acoustic system resonators

"I have had several instances where initially I love a tweak or component in my system, only to some time later give a sigh of relief on removing it." - TBG

I have trouble with the same experience. A friend of mine calls it psychoacoustics. My theory is that no reproduction system is without fault and that after we get to know a system we want to plug its specific fault or faults. So, we look for a component to plug that fault. Initially, we love it because it plugs the fault while we carry the bias of what the preceeding component did well. A month later, we hear the faults of the new component as it stands on its own.

One time I read an article that said you will statistically maximize your selection of a good mate after dating seven different women. If that applies to each component, I've got three cd players, two amps, four preamps and one set of cables to go.

Jeff

Jj2468, if you are right about maximizing your best component, I am well overdue.

In my case I often think it is the interaction of tweaks and components. If so, it certainly would discourage trying something new. I also think most components and tweaks have positives and negatives. Initially we may optimistically focus on the positives only to be later disturbed by the negatives. I think this is the same idea that you suggested. This suggests an element of psychoacoustics.

Speaking of psychoacoustics, some friends came to my apartment and saw the resonators.

I now have to sumbit to a long psychiatric evaluation.

If the true cost of the resonator package were revealed, the evaluation would be skipped in favor of of an involuntary stay at a local facility, of course only after they stopped laughing.

"I now have to sumbit to a long psychiatric evaluation.

If the true cost of the resonator package were revealed, the evaluation would be skipped in favor of of an involuntary stay at a local facility, of course only after they stopped laughing." - Emailists

That is hilarious! Yes, I like to tell my friends that I'd probably be better off putting my money into therapy for my audio addiction. But, that would not be nearly as much fun and then I would have to comparison test therapists, determine whether I like them with feedback on or off, and gradually ramp up the input to determine how much they can take before the noise they make begins distorting. I've heard that our brains are a lot more foregiving of therapists with proper room treastments, like leather or persian carpets, which absorb some of their odd harmonics. Jeff

I have been using a set of 2 silvers and one copper resonators since the beginning of the year.

The copper is placed on the wall, centred behind the speakers, 10 cm from the floor. I was battling a boomy midrange in my room, but after installing just this one resonator, the midrange was cleaned up.

One of the silvers is placed around chest level on my TV rack directly above the copper resonator. The effect of the resonator in this position is richer tonality, akin to more wetness and image density. My LCD TV has also acoustically disappeared, with the soundstage seemingly stretching many feet behind the TV.

I placed the last resonator on the front wall in a straight line directly above the other 2 resonators, near the ceiling.

This had the effect of spatially opening up the soundstage, seemingly making my room sound bigger than it is.

This stuff look like voodoo, but performs like magic...