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Has any one tried Audio Room Tuning Resonance Bells. The Bells/bowels in question are very small Ebony African Mpingo? I have read 2 articles on Tibetan Bowls and the improvement to the overall room sound. I then found the Mpingo bells on Ebay. They claim a great improvement in over all sound. I think the claim sounds a bit specious. Has anyone tried these small bells in their rooms?
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These look like a rip off of Synergistic Research, which is a rip off of the Asian (forget his name) inspired room "treatments", and so on.
Out of curiosity, I made some of my own Acoustic Art style pieces after getting some brass bowls (make sure they ring, thrift store finds) and making some wood pieces to hold them.
To my ears, they DO work. I think how well depends on your ears and system, room size etc. I already have some homemade Shakti Hallowgraphs that I would not do without, so I am familiar with augmenting the stereo spread/spaciousness/room affects. As far as sound, I am hearing a deeper, richer, fuller room acoustic--what does that mean? Perhaps more headphone like, in that you feel a bit more surrounded with sound, if that makes any sense. My guess is that these work because they ring, and if your speakers are able to excite or stimulate the frequency of the bowls, it affects the room and your ears.
I would suggest finding some inexpensive brass bowls that ring when tapped and putting them at different points in your room. Maybe even buy some Tibetan type bowls locally, and take them back if you don't hear any difference. Good luck!
I think you might be referring to the ASI "Sugar Cubes" and the Synergistic HFT's. I've got a combination of both on the front wall of my HT/casual listening set up.( 18 total on the front wall and 6 additional placed near the listening position) They add sound stage depth and atmosphere to the overall presentation. A nice effect for sure. Later I added a two of the large Clubwood resonating bells behind each speaker. I'm not sure anything changed after adding the bells. Now could I take down all the other treatments and just leave the bells to see if they alone could produce this effect? I doubt it. It seems one has to put a lot of these tiny devices in a room to have an effect and the "large" bell isn't really large. All I can say in the end is YMMV in regard to the "bell". In a different room/system, their effect might be more pronounced. Your DIY Skakti Hallowgraphs sound interesting BTW. How did you fabricate those those?
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A few years back, someone posted here on how to make the Hallographs. A jigsaw, some plywood and sandpaper and about 30 hours of work later, voila! I suspect any type of material would work--exotic woods seem like bs, gives them a reason to inflate the price. The great thing about them is you can expand or focus the soundfield ie for orchestra vs. chamber, jazz vs. rock etc. Maybe do a search to try to find the post.
Thanks Ric. I'll check it out, but at least I now know a jigsaw is involved.
Jim....I've bought both the small and large tuning "bells". I believe you're referring to the eBay guy out of S. Korea. They're fun to play with, but in all honesty, I can't say I hear anything new or profound. If nothing else, I can say they don't hurt anything either. As always.....YMMV.
Thanks for the honest reply. I was afraid that the bowels/bells were too good to be true. It is nice to be able to go on line and get an honest opinion from someone who has tried the tweak.
Jim.....Also not saying you might not hear a difference, but I doubt if it would be earth shattering either way. Subtle at best I would think.
I have found that many tweeks I have when listened to individually have little if any effect on SQ. But all the tweeks together have improved the sound of my system
Tweeks I use are
Audioquest Jitterbugs (2) No change in sound
Regen with linear power supply Very small change
Intona Galvonic Isolater Noticeble change in sound
fMelodius USB to I2S converter Major improvement in sound
feeding Audio-GD Master 7
Alan
For room tuning, I'd suggest (((Acourate)))
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