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In Reply to: RE: Carbon Fiber Wall Outlet Covers - Reprise posted by SgreenP@MSN.com on September 25, 2020 at 14:22:19
This observation of yours Sgreen, IMHO,helps to put the kibosh on statements like "Keep in mind a carbon fiber AC outlet wall plate will not provide jaw-dropping results, since it provides the type of incremental improvement that a device such as this tends to offer." Congratulation on your improvement.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Alfred E. Neuman
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Even if it doesn't make sense it should be tried. A couple of years ago, I was hearing a high frequency something from my left speaker...changed cables, nothing. I send the left crossover, bass amp, and some other thing, back to Vandersteen for a checkup. Nothing wrong....I then took out the mid and tweeter....sent them back....nothing wrong....then packed up and sent my 140 pound amp back to Ayre....nothing wrong. Whatever it was...this carbon face plate fixed the problem and made the whole system better. I can't understand how it works, but there it is. ...by the way the power cords are fitted with the top of the line carbon fiber Furutech plugs.....Maybe Furutech figured it out.
These cover plates don't include black screws to affix them in place. I had to use the beige screws of the original cover plates. 2 of the screws are hidden, but that third one was so annoying. With great trepidation I removed the screw, painted just the head black, returned the screw into the cover plate, put the stereo on.......whew.....the magic retained.
I always have a trusty black Sharpie pen handy to paint nicks and scratches. Works like a charm.
..just a thought...does anyone think that changing to a carbon fiber face plate on an unused power outlet on another wall could affect the sound of my system
nt
no ... keep in mind that there's branch circuits
it's a proven fact that in older homes with cast iron plumbing stacks there's a detectable magnetic field around it ... I've measured this myself with a compass
if your conduit is anywhere near that it's probably inducting an EMI, RFI, and an FBI signal polluting your equipment to the point it's incomparable to your memories of the best live musical performances ... or maybe your preternatural experience, who knows, I wasn't there
that's why all playback systems are evocative of the real thing unless they're part of the real thing {ie: pro sound systems]
don't get me started on Roku and microwave ovens!
btw, I'm a big fan of carbon fiber
regards,
My house is 12 years old...copper pipes, modern electric
just pulling your leg a little bit there mon frère
regards,
How?
Too much is never enough
The OP expresses 'enthusiastic surprise' about the improvement. As the AA Inmate who advocated the device in the first place, it was my 'duty' not to go 'overboard' about a 'tweak' that some folks might not understand or highly-doubt. If I hyped my findings, I would look like the type of listener who says they were 'blown-away' when they tightened their binding post nuts. 'Jaw-dropping' is not how I describe the results of a carbon fiber AC outlet wall plate, since I'll leave that descriptor to a product like a major audio component upgrade, or installing high-performance room treatments that can indeed be a 'jaw-dropping' experience.
NT
nt
I think it's important to remember that the scale of the results for this kind of change is dependent on the degree of transparency in one's system to begin with. In other words as one works to find and employ various means to effectively improve music reproduction, i.e. tweak, these effects become cumulative and increasingly noticeable. In my own experience the same tweak can range from detectable with careful listening all the way up to dramatically apparent, depending on the degree to which one has paid attention to all the other factors that can effect music reproduction. Whether it's a big change or a small one is not only subjective, it's very much system dependent.
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