

[bosshoss]

It's also interesting to see inside the Clear Line

There are 2 coils, and they're both very small compared to the wand. Obviously they are not insulated with thick rubber like the Wand, because they are safe inside the NCF casing.

 

[bosshoss]

In the video, they say the "Air Coils" (translation, "coils") "draw and eliminate resonance emanating from power outlets, electrodes and conductor wires". This is obviously not accurate, because the crystals are actually what does the elimination, by converting the mechanical and electrical resonance into electricity. The other ingredients (carbon etc.) deal with turning the converted electricity into heat. The coils may "draw" the resonance, though. But they don't "eliminate" it.

 

[bosshoss]

My listening tests just now absolutely confirm that the Black Wand keeps working even after it's unplugged and removed from the room. Don't ask me how!

Also - Just now I took the whole 5kg of graphene into the listening room, and opened the one bag which I have unsealed so far (there are 4 bags). I stuck the Black Wand into the bag of graphene (not actually touching the graphene). A huge leap in sound quality was the result. The toms and kick drums on "Tattoo" (Who) are now incredibly full bodied, and realistic. They kick you right in the throat. It's because of the graphene, that's certain because I tested it without the graphene 10 minutes earlier.

I took the graphene and wand away, and the effect did not last unfortunately. It now seems possible that the earlier positive listening test for the unplugged wand could have been all in my mind. But there's no doubt graphene can drastically affect the sound (in a good way!) without touching any of the equipment, wiring or anything whatsoever.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I foresee a slick YouTube video showcasing TaylorGraphene Inc. products, which will make Furutech look like junk.

 

[bosshoss]

It seems that Furutech do not use graphene at all. They use 3k carbon fibre mesh. I can't imagine that would be very effective compared to graphene, just a hunch. In their NCF crystal mix, they state (see link)

https://www.furutech.com/technology/

I can translate some of this. "Ceramic" means piezoelectric ceramic , which must be either Barium Titanate or PZT. PZT is more powerful but it contains a large proportion (40%) of lead, so I can't imagine them using it. I don't use it either, although it's great and I have some on hand. Therefore it's Barium Titanate that they use, it's a ferroelectric ceramic (ferroelectric is similar to piezoelectric only polarized). The material they use which generates negative ions and converts them to far infared is undoubtedly tourmaline powder. They use a mix of various crystals, probably all highly piezoelectric. All those materials I have been using since my very first batches that I sent out years ago. They are not using the 3 (by far) most powerful ingredients that I use.

 

[bosshoss]

The bags of graphene on the floor in the listening room with the Black Wand stuck into the open bag has become very addictive. Now I can't bring myself to listen without the bags. Obviously it would be far better with a full STB mix. But it has got me thinking along the lines that it really does just keep getting better and better, the more STB (or graphene) that is used. With no limit in sight even at the stage I'm at. And believe me, it is extremely seductive. I still get some times where it just doesn't completely gel for some reason, but that can be followed very quickly by a few hours of absolutely amazing clarity and depth. I do wonder how much of it has to do with the mind's ability to make sense out of all the extra information. Because you have to construct that 3D visual soundstage in your mind, it doesn't really exist. It takes a lot of brain power and sometimes that may be lacking. But the quality of the electric supply at various hours of the day is also undoubtedly a big factor.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Did it occur to you that what's happening is that the graphene is channeling the music signal into the quantum field, where it entangles with the signal at the time it was produced, thereby recreating in your sound system the original electronic signals created at time of recording. The reason why sometimes it "doesn't completely gel" is because you lose the entanglement, or some interference arises. This hypothesis would account for why you appear to be "squeezing" more out of the streamed MP3s than is actually there. (Note that in quantum physics, past, present and future are indistinguishable.)