Another new sound system

9:45 PM - I spent the last hour cooking and eating dinner. Went back to the stereo. Thinking to myself.."maybe I shouldn't have said those things about the Bat Wing sheet, before I was certain...what if I was imagining things a little? I might have to erase or qualify my post...". Then I thought "no..no...I'm never wrong, it will be just as good as I said it was..."

I pressed the Spotify "play" button and sat down. Within 20 seconds I was freaking out. It is just insane. The realism is almost TOTAL! I swear, it's the most insane thing I've ever heard.

It's a bit hard to say how many "times" better BatWing is, compared to Nuclear. It's several times better per square inch, at a minimum. But it also does something that no amount of Nuclear could ever do. Something to do with incredible realism.
 
bosshoss said:
I have discovered a way to make the Nuclear STB tape much better. The latest batch is possibly twice as powerfiul as Nuclear STB. I call it Bat Wing tape, because of its appearance. It consists of an undercoat of all white ingredients (including natural mica, tourmaline etc), covered by two coats of black ingredients which are the same as Nuclear STB.
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Ahem, exactly the 2-layered structure I suggested to you some weeks ago!
 
Got up this morning and thankfully discovered that the effect of BatWing tape has not diminished at all. If anything I think all the tapes do increase in effectiveness over time, especially the first 24 hours.
 
howlin' hoosier said:
Wider soundstage, greater depth? I'd love some added depth (my speakers are approximately 1 1/2 feet away from the back wall - that may be a non-starter); wide soundstage is very apparent - I can sit about 135 degrees off axis and clearly hear the far speaker when I'm listening to stereo recordings.
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The effect depends a bit on how you use it. If you can get Nuclear or BatWing very close, or directly on the mains power lines, there should be improvements across the board. Absolutely every aspect of the sound should be better. If you just use it on cables, you'll get improvements related to the type of cable. ie data cables will give more detail and less harshness, power cables more impact. body and volume, interconnects greater soundstage depth. Used on wall hangings results in more soundstage height.
 
I made another sheet of Batwing today. Following on from the success of the two layer formula, I decided to try a 3-layer sandwich idea.
The asterisks denote the sandwich layers.

PVA to seal (top layer)
*Nuclear STB x3 coats
*White Layer x 2 coats
*Nuclear STB x 1 coat
Contact Cement
Magnet
Adhesive (bottom layer)

This configuration places the Nuclear STB close to the magnet layer, and traps the white layer between top and bottom Nuclear layers. It's my belief that the components of the white layer magnify the effect of the Nuclear STB, as well as having beneficial qualities of their own. Therefore, in the new configuration, the white layer is activating twice as much Nuclear STB area (top and bottom). And the Nuclear STB gets the full benefit of the magnet layer.

Anyway, the result is the most powerful sheet yet. Most of it is still on the floor, but a slice on the dimmer box brought forward incredible high end detail and depth, plus amazing impact and stage size. This is the formula I'll be using from now on, with the possible addition of SDS when it arrives.
 
Perhaps the Nuclear layer is enhancing the effect of the white layer - does it contain any SiO2 based minerals, btw? Either way, congratulations on your new development!
 
Outside_Lookin_in said:
Perhaps the Nuclear layer is enhancing the effect of the white layer - does it contain any SiO2 based minerals, btw? Either way, congratulations on your new development!
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Yes I am sure it's a symbiotic relationship. Each layer helps activate and reinforce the other.
I didn't use any crystal. I wanted to keep the overall thickness of the tape at a reasonable level,and the crystal mix is by far the thickest component, and very difficult to disperse evenly. It usually ends up in clumps with some areas oversaturated and other areas hardly covered at all. Instead I used quite a lot of BaTi03 which provides plenty of piezoelectric power (4 times as much per weight, compared to crystal). I may try crystal again at some stage, especially if I can obtain a very fine powder.
 
