Are Shakti Stones effective?


I have never used Shakti Stones and wonder if they really work and, if so, what do they do,  I have used the Shakti Holographs and found them to magically focus the sound and tighten the soundstage. From what I have heard, even from Shakti, is that the stones make a significant difference is some usage and less in other. Has anyone used these and what do they do?
mglik
Mass is mass. How much mass do you need to qualify as mass?

When you post ignorance on a general forum some old fart who went to school back when they actually got an education is liable to irrefutably correct your nonsense.

Back then we learned this thing we called reading comprehension. More than merely being able to sound out and spell the words reading comprehension involves understanding not only the words themselves but the context, intent, and content of the total message. The difference between reading and reading comprehension is knowing the OP is asking about Shakti Stones. No one is talking about mass loading. That was merely an example used to illustrate the ineffectiveness of Shakti Stones.

It can take years to develop your reading skills to this level. Usually grade school but not everyone learns at the same rate. Maybe by the time you yourself are an old fart you will have figured it out. Not off to a good start, but you never know.
A 1’ thick slab of concrete from Home Depot does the CD trick for me. Getting ready to try those springey things from China. Will report. I am an admitted happy user of Shungite, which I assume is what Shakti stones are made from. I went thru some experiments and used some of Magister’s ideas and determined that these stones are primarily effective as POWER noise reducers. A bag of small shungite stones draped over the cables leading in-n-out of my router and wall sockets seem to have lowered the noise floor for both audio and video. I have a pyramid resting on my flat (Nordost) speaker cables. More stable image. They’re cheap and the pyramids are cute and if you can’t hear the difference, use them as tiptoes or decor or give them to someone and make up a weird story. I get the impression that most of the deniers here have never read any of the literature on shungite. Pity.
Thanks denverfred....

I just want to remind the readers that what i call "Golden Plate", a device i created is a plate of shungite+copper tape on the external side .... It is more efficient this way, only shungite is less powerful, and i put these "golden plates" all along the electrical grid of the house, behind speakers connectors, on router, on the electrical panels, power supply, etc....(dont use on amplifier or dac because they will compress the sound ) For interconnect or for my Schumann generators grid i use very small "Golden Plate" namely very small shungite plate+ copper tape on the external side of the application.....

It is my main device to lower the noise on the electrical grid of the house....(electrical embeddings of an audio system is very important)
 
Golden plate cost: peanuts...  I dont sell anything.....Grab it....

:)

My best to you and to all....
They have a patent you can check out that has a diagram of the internals and describes their construction and how they are supposed to work. The stone part is just a shell for the actual internal working components, I don't know what its' purpose is or why they settled on the stone aspect of the shell.
I'm open to try any tweak if the price is right and the resale value is decent in case it does nothing of note. I bought a Shakti Stone, tried it in different spots in different setups both audio and video, it really made a big difference placed on an Extron rgbhv distribution amplifier I use with broadcast monitors. I haven't moved it since to other spots after changing things round and it's been years since I tested things out so I can only say I noticed a real change in this one spot. Find a dealer that may have a demo period if one wishes to try them out for themselves.