Another new sound system

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I added two more coats of Nuclear paint to the above photographed adhesives. The effect has been to increase the depth and layering of the soundstage. The punch, depth, and complexity these (less than 7" tall, and less than 4" wide) speakers now deliver is eye-watering and really something to behold!

 

[bosshoss]

I added two more coats of Nuclear paint to the above photographed adhesives. The effect has been to increase the depth and layering of the soundstage. The punch, depth, and complexity these (less than 7" tall, and less than 4" wide) speakers now deliver is eye-watering and really something to behold!

I bet they sound incredible.
When you use enough nuclear STB, the bass power coming out of the speakers is so great, it sounds like the drivers will explode, or just pop out of the cabinets. Sometimes I wonder if the nuclear-assisted amps are delivering a lot more power than they should, and something bad might happen...

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Sometimes I wonder if the nuclear-assisted amps are delivering a lot more power than they should, and something bad might happen...

I theorised in an earlier post (#979), due to a particular observation I had made, that clean electricity generates less heat, when it passes through resistance (wiring and components). That means that less of the current flow is converted to heat, and more is preserved to complete its circuit. The greater current flow is observed by the listener as a harder (and more accurately) driven speaker. However, the reduced heating of components, including the speaker coil, means that longevity is increased despite the greater operational dynamics. Just a thought.

 

[mr. splendid]

Only had the chance to start with a first step towards the "nuclear age" last night . This time I went with a back to back listening comparison , changing the Sonic Elevator on the breaker box for the Nuclear brick , while moving the Sonic Elevator to the wall outlet that supplies my SR powercell . The difference was quite noticeable , bass was definitely getting deeper while still tight and instruments & vocals were more spread out and defined . For whatever reason it seems like moody monsters are the best recordings - last nights standouts the Madhatters - You May See Me Cry and Pete Morticelli - Lost .
I hope I find the time to wrap the cables this weekend and maybe find a better spot for the Sonic Elevator

 

[Rich Strauss]

To follow up my earlier post:

I did add STB Nuclear to my phono preamp & added some around the base of my tonearm. I also wrapped both ends of the power cable for both components. That was the end of my supply of STB Nuclear. The results were worth it.

This resulted in a large increase in sound quality. I have been listening to Tim Warrens LPs BFTG vol 9 & 10 as well as the Last of the Garage Punk Unknown series. The sound is unbelievable. The (mono) soundstage is wide & deep. Vocals & instruments are separated and defined. The bass is so solid. The band is absolutely in the room, even with your eyes open.

Again, thank you, Mark for this gift! All I want to do is listen to music.

I have not added anything to my office system yet, but the Nuclear brick on the Breaker box is enough to make it sound great. I will be adding STB Diamond to that system soon.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I've now painted a total of 6 (4 on the toggles) additional coats of paint on the breaker box STB Nuclear adhesives (photographed above). It hasn't made a small improvement: the improvement is ridiculously substantial! Mainly observed as an increase in detail, tonal accuracy, balance, space, and realism.

Sometimes adding a substantial amount of STB can make a modest improvement, other times a small amount can make a substantial improvement, as in the above account. Where you target the application of STB seems to be the critical factor, but it all adds up in the end, and the more balanced the overall sound will remain if you target the application proportionately to the key parts of the system.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I have recently been upgrading my main stereo system. I haven't been reporting on it because it is so long since I last listened to it, and because I've been working on three other sound systems in the mean-time, including Mark's, and therefore any memory of what it used to sound like would be lost or tainted. This is the only one of my three stereos in which I have been able to accoutrementise the internal circuitry. I believe the main difference in treating a sound system externally and internally is that internal treatment removes colouration, or in other words, makes the system more transparent.

Shown below is the Oppo which I use as a DAC. I have also treated the integrated amplifier internally, but it is not shown here. You can see that I treated mainly bus cables and ICs. I also covered a few components which I thought might benefit. I had added most of these polymers some time ago (documented in an earlier thread), but added 2 or 3 coats of Nuclear paint. I added some STB Nuclear patches to the internal chassis and one long strip above the row of RCA connectors. I also treated the lid (not shown) which was previously untreated. I have also treated the breaker switches in a similar manner to what I did for the Bowers & Wilkins speakers. Needless to say it sounds fantastic - I just can't give you a before / after assessment.

 

[bosshoss]

The amp work looks great. I can imagine the improvements you're getting. When I get my big system up and running, I'll be doing similar treatment to the amps and speakers. Nothing better than internal mods. Exciting and extremely effective.

It's great to read the recent success stories!

 

[bosshoss]

Re photo above - you could stick a long wide strip of nuclear STB on the inside chassis walls (at bottom of photo) and also on walls around the transformer. Quick and easy, no risk, certain gain.

 

[bosshoss]

Nuclear STB wall-hanging is where it's at.

I painted another (fourth?) layar of STB on the back of the seascape. The results are amazing again, but in a different way compared to any other STB treatment. It creates a wall of sound. On certain recordings, the entire wall pulsates with incredibly clear and powerful music.

