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In Reply to: Thomas you don't believe, Jesus knows... posted by moray james on January 18, 2007 at 11:17:55:
Read my post again carefully. I did not make a categorical statement
that all solid-state gear/devices are 100 free of microphonics, I
simply expressed grave reservations as to whether units such as
the mentioned Channel Island units were microphonic enough to believe
that esoteric mounting appliances could offer any hope of sonic
improvement beyond placebo and wish fantasy. I think there is reason-
able ground to suspect that such "problems/solutions" may be totally
non-existant in this instance outside of the wishes of the human
mind.As for nail polish on parts..... I'm sorry, I don't buy it for a
minute unless the temperature drop from the evaporation of the
solvent temporarily cools the device enough to shift it's operating
points slightly for a few moments and thereby the sonics. Frankly,
I think even this is a stretch.I think most people are much more open to various forms of suggestion
and perceptual modification than is generally assumed outside of
academic psychology circles. It is a "sticky" subject, I know.
Follow Ups:
no magic here Thomas just dealing with microphonics at the source. Clearly you don't believe these devices work or are worth the time. To discover if they do is very simple and only costs you some time. If you fear to wrestle with your own phyco emotions over real Vs imagined that is another issue for you to deal with. You can experience it for yourself and see or not. That said since you have no personal experience which proves or disproves the issue at hand and since you have clearly experssed you personal views what purpose is there to argue with others further? Best regards Moray James.
moray james
individual arcane voodoo ritual to reasonably adjudge them
one-by-one as superstition --this is where experience and
reason comes to into play. One has to draw the line somewhere,
otherwise you could spend lifetimes testing every implausible
assertion which comes down the pike.
this is where experience and reason comes to into play.Reason would have it that you would try things, and actually create your own experiences prior to dismissing something with which you have NO EXPERIENCE. But then, you "know" more than the rest of us, don't 'ya.
One has to draw the line somewhere, otherwise you could spend lifetimes testing every implausible assertion which comes down the pike.
Uhhh....that procedure is called The Scientific Method....something you are obviously devoid of implementing.
I find it fascinating that every few weeks or months, someone arrives on these forums to debunk our profound experiences, telling us in no uncertain terms that we're full of it, and/or that we're imagining things. And it's the same tired arguendo. This time it's you, Doubting Thomas.
have his say as to how an aerospace engineer at Lockheed can
"improve" a jet tubine? How far are you willing to take the
"everyone should be willing to try/consider ALL things at
all times" perspective? see my point?Reason and experience has to impose some economy on the consideration of kooky ideas. Not enough hours in the day to give every idea
or assertion EQUAL weigth --just a reality of (sane) life. No?
....you are predetermining (without any scientific basis OR reason), and prejudging that an idea is "kooky", without even trying out the idea. Therefore, you have absolutely nothing to offer on this forum. Ergo, discussing *any* ideas regarding high-performance audio with you is a complete waste of time. You've not put in any work, nor time, nor thought....you're merely disparaging those who have. Go play with your engineer friend in another sandbox.
Well, for your info: I do design and build (from scratch) my own
vacuum tube audio gear, and have for years. In fact, I CAN/DO
hear the sonic differences between: various topologies of
amplifiers; different operating points of various tubes; output
transformer variations; often coupling capacitor variations;
very small levels of hum, noise, IMD etc; often different manufac-
turer variations of a given tube type; poorly designed power supplies;
and many other things. I have yet, however to "hear": AC line fuses;
AC line switches; line cords (on properly designed gear); "tip toes";
$1000 interconnects; and many other such objects of tweaker fascination.Nail polish on IC's??? $30 gold fuzes??? Bottom line: this is
getting really creepy guys. It's starting to feel like being
in a room of desperate crack users or something.Maybe if one lacks the knowledge to fundamentally understand
audio/electronics and has no ability to really work-on or
effectively modify their gear --then maybe one is simply left
with nail-polishing chips, buying $30 fuses, and sticking
tippy-toes on everything in site.Why don't some just accept that they are not any kind of audio/
accoustic engineers, and stop trying to use Rube Golberg methods
in vain attempts to reinvent the wheel?I'm outta here... Good luck.
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the plaintive mewling of trolls. :-)
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