Anyone ever try ear candles for better listening?

What is an ear candle?

A buddy of mine- my favorite homeopathic, environmentalist liberal friend, does these frequently. He has even tweaked the product as follows:

He takes a paper plate and cuts a hole the exact size of the ear candle in the plate. He then places the candle through the plate and into his ear. As the candle burns, "wicking" the excess earwax up and out of his ear, the candle wax drips down onto the paper plate instead of the side of his head. When finished, he simply discards the entire rig. He has clean ears and no wax burns on the side of his head.

I am not making this up. My buddy also goes for "High Colonics" several times a year to, uh, purify his Colon.

Now before you laugh too hard, this guy is one of the most intelligent guys I know, and swears by these methodologies. He has yet to convince me to join him for a candle session however. And the "High Colonic"...well, to each his own.

Did the ear candles once. It did help to clear out the wax canals, and like all tweaks, the use of the paper plate definitely produced tighter bass & more extended highs.

Moving toward the opposite end of the network, I too have had high colonics. It helps a lot with food allergies. Only downside is I can no longer rebut those who accuse me of being full of it.

Truth be told, I was really hoping that Congress would stipulate the inclusion of the high colonic into the current ethics bill.

They talk about here :

http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=19868&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=candle&start=0

yes, and no change noticed but it was fun to try.
It depends on the residual accumulation of ear wax etc remaining in the ear canal. I use a Stylast after a shower for good effect, but must make sure it does not wick back up into my cochlea.