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There are vases, pictures (wall as well as frames on shelves), a fireplace between the speakers, stuff on the mantle, stuff on the hearth, entertainment center to the left, sofa to the right, coffee table between seat and speakers. A little jar of rocks is no more capable of absorbing audio frequencies or altering the presentation than anything else in the room.

Interestingly enough, Geoff used to provide links to scientific research on the ability of minerals to absorb light. I challenged him on his links and the fact that they mentioned nothing about a minerals' ability to absorb audio frequencies. Those links were removed a couple of years ago, and there have been no replacements. So there is nothing to support his claim (scientifically) that minerals can absorb audio frequencies.

To make a claim such as this: "The reason Brilliant Pebbles is such an effective "node damper" (energy dissipater) in audio applications is that it transfers energy more efficiently and rapidly than virtually all other energy dissipation type devices." is ludicrous.

What is this claim based on? Has he taken the time to use proven dissipation devices, take measurements, and compare them to a substitute of BP's? Nope. It's based merely on a theory that if minerals can absorb light, they must be able to absorb mechanical energy down to the audible frequencies. But there are no links to support such a claim. Newbies to his web site would not know this since the links to light absorption capabilities have been removed.


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