Resonators
Heres a good old story that explains the phenomena, written many many years ago. The Emperors New Clothes Proper acoustical room treatment is money much better spent, IMHO. As always, Good Listening Peter |
pbnaudio said.."Proper acoustical room treatment is money much better spent, IMHO." But...resonators and devices like them..ARE acoustical room treatments"..or am I missing the whole point of putting them..IN the room? BTW..I use the Highend-Novum PMR Premium No.2 and it most definitely has made an improvement to the acoustical environment in my listening room and my enjoyment of music. Nice write up here if your interested... http://www.stereotimes.com/acc010412.shtml |
Some effective acoustical devices include Tube Traps, Corner Tunes, Shakti Hallographs, tiny little bowls, crystals, Skyline and similar geometric diffusers and Mpingo discs. I won't even mention the SteinMusic Harmonizer or Magic Water Bowls. Some ineffective acoustic devices include Sonex, chairs with foam padding, acoustic tiles and empty beer bottles. |
Davie, If you read the fairytale I posted a link for you get my take on these. In most cases you "hear" a difference because you are told you will. I had the full demo in my own listening room of what I call the "christmas ornament" treatment. Took the whole package down upon the departure of the sales man and heard zero difference - the $4 to $5K price tag seemed absurd to me so it was returned. But to each his own If you hear an improvement good for you Good listening Peter |
I suppose that, as for any audio device, there is the possibility of operator error or a system that is not up to the task or ears that are not up to the task. I'm quite confident that some playing around with location of the Christmas Tree ornaments, especially if there are more than one or two, is mandatory to obtain the results that are realizable. There are simply too many rave reviews by all the major magazines and positive customer testimonials over the years to take negative reviews too seriously. We see this sort of thing all the time with Shakti Hallographs, Shakti Stones, Mpingo discs, Schumann Frequency Generator, VPI Brick, SteinMusic Harmonizer and even power cords and fancy fuses. |
