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logiquem wrote on 8/23/2005, 5:41 AM
I'm dreaming myself of a $2000 elastomere system to make my desk chair floating 2 inches above the floor to insure perfect insulation from earth disturbations. Is this possible? :-)
farss wrote on 8/23/2005, 5:43 AM
Suddenly light pipes seem incredibly cheap.
Of course anywhere in a cable that two dissimilar metals join and there's a temperature diffrential a small votlage is generated, soooo!
Bob.
filmy wrote on 8/23/2005, 6:20 AM
There is truth to this and I am kind of suprised we haven't see this type for thing mass marketed. Although I am not so sure the in house post production/mixing only or consumer needs it. I can see how live sound engineers might want this. But considering one has to break down and set up each night it isn't that practicle.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/23/2005, 7:56 AM
Wow they have the Feet of Silence, Disc of Silence, Rack of Silence, & Cradle of Silence BUT no CONE OF SILENCE! (sorry, I couldn’t resist a good Get Smart joke) ;-)

> I can see how live sound engineers might want this.

At a 110dB rock concert I doubt highly anyone could tell the difference. Looks like snake oil to me. But then again, I’ve lost a lot of my midrange hearing from playing Live 5 nights a week for 10 years with a Leslie cabinet screaming in my ear.

~jr
filmy wrote on 8/23/2005, 8:54 AM
You rock god you.
AlanC wrote on 8/23/2005, 9:11 AM
"Leslie cabinet "

Isn't that what they used to have alongside the old Hammond organ in my local pub?
JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/23/2005, 11:27 AM
> You rock god you.

:-D (oh to be young again. Those were the days)

> Isn't that what they used to have alongside the old Hammond organ in my local pub?

Yup. I still have my Hammond B2 but I need to rebuild the Leslie because it was in a flood and the amp got damaged (the amp is on the bottom).

Sorry, didn’t mean to hijack the thread but I can’t see how lifting your cables off of the floor is going to improve your sound. Is the sound vibration altering the electrons in the wire?

~jr
rs170a wrote on 8/23/2005, 11:48 AM
...I can’t see how lifting your cables off of the floor is going to improve your sound.

JR, shame on you for not believing in the claims!!
Sounds like the $$$$ oxygen-free audio cable, doesn't it :-)

Mike
filmy wrote on 8/25/2005, 7:06 AM
>>>I can’t see how lifting your cables off of the floor is going to improve your sound<<<

I can see how it would "quiet" the sound a bit - as I said - not so much for studio but live. I can't tell you the amount of times you hear footsteps or other movements just coming through the cables and out the PA. And no, I do not want to get into the whole stage/wiring/cable discussion. For post production audio I can't see how this would help at all however, unless your studio was inside a food court in a mall, but if that were the case you are doomed anyway.
riredale wrote on 8/25/2005, 10:18 AM
I'm thinking of marketing little tiny pyramids that are used to cover every place a cable connector mates with another connector.

You know, you need to make sure there aren't any undesired "auras" around metal connections where dissimilar metals are touching. Could affect the ions.
B_JM wrote on 8/25/2005, 4:47 PM
you might be on to something ....

i can bet you would sell some ...
MyST wrote on 8/25/2005, 7:59 PM
Nothing like a game of telephone amongst audio engineers.
First guy says "raise the noise floor". Last guy hears "raise it off the noisy floor".
Never thought the last guy would go into business though.

Mario
filmy wrote on 8/25/2005, 9:05 PM
Not sure if that was meant at my comment but the first thing on the site in quesiton says:

Wires are microphonic, and in order to achieve your system's peak performance, it is essential to isolate them from large resonance prone structures - such as the floor!

So if the first "guy" is the site than the first guy says, in so many words, "raise it off the noisy floor" and the last guy also says the same thing. Although one could argue that "isolate them from large resonance prone structures" also could mean "bury the cables 25 feet under the dirt" or "hang the cables from the nearest tree" or "place the cables on high-gloss polished Corian."