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I had posted a while back on the potential beneficial effects of charcoal on audio gear. It was very puzzling for me because I could advance no really logical explanation for the effect I heard.
If any have read Jack Bybee's latest postings on his website, he has developed a new quantum based product which incorportes the c13 isotope. Normal carbon is c12: 6 each protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The c 13 has one more neutron and is commonly associated with the decay products of c14 for radioactive dating (c14 is radioactive, but not 12 or 13).
The unbalanced humber of neutrons and protons gives the c13 a spin of 1/2 in quantum terms but also means that the isotope will align itself to the EMF fields of adjacent AC signal. Takes a while as Jack says his products do take 200 hours minumum to break.
Now c13 occurs naturally in an average of 1.1% of all carbon, but of course exact compositions will vary. I have no idea how in a home environment one could determine the percentage of composition between the isotopes.
Any way, I have tried Jack's Interconnect Extenders which use this technology. There is a significant increase in clarity, bass extension at first and as the unit breaks in the top end catches up. Its like the s/n noise ratio simply drops a few decibles. No purifiers are used. In the locking RCA collets one sees a ceramic substrate hiding the wiring but it is flected with shiny black specks. I am told the top of the center conductor is similarly treated then teflon insulation is applied and then another layer of insulation with more of the c13.
Apparently you don't need much, so that the 1.1% of natuarally occuring stuff can be audible.
At any rate, food for thought, and I am not saying tht this is the real reason. It is only one which comes to mind.
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Dman
Analog Junkie
I find charcoal very useful at this time of the year. Barbeques just don't taste as good with gas. Still not sure I'm used to Christmas being in the middle of the summer though..
Kinda getting it in a way- Wichita KS is supposed to be 53 degrees F on Christmas Day- sure beats where I'm from (Southern Ontario, Canada!), although not as good as Orlando was last year (lived there during Christmas 2013)...
Dman
Analog Junkie
Interesting. I wonder if there is that much difference between C12 and C13 in terms of sonic benefits? I have played with ground up crystals and various other substances suspended in latex paint for about five years. It takes time but costs very little and can be very rewarding.
According to Bybee the quantum magnetic momentumhas a spin of 1/2 instead of the whole number spins of the c12 and 14. That is what makes it susceptible to alignment of the EMF field
FWIW and YMMV
of course
Changes in humidity affects the propagation of sound....
I put a couple of briquets in a zip lock bag to control such factors and of course dust
Ok, so where do you place all these bags of charcoal? Got pictures?
Does placement matters....?
if it's in a plastic bag? Seems that would compromise any absorption capibilities, if in fact that is how charcoal affects humidity.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
AS I posted I use the charcoal in plastic bags to control among other things, dust. Humidity would not be a factor unless the bags were perforated, but didn't think I needed to explain that to you.
Interesting...
where were your IC(s) placed?
Tried on amp to preamp, also DAC to preamp. Similar results but better with source components.
Is c13 is superior to c12 or c14, does it work for both digital and analog? Can you combine it with a footer and a superball to get something that both isolates and couples vibrations? Comes in ebony wood versions? Cryo or not? How long to cryo it? Can be bought from China?
If I burn my house down will I have a plentiful supply of carbon?
I tend not to repeat myself and often leave what i consider obvious unsaid.
Sorry.
C13 is a naturally occuring isotope found in 1.1% of all carbon.Obviously isolating only c13 would be expensive and time consuming. Consider the uranium separation techniques to seprate u235 from 238.Expensive and requires a degree of sophistication most of us would not have at home.
The c13 is not being used as an isolation device. It is used to control the EMF fields generated from ANY AC wire or device. Among other thing the rule of the right hand is associated with this and a simple google search will turn up a lot of information since the EMF field effect was noted by Faraday, IIRC, over a century ago.
The effect of C13 is that it will accelerate the magnetic field effect of eMf. Or at least that is what is proposed.
Applications then open up, but while I have ideas I will not have time to experiment till after the holidays, and I will not speculate any further.
V sorry uncle, I was just having fun with bartc's 'Now You've Done It Uncle' post - please reread my post in that context and you will understand.
You realize that now people will be flooding the board with questions about where to get this specific isotope, whether c13 is superior to c12 or c14, does it work for both digital and analog, can you combine it with a footer and a superball to get something that both isolates and couples vibrations, whether it comes in ebony wood versions, how to cryo it and how long to cryo it....and then the guy will chime in about not buying carbon from China!
Oh you have done it, my man, you have certainly done it now. ROTFLMAO
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