Hey All,
Some times I don't believe what is happening, or what actually
can happen. Yesterday was such a case.
First try to envision that the Phisolator has a kind of impact which is hard to put in words, but say it implies more clarity above all. More "undistortion". Be used to this and take it out, and what remains is a stuffed ear feeling.
On behalf of a customer I tried something which I suggested myself many moons ago, because I thought it maybe could be possible under certain circumstances.
The day before was ended with Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) half way, so this is where I continued just for first trials and from my sideways positioned office chair (next to one of the walls).
I said
WHAT ?!Yeah. That's what blurped out of me.
One thing that withold me of being serious about it, was that fact that I wasn't in any listening position; I saved that for the evening.
But there was no difference with whatever I played ... an enourmous amount of hall in everything. But wait, I should call that spaciousness. And this time I couln't even recognize the Tusk tracks. Hmm ...
Now what the heck could imply this sort of largest change ever ?
...
I tried two Phisolators in series.
Uhm ...
Yes. With a trained ear you can hear that the second actually does the same as the first, but now with "overkill". Well, overkill as such is a negative, and I don't mean it like that. What I do mean is that some noise hurdle seems to have been taken suddenly, and now all pure music is let loose on you.
I squeezed my arm a few times prior to deciding to ask whether I was dreaming. So, what do you perceive from this ?
She : Way more clear.
Me : again ?? haha, yes. But no, that is not what I mean.
She : Yes, but the voices are so easy to understand now !
Me : Yes, I hear that too, but t is not what I mean.
She : Much more detail ?
Me : Yes, that was my first notice too. And FYI, when much more detail does not come along with more sharpness as such, it is of the good kind. And look how loud I play.
She : Yes, I wanted to say that too.
Me: OK, I won't give up, but why don't you perceive what I perceive in really everything ?
...
30 minutes later or so I started to get the hunch that some kind of special acoustical thing must be happening, with the notice that I was listening 2 meter further away from the speakers than she. So :
Me : Maybe you must listen from over here ?
[ Instead she just swings the barstool 180 degrees and thus does not change position at all and within 3 seconds ... ]
She : More spacious - WOW.
Finally.
So this is a bit odd. Apparently one must capture sufficient high frequency or so - and in direct fashion (not via reflections of the to the speakers opposite wall) in order to let this come together. But it would be true ...
... Yesterday, at first, it felt quite the same as if I had put (all the way) up the "tweeter" Fletcher Munson switch of the Orelo MKII speakers. That too adds spaciousness vastly, BUT that is unofficial because you just add highs (I won't last long liking that). What the Phisolator does is the same but more naturally or so. More broad. More wide banded. The first Phisolator did so, and the 2nd added goes "over the top" (see quotes) and makes all suddenly work out. All is now so sharply defined in mid space, ... but aim your ears at it or otherwise the "working together" (which could be fysiological) does not work out. It would be true that you'd still perceive those even more details, but they can only work together if your brain is in normal mode, which is not that when trying to perceive sound from behind.
Now knowing how this worked out, it remains unbelievable that "she" could not perceive right away what I have been attempting to let her hear in 45 minutes of time. Just envision a church, and that with closed eyes someone would think he's in a dead (anechoic) room. You just won't believe someone would be able to think that (like you won't believe in advance that it is quite difficult to differentiate Coke from 7Up with closed eyes). Still, all it took was turning the ears the right (normal) way to hear it instantly.
So ... I tell about this because somehow it implies a giant leap forward. Something to work with. I do not per se tell about this so we can get another 350 from you. It is true though that this morning we investigated whether it would be feasible to have this second one in and then as again an
option (so you decide to use 1, 2 or none) and it looks like the answer to that can be Yes. However, the problem at this moment seems to be that it is not without errors for 100% and possibly this can not be solved. So, depending on whatever, like washing machines or sneezing or the mood of the DAC's minute, there may be a small glitch say one or two times in a track. or just none. Or it is there (errors shown) but you never noticed it. And I am far from sure whether I can get this out. One thing : I will keep on using it like this because it is seriously worth while.
And so we keep on progressing ...
Peter
