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Detail Magnifiers by Econotweek

I just recieved some sets of these for my Bi wire speakers.
Not sure if these take time to break in.
I was told they sound great right away, others have said they take a few weeks.
Right now I am not sure if they are doing anything. I also have the Ground Controls on the speakers.

I was wondering if anyone else has these and perhaps could give an opinion of these compared to the Walkers.
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ngjockey
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A speaker "snubber". Essentially, a high pass spike filter that's supposed to absorb RFI/EMI as advertised. Don't think so. Behind a Pass X350.5. WTF?
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ozzy OP
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Ngjockey, Please explain a little more...
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ozzy OP
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Update: The Detail Magnifiers now have about 12 hours of playing time and already the sound is improving.

I don’t know why I am surprised though. Past experience has shown that Resistors, Capacitors, silver wire, silver spades all need some break in time. An when I first installed the Detail Magnifiers they were quite cool to the touch (straight from the packing box).

What I have at this stage is deeper richer tones in the vocals, extended clearer high frequencies and a more defined bass. The Soundstage is getting deeper and it seems to be progressing by the hour.

Even at this point they are keepers.
ngjockey
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The only way I can imagine these to work, in pro audio terms, is as a compressor/limiter.
electroid
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They are a low pass filter not high pass. Their intent is to remove grunge riding along speaker wire which can act like an antenna impeding the best signal transfer from amp to speaker regardless if their quality. RF and the like are generally in the megahertz range thus the low pass design. There are several products out there that do this.

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