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Here's a fun little project. Count the number of waterspouts on your house or building and obtain enough 14" black cable ties (from Home Depot, for example) so that you will have one cable tie per waterspout. Place all black cable ties in the freezer overnight (about 12 hours). Remove the cable ties the next day and allow them to thaw slowly in the regular portion of the refrigerator, about 4 hours is OK. Secure one black cable tie snugly around each waterspout approximate one foot up from the bottom opening. Finally, listen to some favorite recordings.
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Hi Geoff, are you just having a bit of fun? You didn't actually say that the Favorite Recordings would sound any different, just to do what you suggested, and the listen to some Fav recordings. If, somehow it Does improve sound/enjoyment, how did you ever come up with it? What connection is there that you( only) see? Seems to me that you just want to see what sort of responses you'd get!
Can't I be serious and have fun at the same time?
:-)
Well... OK. Still, how did you come up with this? What made the connections in your mind to try Plastic ties, frozen and partially thawed ( completely thawed by the time they are on), on the outside spouts? The Water tweak makes sense to me ( and works!), but this is somewhat (OK, completely) baffling! Professional Secrets, please...
Some things are best left unexplained, don't you think?
and they are an integral part of the roofline gutters which are mounted to the fascia board. they do not "come from the roof".
they are usually held in place on the wall by a strap and 1 sheetmetal screw. that screw being slotted, belt would recommend that the slots be oriented in the same direction. lol...
in fact, a master Beta tester.
as do my double pane 4'X 8' pair of sliding glass doors. I've worked on the doors but can't do anything with the pipe. I guess I could shove something up the pipe from the damper but its an eight foot pipe and damping the bottom probably wouldn't do much. The pipe is behind a wall so I can't access all of it. Even if I could it gets very hot and it would be tough to find something to work with it. I used sine wave tones to find the pipes and glass doors resonant frequency.
ET
As fate would have it, waterspouts are located on the exterior of the house or apartment, and they're actually decoupled mechanically by small brackets, if you see what I mean.
If there is some mechanical vibration due to waterspouts that might interfere with the sound, say when rain's pouring down them, for the purpose of argument, don't you think waterspout vibration would be entirely masked by the vibration due to air conditioners, traffic, subways and trains?
:-)
Me slow brain.
ET
nt
Oh. It makes sense now, thank god. I was beginning to fear for your safety.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Never underestimate the science dudes. LOLLet me guess, you dismissed this one, too, because it doesn't make sense to you, right? LOL
Edits: 03/22/11
nt
I'm not sure how I feel about that. I'm sure I'll get over it.
ET
N/T
" Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination." -Michael McClure
nt
After enduring a 72 hour lock down as a result of applying cable ties to your downspouts in the name of enhanced audio fidelity your system will sound better than you can remember. Until the meds wear off, that is.
Who says they have to wear off? They won't wear off if you keep taking them.
I can see the similarity between your tweak and Geoff's -- both involve tying one (or two, or three, or...) on.
Are you supposed to trim off the excess length?
Maybe if you only trim a little bit at a time unitl you get the sound you want.
Do different trim lengths set off different modes in the space or should they all be equal?
What about trimming at an angle or straight across?
Surely these things will make a difference.
Take your favorite bottle of whiskey/scotch and place it in the freezer overnight. Take it out in the morning and let it “thaw” in the frig the rest of the day. That evening, warm your system up with light back ground music for at least two hours. Go to the frig and pour three fingers of your now specially treated beverage into your favorite old fashion glass. Drink this down immediately. Pour another three finger glass and add exactly 3 ice cubes. Gently swirl the glass for 45 seconds. Now put on one of your favorite recordings, sit down in the sweet spot and relax. Sip the specially treated beverage while listening to your favorite music. Only listen to music you really like during this session. Re-fill glass as needed during the evening - the more, the better. Report back. I think that you will be very pleased with this tweak.
Be careful. Each standard drink requires you to turn up the volume approximately 2 dB. After a number of drinks you may be into uncharted territory and exploring the outer limits of fuses and speaker drivers, etc....
I speak from experience. :-(
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I can see the logic of damping the pipe that runs through our houses.
I guess some is better than nothing - it does seem hard to believe that one could get much affect from JUST this, but it sounds worth a try.
Would it be better to wrap the ties around the copper pipe leading to the "waterspount" (how quaint) ?
I am thinking how my kitchen faucet is somewhat decoupled due to its design - one would wonder how much damping could be got?
Have I missed the point entirely?
Bye,
Rick McInnis
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