Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking...

I'm an IT guy who has written hundreds of interfaces, integrating dis-similar systems with each other.  As I've pursued my journey as an audiophile, I paid attention to the "synergies" of the various components I've selected over the years.  As I've gone thru the process of upgrading this and that, I've understood that it's difficult to say "this amp is the best" or "those speakers are the best", rather it's the synergies between this amp and those speakers that produces an outcome that either "works" or "doesn't work"...for my hearing.

Fortunately, I've been able to hear "this amp" with "those speakers" and enjoy a system with a lot of great synergies, one that I'll enjoy for years to come.

Thanks for your wise observation about synergy between components...

But except for some electronical incompatible choices, assessible by measures comparison, which is your point, synergy are really only assesible at the end in an optimal electrical house embedding and room, and in a controlled vibrational-resonance embedding, and finally in an optimal acoustical room embedding also...Then the most important point is to create the conditions that will makes possible a final judgement about all synergies... I wish you the best ...

When you know about something, that something begins to exist without doubt  and in a new way, you can think about it and perceive it in a new contextual embedding...

I know for sure , for the last 2 years, especially in the last months, that the electrical embedding, the radio interference or any electro-magnetic interferences, interact negatively with any electronical pieces of audio, increasing the level of noise...

Today, this knowledge permeating me, I was looking at my amplifier in a new way and at a new angle, then i decided suddenly to try something that I never have tried before... I was seeing the tone controls of my Sansui AU 7700, some kind of small aluminium arms, welling out of their hole or apertures in the metal frame of the amplifier, and suddenly, like the holes on a unused wall plug, I begin to understand that these holes are like some doors open for any electrical interference, like some vulnerable holes in the shielding armor of the thick frame...

I decide to put some 5 thin quartz sticks horizontally layering on the small arms...


And guess what?


The more refined sound coming from the amplifier trough the speakers touch another level, a truly more subtle and delicate imaging was being born before my eyes ( ears) a truly unheard musicality … :)



There is no end to the cleaning of noise it seems... The musicality is now so refined, it is like I bought another better amplifier ....Incredible truth I know... Simple as that : 5 thin sticks of pink or smoked quartz made miracles in an already heavily tweaked audio system...The change is audible in regular listening and in near listening field without any doubt nor placebo effect... Too great impactful effect to misplace it... My best to all music lovers...



IMPORTANT OBSERVATION:
In a less cleaned embeddings than my actual audio system, the same tweak would not gives the same perceived impactful effect... Probably way less amazing, because the increased level of noise already there will veiled his impact greatly...For example decreasing the noise coming from the central breakers panels of the house is more a priority and will gives some clarity to the sound, making possible for some future subtle and more refined changes, but absolutely no less spectacular improvements in any way, to be perceived greatly...

GENERAL UPDATE:

After many experiments, I must conclude that the "golden" plates are at their best used in these locations:

On the exterior electrical meter of the house
On the central breakers panel of the house
On the peripheral breaker panel of the room
Behind the speakers
On unused wall plugs
On some interconnections ( not all of them) determined by listening experiments
On the computer router or modem
On some of the computer connectors (hard drive, optical convertor etc)
On the power conditioner

They works optimally where they are not too much near the audio system except thin "golden" plate on some connection which location are determined by listening experiments...

I decide to remove the thin "golden plates" and keep only Herkimer diamond and tourmaline on some of the Schumann generators... Sound is more balanced with some of the S. G. with the "golden" thin plates +tourmaline, but Some S.G. with only Quartz or Herkimer Diamond or tourmaline...

On my small usb S.G., 3 had a "golden" plate with tourmaline or H.D. now, and the 5 others had tourmaline or some other stones only...These varieties and variations create a more harmonious sound...

GENERAL UPDATE CONTINUING :


I had counted 15 big "golden" plates in my system + 15 small one...

The sound will be compressed if the G.P. are too much near amp, dac, cd player etc...
In general using them with tourmaline or Herkimer Diamond or quartz will be balancing or compensating, decreasing the compression, increasing all positive effects...

The most effects will be on the breaker panels and behind speakers...


At the end effectively located, with compensating stones, I had 3-d imaging, with no compression, on the contrary an atmospheric imaging...


The key is to experiment because each audio system is very peculiar and ask specifics tweaking...


My best to all...