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A Big DIY Bang for Your Buck?

I believe in getting the biggest bang out of my audio buck that I can. I don't know about you but my audio budget is actually limited. I find it interesting when I hear about folks spending a zillion on the best magnetic cables and then someone comes along with some new cable technology like new liquid-infused cables that equal or best the magnetic cables at a fraction of the price. Some makers of magnetic and other cables may want you to believe that a patent pending means there must be something there that ordinary Joe Audio could never make himself. My experience leads me to say -- don't believe it.

I have been using neodymium magnets for years in my cables and around my system to improve SQ -- at a fraction of the cost that makers of magnet-containing products charge. OK, mine may not be at the very top of the performance chain when compared to those expensive products, but who cares? I have managed to get stunning returns for a pittance. It would have cost thousands, or tens of thousands, to obtain similar results from various makers.

The same applies to audio makers with a patent pending (or an actual patent) who market little aluminum audio resonators the size of pimples. I make my own resonator pimples for about a buck apiece -- with stunning results. I saved over $4,000 making 70 of my own. Maybe they are not at the very top of the performance chain compared to those expensive products, but who cares? I am very happy with results that are far beyond what I expected when I started out.

I am having a lot of fun doing DIY projects at home that reap wonderful results at a small fraction of the cost charged by audio makers for their similar products. Have others had similar experiences making their own audio products at home? Can you share your DIY experiences with us?
sabai
sabai OP
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geoffkait,

Sorry about my error on the last point. Your ceramic resonators are actually $100 each -- not for a set. Let me see, I have 70 DIY resonators in my system. If I bought yours it would cost me $7,000. Mine cost $70 to make -- for the set of 70. I know, I know. Yours are "the real maximum". Lol.

By the way, I wonder if you copied your resonators from someone who was already marketing them, or if your idea simply came to you in a moment of profound inspiration. Lol.
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geoffkait
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Sabai, you see everything. Except where to place the tiny little bowls. Which is really the most important part, no? That’s why it took so many of your cheap DIY tiny little bowls. Maybe put another 60 bowls around your room. Don't forget the other rooms. Franck would approve. 😃
sabai OP
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geoffkait,

Since you have no idea about the placement that I am using you can only speculate about how I use my "cheap DIY tiny little bowls" to give such stunning sound for only $70 for a set of 70. I am already working on where to place the next 60. I can afford the $60. Lol.
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geoffkait
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sabai OP
geoffkait,

Since you have no idea about the placement that I am using you can only speculate about how I use my "cheap DIY tiny little bowls" to give such stunning sound for only $70 for a set of 70. I am already working on where to place the next 60. I can afford the $60. Lol.

I already know the secrets of the magic bowls, grasshopper. You, on the other hand, obviously don’t. I see through you like you were made of glass.

sabai OP
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geoffkait,

Glad to hear you know the secrets. Ooooh. And that you can see through me. Fantastic. You are clairvoyant as well as being an audio know-it-all. Playing amateur psychologist again, are we? Reminds me of the Beatles song ... "I'm Looking Through You"? And I thought my wife was the only one who could do that. Lol. 

"Grasshopper" ... a new appellation ... we can add this to your "nerds, little old ladies and knuckleheads". An appellation a day keeps the posters away. Lol. 

I know, I know. You've got an audio business to run. Got to keep in the spotlight.
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