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What Does Holographic Sound Like?

And how do you get there? This is an interesting question. I have finally arrived at a very satisfying level of holography in my system. But it has taken a lot of time, effort and money to get there. I wish there had been a faster, easier and less expensive way to get there. But I never found one.

Can you get to a high level of holography in your system with one pair of interconnects and one pair of speaker wires? I don't believe so. I run cables in series. I never found one pair of interconnects and speaker wires that would achieve what has taken a heck of a lot of wires and "tweaks" to achieve. Let alone all the power cords that I run in series. Although I have found one special cable that has enabled the system to reach a very high level of holography -- HiDiamond -- I still need to run cables in series for the sound to be at its holographic best.

There are many levels of holography. Each level is built incrementally with the addition of one more wire and one more "tweak". I have a lot of wires and "tweaks" in my system. Each cable and each "tweak" has added another level to the holography. Just when I thought things could not get any better -- which has happened many times -- the addition of one more cable or "tweak" enabled the system to reach a higher level yet.

Will one "loom" do the job. I never found that special "loom". To achieve the best effects I have combined cables from Synergistic Research, Bybee, ASI Liveline, Cardas, Supra and HiDiamond -- with "tweaks" too numerous to mention but featuring Bybee products and a variety of other products, many of which have the word "quantum" in their description.

The effort to arrive at this point with my system has been two-fold. Firstly, finding the right cables and "tweaks" for the system. Secondly, finding where to place them in the system for the best effects -- a process of trial and error. A lot of cables and "tweaks" had to be sold off in the process. I put "tweaks" in quotation marks because the best "tweaks" in my system have had as profound effect as the components on the sound. The same for the best of the cables, as well. For me, cables and "tweaks" are components.

Have I finally "arrived"? I have just about arrived at the best level that I can expect within my budget -- there are a couple of items on the way. In any case, I assume there are many levels beyond what my system has arrived at. But since I'll never get there I am sitting back and enjoying the music in the blissful recognition that I don't know what I am missing.

I should mention that there are many elements that are as important as holography for the sound to be satisfying, IMO. They include detail, transparency, coherence, tonality, and dynamics, among others. My system has all of these elements in good measure.

Have you had success with holographic sound in your system? If so, how did you get there?
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mapman
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Geoff is like the anti-Almarg (sorry to bring you into this Al). I'm not sure that is a good thing.

Al has deep technical knowledge in areas that are well documented and communicates clearly and consistently in a manner that I seem to understand. Also Al is not a vendor TTBOMK.

Geoff seems like a smart guy with some knowledge but I cannot seem to discern much useful from him. The explanations I read or hear from him make little sense. He insults and belittles me from time to time questioning my knowledge and calling me a neophobe and such but hey, that's OK, I have thick skin and have not always been nice to him or his products either. I would like to be able to understand what he is talking about before I discard what I already think I know as he suggests. I think that is a reasonable thing to ask.
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geoffkait
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While we're on the subject of things that go bump in the night and ideas that might be construed as delusional, let me draw your attention to the Red X Coordinate Pen for a moment. This review of the Belt's Red X Coordinate Pen appeared in Positive Feedback. Enjoy!

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue1/beltpen.htm

In case you missed it, Cream Electret, another Beltian product based on the premise that our hearing acuity is degraded by certain objects, images and information/media, was reviewed recently in both Stereophile Magazine and Enjoy the Music.

Cheerio
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mapman
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Ok.

There are some people who believe the heavens revolve around the earth. That's pretty obvious right? Just look at at the sun (with filters) or night sky....

YOu're still not helping me Geoff....
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geoffkait
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Mapman wrote,

"There are some people who believe the heavens revolve around the earth. That's pretty obvious right? Just look at at the sun (with filters) or night sky...."

At the center of almost every galaxy, including our own, there is an enormous Black Hole with the mass of a billion suns.

That's pretty obvious, right?
chadeffect
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As an audiophile, I think if its a cheap tweak or a free one, out of interest surely it's worth 10mins of your time?

We could go to and fro arguing about the philosophy, the science or lack of science behind the tweak, but in the end it either works for you or it doesn't.

Otherwise it's a Mexican stand off. The stand off in my opinion is worthless posturing. Into the breach dear friends... It should be fun. Worst case just listen to some music and prepare harsh words for the vendor.

Something definitely happened with the PWBELT stuff I tried. I cannot explain it. But even if it was all in my head and friends head it was still good. As for the rest of them theres only one way to find out.
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