Another new sound system

A Sunday Morning Tweak

This morning I noticed the Sonic Elevator siting atop the power point feeding my TV and Stereo. I decided to move it to my meter box, which now houses both my Sonic Elevators (one Nuclear and one mixed Black / Platinum).

Listening Session
I immediately noticed that bass was enriched and much more focused. Sound stage was expanded and overall sound was more balanced and fuller. Clarity and timbral accuracy were further improved. A remarkably large improvement for a small tweak! I can now categorically say that my (estimated) $1,200 [860USD] stereo streamer is as good as a Kii Three out-of-the-box, if not better.
 
That's fantastic Daniel! It goes to show that STB will richly reward those who are bold enough to use it in places where it really makes a difference.

ps - you're supposed to have 2 Nuclear Elevators (we made 5, you got 2 and I got 3). Did you leave one behind last visit? Anyway, I have more put aside for you.
 
bosshoss said:
Anyway, I have more put aside for you.
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Fabulous Mark! After experiencing this morning's improvement, I started feeling anxious about all the remaining empty space around my breaker box. I've experience caffein fuelled benders before, but it's nothing compared to the addiction of STB!
 
Nuclear STB discovery of the day :

Wrapping the cable which connects the incoming broadband of the dwelling is one of the most amazing improvements you can make with Nuclear STB. This is definitely true for streaming music, but I suspect it is also true even if you don't stream music. I can't test it myself, but I believe the internet connections need to be treated even if you are running an all-analog system. Because the internet cables are probably spewing garbage all over the house.

Getting back to streaming music - wrapping the internet box cables is essential. But I have discovered today that a second wrap on top of the first wrap - gives an extra improvement equal to the first wrap. Although I may never do it, I am sure a third and fourth wrap would be amazing as well (but a bit clumsy).

Here is a shot showing how I have double-wrapped the internet box cable. There is also a Nuclear brick on top and Nuclear Mats underneath, but the cable wrap gives even more improvement than the brick or mats.

Only the right side (input) cable is double-wrapped so far. The left side (output) is next, and I'm sure it will be just as amazing.

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And here is the second amazing STB improvement of the day. I re-painted the wifi modem with Nuclear paint. It already had several layers of other inferior STB paint (Black, Platinum, Diamond etc.). But Nuclear just blew them all away, with a very thin coat. It's "new mix" time on all test tracks, again.

I used a dry-ish brush with the Nuclear paint, so that the air-holes won't fill in. I may buy another wifi modem and start from sctatch. I'm sure 3 coats of Nuclear would be far better (and neater) than the various coats I have now. Some of the earlier paints contained a lot of crystal, hence the roughness.

Ih case you're thinking this is just a minor improvement, please think again! It's like buying a new superior amplifier, tonearm or cartridge. This kind of modem only costs about US$100 bucks, but with the Nuclear STB improvement it sounds like many $$$$.

I painted the back as well (which has no air-holes), but the front gave by far the biggest improvement.

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This afternoon, I was inspired by post #927 to further treat my internet box. The wiring to the box is behind the wall, so it cannot be treated. The wiring from behind the wall connects to a small enclosed panel on the wall, which I've previously treated, but painted an extra coat on. That then feeds via a short cable to the internet box, which I found could be unclipped from a bracket which is fixed to the wall. I treated the recesses of the bracket with two coats of Diamond paint before replacing the internet box. I also added a little more paint to some of the other existing "patches" in the internet area. I played some music but couldn't say for sure that there was an improvement, but then again the music was being streamed directly from my laptop to my modem; therefore bypassing the internet box. When I tested streamed internet video content, I immediately noticed a striking improvement in video quality which was chiefly perceived as increased depth. Images are now much more 3-dimensional than 2-dimensional. I'm not so sure about the audio which was already very good due to previous treatments, but I'll do further evaluations tonight.
 
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Today I made 3 large sheets of Nuclear STB. I gave them 6 layers each. They activated while still on the balcony. Took them inside and they were excellent. But tonight they are beyond excellent, just sitting on the floor.

There is no limit to how far you can take the sound with massive Nuclear STB. It just keeps getting more and more incredible, forever. The purity of tone is insane.
 
bosshoss said:
I posted 3 packages today. I would like to have posted more, but they each take some time to process, and with the Christmas crush on, the queue is long and very impatient. So I decided to post a few each day this week instead.
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As much as I'm looking forward to the new STB I'm willing to wait till the next year so you can avoid the crowded post office !
 
I'm gradually coming to the conclusion that data cables are constantly emitting electromagnetic interference that plays havoc with the electrical supply of the house. STB seems to be able to confine these emissions within the cable, once it is treated. It doesn't matter if the cable is part of the sound system, ALL data cables in the house ultimately need to be treated. Obviously some more than others, i.e. the ones on the same circuit as the stereo, or connected to the stereo are most important.

