With more listening, the effect of these things really is amazing. There's a sense of realism that is in some ways very similar to a lot of other things. Some of which I am unfortunately not yet free to tell anyone about. In terms of what I can though these Schumann cards are similar to HFT or ECT, but more liquid like Green Dream PHT, yet more palpably 3D than any of them.
As for how it works, its EM not acoustic. By all normal understanding the last thing you would want to do is add some EMI or RFI, which these do both. The EM is the intended low frequency Schumann wave. But each board also has IC chips so there's the inevitable EMI and RFI from that. All of which on paper is no good. Yet it sounds better. A lot better. No doubt about it.
Incidentally, the great majority of what's out there talks about this as if its one precise frequency. Which it most certainly is not. Realize what we are talking about here is a resonance created by the dimensions of the Earth, its atmosphere and magnetic fields. Essentially what happens is electric discharges from things like lightning are trapped travel around this layer, going round and round as they dissipate over time. Its exactly like hitting a bell causing it to ring. Well, the bell has a fundamental resonance but it also has a lot of overtones, harmonics, a whole series of frequencies at which it oscillates.
The same is true here and what makes it especially fascinating is when you look at brain wave patterns they all fall within the same range as these Schumann resonances.
There are even research papers documenting improved blood pressure and other benefits, in line with a big selling point being improved sleep, etc. (Put one by the bed at night, why not? Jury's still out on that one.)
This is to address the point that it improves sound by improving mood, or something to that effect. In that case then it should improve hearing of all sounds. Well, the sound is really only different with music. I don't notice any difference in sound in my bedroom, or in my listening room, other than when playing music.
Therefore it seems to me the effect is on the electronics. The system electronics. This actually is in agreement with Ted saying it works better with his UEF technology. Which just because its good marketing doesn't mean it can't also be true.
Would be real interesting to compare this with FEQ. I suspect what Ted has done is take the basic tech and tweak to get more out of it. Whatever "it" may be!
As for how it works, its EM not acoustic. By all normal understanding the last thing you would want to do is add some EMI or RFI, which these do both. The EM is the intended low frequency Schumann wave. But each board also has IC chips so there's the inevitable EMI and RFI from that. All of which on paper is no good. Yet it sounds better. A lot better. No doubt about it.
Incidentally, the great majority of what's out there talks about this as if its one precise frequency. Which it most certainly is not. Realize what we are talking about here is a resonance created by the dimensions of the Earth, its atmosphere and magnetic fields. Essentially what happens is electric discharges from things like lightning are trapped travel around this layer, going round and round as they dissipate over time. Its exactly like hitting a bell causing it to ring. Well, the bell has a fundamental resonance but it also has a lot of overtones, harmonics, a whole series of frequencies at which it oscillates.
The same is true here and what makes it especially fascinating is when you look at brain wave patterns they all fall within the same range as these Schumann resonances.
There are even research papers documenting improved blood pressure and other benefits, in line with a big selling point being improved sleep, etc. (Put one by the bed at night, why not? Jury's still out on that one.)
This is to address the point that it improves sound by improving mood, or something to that effect. In that case then it should improve hearing of all sounds. Well, the sound is really only different with music. I don't notice any difference in sound in my bedroom, or in my listening room, other than when playing music.
Therefore it seems to me the effect is on the electronics. The system electronics. This actually is in agreement with Ted saying it works better with his UEF technology. Which just because its good marketing doesn't mean it can't also be true.
Would be real interesting to compare this with FEQ. I suspect what Ted has done is take the basic tech and tweak to get more out of it. Whatever "it" may be!