Placement tips for Synergistic Research HTFs

abnerjack,

I’m glad you liked my postings. Loved your comments and your story -- great fun and spot on. When geofflait has only this to respond "Ya gotta love love it when one person without moral scruples pats another one on the back. Like peas and carrots." ... then you know we’re hitting the poor nail on the head and are having a great time in the process. Lol. But I am very sorry to hear that you have no moral scruples, abnerjack. Not good.

Concerning the OP, let’s look at the risk/reward ratio by examining the math for "tiny cheap knock off" resonators. Let’s say you want to start off with what SR calls 5-packs. Let’s say you want to do 4 levels. That means 20 HFTs -- at a cost of $1,200 to $2,000 -- or $2,000 for the folks selling their "tiny original maximum $100 resonator cups". It will cost you about $20 to put 20 of your own together. You just saved yourself from $1,180 to $1,980. OK -- let’s say it takes double the number to get the job done. Well, you’re 20 bucks poorer -- while saving thousands, once again.

The math tells us that the risk/reward ratio is a no-brainer -- unless you are not the DIY type, unless you trust that spending thousands on "original" resonators will get you results that are far better than "cheap knock offs" -- justifying the outlay of big bucks -- or unless money is no object.

For the average audiophile on a limited budget, may I suggest that trying the "tiny cheap knock off" option is a viable alternative that can reap stunning results if done well. I suggest getting creative to help improve the SQ in your system. What have you got to lose?

How about a big group hug and try to move on? How about this? Can anyone explain in the paragraph I posted yesterday from 6 Moons why Franck Tchang specifically pointed out he measured the spectrum of radiation effects for his tiny little bowls as high as 3 GHz? Also, why he pointed out that the radiation he was referring to was not distance dependent? You know, since everybody and his brother knows that audio frequencies go up to what, 20 kHz or maybe 30 kHz, give or take, AND that acoustic waves actually *diminish* in amplitude according to distance. You remember, our old friend, the inverse square law.

Yeah, I'm at a loss, though I've spent maybe 10 minutes thinking about it. My only guess is that it relates to the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. As far as I know, that's the only thing at high enough levels to be worth trying to attenuate, as well as being able to pass through walls and refrigerators 

I am also at a loss on this point. But I don't worry too much about the why and the wherefore in this regard. For me, the main thing is to discover what works, whatever your approach.

Agreed. Though, intellectually I have a hard time being open to something if I don't at least have some sort of understanding of the mechanism at work.