I did have an experience tonight which I have to put into words before I go to bed and perhaps forget how profound I think it was.
So far I have made 4 sheets of Batwing - the first 2 layer sheet, then another 2 layer sheet with possibly an imbalance of (too much) component B compared to graphene. Yesterday I made two more sheets, using the 3-layer sandwich and a proper balance of ingredients. These sandwich sheets are absolutely incredible. But I only realised it tonight. Because I listened all day, and I was disappointed, even perplexed by what i was hearing.

The 3 layer Batwing sheets tipped the balance from the sound I was used to, toward something quite different. Instead of a punchy, solid bass and clean balanced highs that I had perfected with pure Nuclear STB, I was hearing much leaner mid-bass, with very deep low bass and very extended highs. And there seemed to be less volume. I had to turn the Kii control up from 77 to 79, to get the punch I am used to hearing. And the soundstage appeared to be less focused somehow, it seemed to have a softness that I didn't understand. I ended up removing a lot of the Batwing, and spent many hours struggling to enjoy the sound like I normally do. It seemed to be a lot of effort, and not relaxing as usual. At about 7PM, I put the Batwing sheets back in place, and made a minor adjustment to the digital eq of the Kii electronics. Then I took a break from listening, for 3 hours.

When I returned about 10PM, things were a lot better. I started to relax and enjoy the music. Then something struck me - I had been concentrating on the memory of a sound which no longer existed. I had been trying to mentally "force" the sound to conform to my expectations.

After 10PM, the power lines are very clear, and they allowed the true quality of the Batwing sheets to become apparent. But it also required ME to make the mental adjustment. Instead of concentrating on trying to create the familiar soundstage full of solid imagery, I simply opened up my closed mind, and I experienced a whole new dimension in sound. The dimension was incredible, at times the size of the entire house. Or most of it. And the images no longer conformed to my mental restrictions, they sprung up wherever and whenever they wanted. It was out of control. The softness I had heard earlier turned out to be previously undetectable micro-detail obscured by the haze of impure day-time AC.

Batwing had liberated the music, and things will never again be the same at Chamberlain Avenue after 10PM. I wasn't imagining things. On the contrary, I stopped imagining and started listening.
 
Treatment or not, I've always found PM listening to be the most enjoyable. My hunch is that a large number of folks are off the grid, and the voltage remains more constant. Could be evolution where hearing acuity goes up as the sun goes down for self-preservation purposes - maybe being able to imbibe/indulge after hours doesn't hurt.
 
bosshoss said:
Batwing had liberated the music, and things will never again be the same at Chamberlain Avenue after 10PM. I wasn't imagining things. On the contrary, I stopped imagining and started listening.
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I guess the question on everyone's mind is will the daytime listening also sound better than normal, now that you've corrected your expectations and adapted your listening?

... and would you like a second opinion?
 
Outside_Lookin_in said:
PS Batwing may have a different effect on digital vs power cables compared with Nuclear. Where did you place the Batwing v2, and v1 - if still in place?
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I haven't really tried Batwing on cables yet. I only wrapped the last 6 inches of each speaker power cable. There is much to be discovered. Batwing sounds suitably great in the daytime, after getting used to it. But it really sounds incredible later at night.


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I've tested the Nuclear Contact Enhancer (NCE) on the Kii power cables just now. There's no doubt it's incredibly effective, and there's no doubt in my mind that High Fidelity Cables used the ingredient list I posted. I don't mind, as the reason I posted the list was exactly to make sure it got out to the wider public. Rick Schultz is a nice guy, I have dealt with him a few times when buying his magnetic products, but he doesn't know that I posted the ingredient list.

He's telling the truth about how good the enhancer is. It's like the icing on the cake.

There weren't a lot of places I could use the NCE in the Kii system, because you can't use it on data cables as it would cause a short. The Kii speakers have no speaker cables, or interconnects. They only have power and data cables.

Imagine what this stuff could do internally, on every unsoldered contact inside an amp or speaker....:yikes:
 
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