Alan Maher CBFs

[evan1]

Thanks Even. Has anyone tried these over speaker binding posts? Any effect? I thought I saw someone try this successfully over a tweeter magnet, but I can't be sure.

Applications:

1. Main Wire bundle inside the service panel prior to the main breaker - use zip-tie (lower panel noise)
2. Circuit breaker - use double stick mounting tape on either bottom or side of breaker (increased dynamics)
3. Over spare AC outlet of AV duplex - use double stick mounting tape (increased resolution and dynamics)
4. AC male - use zip-tie (increased bass performance)
5. AC male and IEC - use zip-tie (increased dynamics and openness)
6. Centered over small transformer (increased tonal purity)

Speakers are my next target. I need 2 more though.

[BobM]

I just got 4 from the Syndrom group buy. One went into the panel on the main bundle, one went inside my power "hub/conditioner" where I branch from the cord coming in to the separate outlets feeding the amp and CD player. My phono stage and preamp are on a different line and don't plug into the hub. The other 2 CBF's are in limbo right now and subject to move, but I tie-wrapped them to the speaker binding posts just for the hell of it.

Now obviously I can't say what effect this had, and I'm not going to wait 21 days to try out each one separately to do this scientifically. I'm just wondering if this is an effective place to use these extra 2 or if I would be beter off putting them elsewhere, like on the phono stage and preamp power cords, or on the circuit breaker for each line feeding the system.

[evan1]

I have them
The mains coming in
circuit breaker
Preamp powercord male and female end with zipties
On male end of cd powercord

all of which is going to my comditoner

they say to place a lot of them on or in the cd player

I also need 1 to go behind my wall outlet

Joe is using Alan's infiniti speaker filter, but doesn't say much about them

[evan1]

I think someone on AA asked about using them on speaker wire but didn't get a response

[evan1]

This may help

he has speaker cables listed in his description

From facebook

Alan Maher BREAKING NEWS: The new Infinity, Signature, and Scorpion Passive Cable Filters will be available during the September 1-7 sale…Official release date is November 26 (Black Friday). Each package comes with 4 passive filters…only 1 filter is required per cable (AC, Analog IC, Digital IC, and Speaker Cable). Price: Infin...ity: $100.00, Signature: $120.00, and Scorpion: $140.00 per set of 4.

[rollo]

Well any feel for them yet ? When I installed all [7] there was a brief ah ha moment then as before the bass went south and the soudstage shrunk. In about 9 days that will subside and begin to open up.
   The bass will arrive in full in 3 weeks. People get ready a la the Chambers Brothers "Theres a train a coming".


charles

[evan1]

I'm going through good and bad moments right now with them. Mostly good . Better imaging and detail

[BobM]

Mine sounded OK at first, and then very quickly had a soundstage shrinkage. Last night I took the 2 off the speaker cables. One went over the panel breaker. The other was wedged between the preamp power cord and the phono stage power cord where they plug into the outlet (2 for the pice of one  ).

The soundstage opened up with more detail, depth, and space.

[rollo]

Amazing little suckers eh. Let the good times roll.


charles

[Lissnr]

  So last night's listen was the 1 week point... these ARE fascinating little buggers. As I first mentioned at 24hrs there was very good initial "potential": opened stage and improved detail among other subtleties that were positive. Last night the base was almost completely gone. Almost Completely....GONE.... That which was left was only a shadow of its former self and most of it was just the sub... Amazing.
  On the plus side, the detail has become more evident without being etched, but without the base there's almost no "Body" or meat-on-the-bones to anything or anyone producing music.. They're in exact locations... they're well placed left-right and getting really nicely portrayed front-back... but they're ghosts without the lower registers to really make them seem real.
  Scary. Weird. I absolutely would not be believing this if anyone else was telling me this (just as so many reading this who don't have their own will be understandably highly skeptical). If this is truly another example of something science can't explain that does actually work (just like how amazingly well a good powercord will improve your system over a stock cord...and we KNOW that's the truth), then it just proves again how far science still has to go to explain the unknown.
   Anyway, bring my base back and leave the rest as it currently is and I'll already be happy...more than that will be more than I could ask for. Still being:
ppppppatient (countdown: 13 days to go until the magic 21...).

[BobM]

Bass ... Bass ... Bass
 

[StereoNut]

"Base-ball been berry berry good to me."
   Chico Escuela

[rollo]

"Base-ball been berry berry good to me."
   Chico Escuela

 Ju know I'm just happy to be here playing the Beisball. ju know a team player is berry berry good. I love da beisball and CBF s too.


charles

[Lissnr]

   When it comes to the low frequencies, I've always spelled it BASS... but that's a fish; and you know what it is when you take off the B...   A base is where you stand before you hit your home-run; but when you take away that B, what do you have? Then again, you have the two musical instruments: a 'stand-up bass' and the bass guitar... so, I guess : "b"+ "ace", when it comes to my woofers...should be spelled bass, as long as I'm not talking stereos while I'm fishing for bass. Right?

[richidoo]

Right?

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