Synergistic Research PHT - Phono Transducer

@lewm I also wonder what the technology is behind these tiny things.  They seem to be made from machined aluminum.  If they were magnetic, or made from special ferrous metals that could interact with the flow of energy within the cartridge I could imagine how they work, but aluminum would not cause anything to change that I could ever envision.

I'm also surprised that Michael Fremer gave them a positive review, but I guess his findings were more positive than mine.  His positive review is the only reason I tried them, in fact.  

I thought each PHT contained a crystal of some kind or another.

Fremer's comments:

“but adding that blue PHT produced an ear-popping, Cinerama-like, wraparound soundstage, and an overall sound even less tethered to the speaker positions. The image focus was increased without producing razor sharpness, and there was greater front-to-back separation of sources within the soundstage."

That result on a Caliburn Continuum/Atlas($200K+) So before the thingie the sound was just...okay?

Rolling my eyes.