The effect of treating the data cables is to remove distortion in the stereo system, particularly in the high frequencies. Unlike treating the power system directly, which seems to work upwards from the fundamental bass tones.

Until today, I sometimes thought that my recent STB treatments were gradually approaching the point of diminishing returns. Still improving, but needing more (or stronger) STB for each improvement. Periodically I get that feeling. But then suddenly, something causes a quantum leap. That happened today, and it's jaw dropping, mind boggling, etc. I assume it is the 3 new sheets, but I also covered a lot of data cables with Nuclear STB. Just internet patch cables, unrelated to the stereo.

And I also completely covered the unused AC wall outlets near the stereo, each with a large sheet of Nuclear STB. Previously only a few strips of Platinum were stuck on them.
 
mr. splendid said:
As much as I'm looking forward to the new STB I'm willing to wait till the next year so you can avoid the crowded post office !
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I can't wait at all, BUT....I'm willing to pay the Boss ONE MEEEEEEEEELLION DOLLARS for a December delivery. Also, sell my home for a 1% stake in Nuclear STB empire so I can ride Boss's coattails into the stratosfear. HOLY CRAP did I just come up with the name for the nextgen STB? STratoB...I LOVE IT!!!
 
bosshoss said:
I'm gradually coming to the conclusion that data cables are constantly emitting electromagnetic interference that plays havoc with the electrical supply of the house. STB seems to be able to confine these emissions within the cable, once it is treated. It doesn't matter if the cable is part of the sound system, ALL data cables in the house ultimately need to be treated. Obviously some more than others, i.e. the ones on the same circuit as the stereo, or connected to the stereo are most important.

The effect of treating the data cables is to remove distortion in the stereo system, particularly in the high frequencies. Unlike treating the power system directly, which seems to work upwards from the fundamental bass tones.

Until today, I sometimes thought that my recent STB treatments were gradually approaching the point of diminishing returns. Still improving, but needing more (or stronger) STB for each improvement. Periodically I get that feeling. But then suddenly, something causes a quantum leap. That happened today, and it's jaw dropping, mind boggling, etc. I assume it is the 3 new sheets, but I also covered a lot of data cables with Nuclear STB. Just internet patch cables, unrelated to the stereo.

And I also completely covered the unused AC wall outlets near the stereo, each with a large sheet of Nuclear STB. Previously only a few strips of Platinum were stuck on them.
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Well, when you become the ELON MUSK of Australia, you can build a new improved fully fortified STB fortress with all inner wires and cables painted with that generations concoction and your current home can be converted to the STratoB Labs. :boggle::boggle::boggle:
 
As bad as data cables are, wi-fi is worse. With my experiments with switching between wi-fi and wired connections, I reached the conclusion that wi-fi sucks the bass out of the signal and shrinks the sound stage. I'm sure that wi-fi also contaminates the equipment around it more than data cables do. If you have the choice, I would always recommend choosing wired over wireless, and when it's not needed, decent modems have a button you can press to disengage the wi-fi while maintaining the wired connection.
 
I'm heading to the post office right now (after a cup of coffee), with a bag full of Nuclear packages. They are all the USA ones. Nothing against the Eurozone at all, but last time the Euro packages arrived way before the USA packages, at least a week quicker. So I guess the Euro ones will arrive first even if they are posted last.
 
Outside_Lookin_in said:
As bad as data cables are, wi-fi is worse. With my experiments with switching between wi-fi and wired connections, I reached the conclusion that wi-fi sucks the bass out of the signal and shrinks the sound stage. I'm sure that wi-fi also contaminates the equipment around it more than data cables do. If you have the choice, I would always recommend choosing wired over wireless, and when it's not needed, decent modems have a button you can press to disengage the wi-fi while maintaining the wired connection.
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All true Daniel. I'm very aware of the detrimental effect of WiFi, because of the incredible improvements in sound quality I heard when I first painted the front of the modem. Since then I have re-painted it at least 5 times with stronger and stronger STB. Every time, the sound improved again, by a lot. The last time was the best of all, with pure Nuclear paint.

But I have also noticed similar improvements when wrapping data cables. I'm sure cables are the way to go, but there would surely be a point where long, untreated cables are not as good as heavily treated WiFi. We should try to get to the bottom of it. I have thought of a way :

We could put the laptop under the stairs and connect it directly to the NBN box, with a Nuclear treated cable. The output data cable is long enough to reach the Kii speaker. That would be the ultimate standard cabled connection. Then after listening, we could move the laptop back to the normal place, and compare the ultimate standard with heavily Nuclear treated WiFi, and also with normal untreated data cable (would have to be untreated, because the cabling is inside the wall).

One thing is for sure, an untreated WiFi modem cannot be compared with a Nuclear painted one. Not at all. They are two different things.
 
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