Schumann Resonators are little boxes you plug into the wall that produce electromagnetic radiation tuned to 7.83 Hz. This is the frequency that the earth/atmosphere system “rings” at when the Earth is struck by lightning. It is also a common frequency your brain “ticks” at.
When employed in the listening room, many people claim it makes their audio sound better. If this is true, then what is the mechanism of action?
-Is it a matter of the resonator producing a more relaxed mental state? -Does it help block or alter electromagnetic interference? -Does it add its own electromagnetic interference to your system that just so happens to be pleasing?
I experimented with one recently and what I noticed is that it seemed to remove some of the high frequency nasties or what some might call “digital glare” (although digital glare can also show up in analog systems). When I made this observation, the resonator was placed right next to my power strip that my CD player, preamp and some other devices are plugged into.
My “proof” of the effect is that I could turn the volume up louder than usual without it sounding “too loud.” The sound levels of the system weren’t any quieter, it’s just that the digital glare was reduced so that I could go louder before thinking “this is too loud,” which usually isn’t a sound level thing per se but the point as which some frequency (often the highs) become irritating.
So who here has experience with these devices? Do you like them? Does anyone know why they work?
Receiving is a different game than transmitting. That’s why some satcom receive dishes are only a few inches across. And why HF radio receive antennae are usually relatively small whereas the transmit antennae are very large. Your cellphone antenna is another obvious example. Hel-loo! It’s a link power budget issue. The Schumann frequency doohickey is a transmitter.
Since I don't interact with trolls, can someone tell the troll, who does not understand antennas that antennas are bidirectional, whether used as such as the time.
ELF antennas on land are transmit only, on boats receive only antennas. So are TV satellite dishes receive only. The Schumann device is transmit only. Nice try, flyboy!
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