He told me the same thing over the phone about how great it sounded.. I even offered to ship him Starsound Sistrum rack and platforms but he wanted to go it alone, only show casing the influences of his achievements.. I understood . Tom |
glupson ...
There were some seriously good "everythings" at that show. Blowing them all away with tweaks might have been a little too enthusiastic.
I agree that it would have been a tough act, but once a system is fully tweaked out with the PPT products, there comes a sense of realism that has to be heard to be believed. In all of my years in the hobby, plus going to many shows, and even working showrooms for dealers and distributors, I've never heard anything like it. This is what I and many other A'goner's who invested in Tim's products are experiencing right now. Plus, Tim was coming up with some special products that were never available to any of us.
I've already mentioned how great the power cables were, but there was going to be more ... much more. His ideas for room treatments were going to be unveiled at the show. We were going to use MacIntosh's latest integrated amp, all tweaked out with Tim's products. The entire room was going to be treated with specially prepared banners that would have enhanced the sound. The speakers had been totally taken apart and treated with Tim's products and the use of his wire technology that went into the above-described power cables. He sent me photos of the bare speaker cabinets, the drivers, and the wire. Nothing was left untouched.
I'm sure that there would have been systems at the show that played bigger, deeper, etc, but I'll say with total confidence that none would have presented the stark realism of what Tim had planned. Bottom line ... I was really looking forward to a great, fun time.
RIP Tim Mrock.
Frank
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You know I do not doubt a word of it. If he had done that people would have been boggled. Absolutely gob-smacked.
My impression is that all the stuff everyone has been doing is moving electrons around in the most crude fashion. A huge amount of energy and information is radiated away and lost along the way. Its like, everyone knows the importance of insulators. But all insulators really do is prevent shocks and short circuits. Insulators do not really do anything to protect the integrity of the energy field of the signal.
When all these different products come along and do just that the effect is astounding. When you said try Mats on the sides of the speakers I did and it was impressive. But looked ugly! So then I cut them up and put them inside wrapped around the drivers and internal wiring. The effect was so great my wife asked what did I do- and she was in the kitchen!
That's just one relatively small thing, and only in the speakers. Doing everything to the extent you're talking about, I can hardly even imagine!
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millercarbon ...
I wish you could have auditioned the power cords. Tim had compared them to power cords costing upwards of ten thousand dollars a copy, and he blew them away. As soon as I took my first listen, I called Tim and told him that all of the current manufacturers of various SOTA cords had better get back to the drawing board. And that was just with two cords, one used in the CD player and the other in the phono stage. I can only imagine what a complete loop of Tim's cables would have done. Simply amazing. Frank |
Placebo..(psychological benefit thing) like magic another good noun, akin to mind control, possibly mind over matter... Medically it works for a few, others have to rely on that Darn Science or get really sick perhaps parish... Audio placebo (gimmicks) also works for a few. Some embarrassingly stash the crap, others sell ensuing hefty loss. Really..why not sell something that "Works" for a loss ?? Possible upside no capital gains ? Should name an economical car Placebo, then Train yourself to Hear and Feel like it's fast. Again possible upside...no tickets. Imagine that !
Cheers
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