Why Do Schumann Resonators Work?

Did I not answer this? Coulda sworn .... Somewhere. Oh well.  

Start with the fact they do work. As mahgister said it is not placebo, it is real. Okay so then what is going on?    

It can't be acoustic. SG is radio waves not sound. Scratch that.  

There is a psychological/mental effect. Lots of people say so, that is their experience, and just as with the sound effect we have no good reason to discount their reports and have to believe them. Plus there is Krissy's cat, no matter where she puts the SG the cat finds it curls up and sleeps next to it. Plus the first thing I noticed when I got mine was a slight headache. So they definitely do something.  

But it doesn't make things sound better, or I would notice all sounds being better, which they aren't, only the stereo, so scratch that.  

SG are radio waves. Radio waves crossing wires induce a current in the wire. This is why RFI is such a problem, and why eliminating it improves sound quality so much. The SG by adding RFI would seem to only be able to make things worse. Scratch that one.    

Not so fast! Dither is noise added to a signal that improves the perceived resolution of the signal! Dither is used extensively in video, has been for decades. Dither is randomized, but in a very particular way. Just as there is white noise and pink noise, both random yet different, so there are different forms or types of dither.  

This is kind of a big one, people might want to look into it. Synergistic HFT seem to work based on some sort of dither principle.    

Okay, so what if the particular RFI produced with SG just happens to be of a sort that helps us perceive greater resolution in the signal? If that were the case then we might expect to hear improvement similar in nature to what we hear when RFI is reduced.    

Turns out this is exactly what I am hearing. If this theory is right then just as video dither can be tuned for effect so this one could be as well. Lo and behold, Synergistic has different settings on their FEQ that have this very effect.  

Not quite good enough to be sure this is how it works, but for sure we found one not so easily crossed off the list.  

Not quite good enough to be sure this is how it works, but for sure we found one not so easily crossed off the list.  

It also cross my mind but you explained it here better than i did...

I concur with your hypothesis millercarbon...

Add to that explanation the fact that putting a crystal like herkimer diamond  or a mineral like shungite  on top of the S.Q.  may  modify the sound.... for the better in my experiment....

Audiophiles are not likely to have the expertise to answer your question. In doing my research prior to purchasing SR I found the scientific 'evidence' for health benefits laughable. I didn't purchase my SR's for lowering of noise floors/blocking RFI or health benefits, solely for purported audio sound quality improvements. SR should be rightly thought of as purely room treatment devices, nothing more, nothing less. In this, I found them of some value for limited time, over the long run I've not found them beneficial. I have kept my two along with the LPS for them, will continue to insert from time to time in case I make future changes in which they might prove to be of value again.

In this, I found them of some value for limited time, over the long run I’ve not found them beneficial. I have kept my two along with the LPS for them, will continue to insert from time to time in case I make future changes in which they might prove to be of value again.

In my experience their perceived "value" is greatly modified increased or erased if the acoustic of the room is not at efficient level of control.....


And the effect is system dependent also...In some case they can cause an impression of  degradation of  the sound, especially if the system is deficient itself...For example harsh high frequencies increase confused with sonic details...

The cure is to modify the system or the S.G.

Modifying the S.G. is easy with minerals and crystals... ( It is not necessary here to laugh at me)



Many people  dont perceive any effect from them... Because their system is not at the right level or their room is not under acoustic control...Or the two....

By the way speculating about the cause of this audible  effect is not a scientific explanation , even us audiophiles we know that....

Audiophiles are not likely to have the expertise to answer your question.

Then i will add to your initial observation mine also...

Most non audiophiles are not likely to have the expertise to answer the question either ...

  we will wait then....