Another way to describe it : normally the speakers themselves and the central image are the most solid points of audiovisual focus. With the nuclear wall-hanging, there is no specific sonic focus for image solidity - everything is solid, wall-to-wall.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Re photo above - you could stick a long wide strip of nuclear STB on the inside chassis walls (at bottom of photo) and also on walls around the transformer. Quick and easy, no risk, certain gain.

I used up all the Nuclear

 

[bosshoss]

I used up all the Nuclear

Good thing I have a fully equipped nuclear lab in the laundry.

 

[bosshoss]

I painted a fifth coat of Nuclear STB on to the back of the seascape today. As expected, the sound quality just keeps going up, Not by a little, either. It's like a pulsing membrane of visual sound, stretched across the entire room. I feel like I'm listening to giant, wall-sized flat dipole speaker panels, pushing 3D images out into the room. But they are (reasonably) small 3-way bookshelf speakers with conventional cone drivers. It's remarkable.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

I painted a fifth coat of Nuclear STB on to the back of the seascape today. As expected, the sound quality just keeps going up, Not by a little, either. It's like a pulsing membrane of visual sound, stretched across the entire room. I feel like I'm listening to giant, wall-sized flat dipole speaker panels, pushing 3D images out into the room. But they are (reasonably) small 3-way bookshelf speakers with conventional cone drivers. It's remarkable.

It's now gone from a $50,000 painting to a $100,000 painting, assuming there's are at least two audiophile art aficionados at the auction.

 

[Frantic]

It's now gone from a $50,000 painting to a $100,000 painting, assuming there's are at least two audiophile art aficionados at the auction.

Have Hunter Biden sign it and sell if for a cool million!!!

 

[bosshoss]

It actually cost nothing, it was a gift from the artist. But with 5 coats of Nuclear STB on the back, it is now a priceless masterpiece.
The Seascape is just as important to the current sound of the system as the electric meter box or the distribution board. I could not say which one of those three has added the most *. If I had to choose between another STB coat on just one of those three, I would choose the Seascape. More bang for the buck! (plus it's easy to do and completely hidden and legal).

I wonder if the electrical wiring goes up the wall, and passes behind the painting? That would make a difference to the potential of wall hangings in general. I will ask the electrician when he comes to do repairs to the lights soon.

If the wiring passes behind the painting, then it's not quite as amazing, as the benefit of STB proximity to wiring is already known. But if wall hangings can be placed anywhere and get the improvement I'm getting, then it's mindblowing.


* (but double-wrapping the cables would beat them all)

 

[Marc]

It seems like your journey isn't complete until you paint the whole room with STB -- it's inevitable, really.

 

[bosshoss]

It seems like your journey isn't complete until you paint the whole room with STB -- it's inevitable, really.

Only problem with that - (among many other problems, haha) -
Two coats are better than one. Three coats are better than two. Four coats are better than three........one hundred and one coats are better than one hundred......
(I know this from my experiments with Massive STB stacks in the breaker box, and stacked Nuclear Sonic Elevators in the distribution box, up to 600 STB layers and still improving).

And diminishing returns does not seem to apply either (sometimes, sometimes not). With the Seascape, the fifth coat was by far the best, for unknown reasons.

I'm still not certain about the relationship between STB volume and area. Would a wall hanging painted with 10 coats be better than a wall painted once (using the same amount of STB as the 10 coat wall hanging)?

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

5 is the number of the devil
6 is the number of man
7 is the number of God

You may wish to describe how each compare.

A side note.
Today I had a friend listen to the Bowers & Wilkins desktop speakers (the modification of which is described in several posts above). He genuinely appeared to be impressed. He remarked on the clarity of the sound, and the apparent size of the speakers, gesticulating to indicate a speaker about 10 times the physical dimension of the actual speakers. This provided me with what I believe to be independent verification of two aspects of what I had observed. The clarity was a characteristic which had gradually improved along the accoutrementisation process, but he expansion of apparent speaker size (along with the development of a sound stage and significant increase in space), only happened when I treated the breaker box in the final episode of my treatments.

 

[Sebastian]

Receieved the latest package from Mark yesterday evening! MASSIVE THANKS! It's morning here now and I just started experimenting.

So far I've added the new "brick" to the breaker box which has already got the "sonic elevator" stuck to it (the plan is to unstick the latter and place somewhere else, but I've not been able to get it unstuck yet! how do you get that "nano tape" to come loose?).

First impression of sound is further transparency and detail, deeper more pronounced bass and I'm hearing stuff (tightly doubled vocals, the "pick" against the bass strings, bass drum pedal squeaks(!) etc.) that I've never heard before.

The music is also "bigger" in the room. I've always regretted getting the smaller speakers that I have (B&W CM5 S2 coupled with a B&W ASW 610 sub) instead of floor standing alternatives as I've felt that the sound didn't fill the room (24 square meters/260 square feet) but now it does!