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RE: Testing advice?


Rick, There is no one a more ' hard-bitten engineer' than Peter !!

>>> "So I'm looking for no more than three things I can try that tend to have the grossest effect. And are resettable. Is there one or more of your free tweaks that you would suggest as the most obvious, reliable and resettable? "<<<

It is extremely difficult to suggest which of our free tweaks would be guaranteed to give the 'grossest', 'most obvious or reliable' effect. People react differently to different things. Some swear by the beneficial effect of placing a plain piece of paper under one of the four feet of a piece of equipment (I would emphasise - under ONE of the FOUR feet - not under one of three feet or under one of five feet but under one of four feet !!). But some might not hear the beneficial effect of tying a Reef knot in a cable (again I would emphasise it must be a Reef knot, not a Granny knot or any other knot). Others might not hear the effect of the plain piece of paper under one of the four feet but have Reef Knots tied in as many cables (all over the house) as possible to great beneficial effect. Others hear both 'tweaks' and many of the other 'tweaks'. It is not possible to guarantee which will have the grossest effect but most of our free tweaks can be removed (take you back to square one) so you can do before, after and back to before listening experiments. Another peculiarity is the following. Sometimes people THINK they might have heard an improvement in the sound but are not sure until as soon as they remove the particular 'tweak' and listen again, they cringe at their sound because it is perceived as much worse!! They then realise that the improvement in the sound HAD been there, but they had not been absolutely sure, had been uncertain, until they had removed the beneficial 'effect'.

>>> "You repeatedly mention treating identical or similar devices to the operating ones as proof that something unusual is happening. Does that similarity have an effect on the outcome or is it just an attempt at consistency?" <<<

The similarity is mainly to do with consistency. If you believe that some 'treatment' is to do with RF interference or EMI or static (affecting the signal going through the equipment) and you do the same 'treatment' on a passive but NON identical piece of equipment and get a similar effect - there will always be someone who will claim that the result of the experiment is null and void because the NON identical piece of equipment might be quite different in other respects and THAT difference would account for an effect.

Referring to some of the experiments I described for unclestu. There is an interesting mention relating to this subject in an article on P.W.B. treatments written by Jimmy Hughes in October 1987 issue of Hi Fi Answers. Jimmy describes 'treating' the spindle of the (passive) Linn LP-12 turntable whilst listening to the Compact Disc player and improving the sound - of the Compact Disc player !! And vice versa - 'treating' a (passive) Compact Disc player and improving the sound whilst listening to the LP-12 !! Jimmy goes on to describe how he demonstrated such a technique to Mr. X from one of London's top specialist dealers, to "looks of utter incredulity". Jimmy's article was entitled "New Horizons - Prepare to suspend disbelief" and was written 20 years ago !!

>>> "For instance I have a power amp sitting around with a steel case but not being used. If I degauss it or align it's screws or paste a sticky note on it with a positive thought will that be more likely to affect my perception than doing the same thing with a steel strongbox? "<<<

Now, this is a difficult one to answer without you have some understanding of the concept of 'morphic resonance'.
Let me try. You have to visualise the power amp in a steel box and a steel strongbox in the environment as both being a problem (for us). So, treating both will be effective. Or, put another way. If you 'treat' the amp in the steel box first and gain an improvement, then you can go on to 'treat' the steel strongbox and gain another improvement.
Now comes the part to do with 'morphic resonance' (and morphic messages). In addition, attaching a beneficial note to the amp in the steel box will give a greater improvement - particularly if the amp has a Brand name. Beneficial message should read as follows.
Say the amp is a Pioneer amp. The beneficial note should say THIS PIONEER AMPLIFIER PRODUCES GOOD SOUND > O.K. Naming the Brand name (if there is one) is more effective that not. With the steel strongbox, the beneficial message would just be STEEL STRONGBOX > O.K.

Read Dave and Carol Clarks experiences when they experimented writing similar 'morphic messages' with our Red 'x' Pen. I repeat their observations in my article "Myth, Mirth or Magic?" in Positive Feedback Online
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue30/belt.htm

Dave Clark's experience was to react immediately as soon as the beneficial message Carol had written was changed to one which read "Bad".

In Carol's article about the Red 'x' Pen, she describes using our specially treated pen and writing beneficial messages with great effect.

Also, in my article "Myth, Mirth or Magic ?", in the third paragraph, there is a link to the 60 or more pages of discussion I was involved with in the Stereophile Chat Forum where I described many of our experiences.

>>> "Finally I have an unrelated question: Since you have made it clear that what is affected is the listener, why not treat the listener directly? I'd be tickled to have a pin or tie-bar that would make things sound better. I could even use it at the symphony." <<<

A difficult question to answer again until you have had experience with such things as our 'treated' Foil and heard a beneficial effect on the sound. That is why we describe many 'free' techniques to try to get people to experience, for themselves, just what can be achieved. Once you have had positive experience with such as our Rainbow Foil, things will not appear as 'strange'- then I can suggest that the next time you go to a musical concert, you 'treat' the watch you are wearing with a strip of Rainbow Foil etc. Do you carry credit/store cards in your wallet.? Do you carry anything in your wallet with a bar code ? All these can be 'treated'. Would you buy a programme at the concert ? This can also be 'treated'. We DO have a 'treated' pin - a CCU 'treated' safety pin (for attaching to carpets, curtains and cushions and upholstery) - in fact Dr Richard Graham (who compiles and edits our Newsletter) always attaches one of these 'pins' to his theatre seat when he visits the ballet, the opera or a concert.

Regards,
May Belt.

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