[sdiy] audiofoolery, was: Whatever next

[Veronica Merryfield]

I wrote recently, elsewhere, on the subject of guitar pickups (has a similar mind set to audiophilia - pickuphilia perhaps :) ) that most of the odd things that happen in both worlds are  based on sensible physics but that a little understanding is taken way too far and soon takes on voodoo like status hyped by a number of practitioners who possess an equally small understanding, if any. For instance, guitar leads and speaker leads can make a difference, but if you do not understand what is going on or why, simply paying exorbitant prices for something is not going to be the universal panacea that you think it is, other than perhaps for the vendor!

Myrtle is a pretty good choice for this application given it's use in electric guitar and bass making. There other similar choices but Myrtle is relatively cheap.

 
On 2010-07-15, at 3:55 PM, cheater cheater wrote:

> You know, on the topic of audiophilia/necrophilia, it's funny how
> things that sounded fairly stupid just a few years ago are getting
> real theoretical and experimental explanations. For example the
> memristance effect in capacitors explains in full why they need to be
> 'pre-conditioned' and why other things need to be burned in.
> 
> Looking at the link, 13 quid for a set of three, fairly big, worked
> wood blocks, with a replaced core (to break up the resonance)...
> really isn't that much nowadays. Especially in the UK which does not
> produce any serious quantities of their own wood.
> 
> Cheers,
> D.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 00:34, Veronica Merryfield
> <veronica.merryfield at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> On 2010-07-15, at 2:20 PM, Graham Atkins wrote:
>>> http://www.analogueseduction.net/product/Ayre_Acoustics_Myrtle_Wood_Blocks_%28_Set_of_3_%29_AY-MRT
>> 
>> "Whatever next" - I dread to think - Deoxygenated Myrtle? Altitude conditioned Myrtle? Moon phase optimal harvested Myrtle? Squirrel fed Myrtle? Gold contact Myrtle. Quick, to the patent office!
>> 
>> Vrnc
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