Component isolation

mahgister104 posts03-18-2019 2:57pmThanks very much GeoffKait...I appreciate your explanation and it seems to me very clear....

I use a grid of stones connected by cable and with many batteries+magnet nodes like a passive grid parallel to the normal audio grid(speakers+dac+amp) and the impact is astounding , do you have an explanation why this passive grid(stones+batteries+magnets) work?

>>>>I used to have “grids of stones” unconnected by cable and without magnets or batteries with excellent results. After mapping the entire 3D space of the room I was able to identify locations in that 3D space where sound pressure levels were more than 6 dB higher than the average sound pressure in the room, reflection points on wall, standing waves, etc. where xtals would have a high probability of success. At one time, in fact, I had so many crystals in the room, have built up the number over a long period of time, that you would only allow someone in the room if he agreed to be blindfolded. Loose lips sink ships. 💋

As I have intimated elsewhere I’m a big fan of magnets for specific audio applications. That is a long story that I’ll save for another day.

Ok ...Thanks for your observations,that makes sense...But You dont explain to me why stones connected with batteries+magnets act the way they act on the sound … I have experimented with that for the last year and the results are so great I am curious the reason why and you seems one of the few people who understand something about stones in audio...

Reverse piezoelectric effect is probably the operating principle. 

geoffkait14,365 posts03-19-2019 6:38amReverse piezoelectric effect is probably the operating principle.

Thanks Geoffkait… This is food for my thinking...If I understand you the stones " filters" the EM of my interconnected audio gear by transforming a part of the distortion cause by the interactive EMF induced resonance in heat...Then  the stones placed along the main electrical line of my house act in the same manner: by piezo-electrical reverse effect? They "filters" by absorbing a portion of the electrical field and transforming  that into heat ? 

Thanks for your time I want to understand this effect, that was eyes opening for me with my audio hobby more than any purchase and more than any upgrade...

@mahgister - I didn’t say that. You did. 😬