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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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geoffkait
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Let's visit with the SteinMusic Harmonizer a little while. I have no commercial interest in this product. Apparently this device does for Holographic Sound what Carter's Little Liver Pills does for liver. Thanks to Mapman for the shout out for the Harmonizer.

SteinMusic Harmonizer review in Positive Feedback Online:

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue59/harmonizer.htm

Excerpt from the Review:

"Enter German physicist, engineer, and audiophile Holger Stein. He discovers that air vibrates at certain frequencies and, in the presence of those vibrations, becomes more compliant. If air is more compliant, then sound waves have an easier path to your ears. Enter the SteinMusic Harmonizers... elegant boxes sold in pairs that generate vibrations that make the air more transmissive of music in all its complexities.

Holger Stein has discovered the "missing link" to producing the musical event in your home. Through his devices, you see the performance with your ears with repeatable, adjustable, scientific certainty for the first time. Welcome to the future my friends!

While a few other reviewers have tried the Stein gear, none have assembled a state-of-the-art system which was truly great to begin with. Referred to me by none other than the 'Dean of Audio' himself, Jack Bybee, I felt duty bound to give it a try, though I remained skeptical until I heard the first few notes.

There is now a spot on the carpet where my jaw hit the ground."
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I would very much like to hear the harmonizer in my system. I expect it could well have a positive effect in that it seems to based on scientific principles I can understand. Sound travels through air. Physical properties of air determine how it travels. The gadget seems to be an active device that creates sonic waves of a certain design. Something different is likely to result if all goes as described. It could be significant. Even if I decide to not shell out the dough at this time (most likely given priorities) it would be a worthwhile experiment because the indicators are something might actually happen. MAybe a good use of time. Scientists select experiments that they believe have a good chance of working based on their understanding of scientific principles. That is the key to GOOD science. Knowledge to start relevant to questions to be answered. Some experiments make sense and some do not. Audio fuse experiments actually do make sense to me. That does not mean I want to do them though.
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onhwy61
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Listening to music has now become a science project with experiments. This thread has become a parody of a satire.
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mapman
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"Listening to music has now become a science project with experiments. This thread has become a parody of a satire."

Listening to music does not require a science project.

But I would argue that getting the sound one wants out of a stereo system (via tweaking) is exactly like a science project.

Of course there is good, bad (and weird?) science and they are all not equally effective.
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mapman
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"This thread has become a parody of a satire."

I agree it has in certain ways but still hopeful to turn that around. There are some smart people participating.
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