Quantum Purifiers?

skrol
skrol Posts: 3,387
edited January 2014 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
I have seen these things advertised around and was wondering what exactly they are and what do they do? Do they really work?

BYBEE Quantum Purifiers http://bybeetech.com/?page_id=2

Thanks
Stan
Stan

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Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2014
    I haven't the faintest. But that's GREAT marketing "QUANTUM PURIFIERS", WOW! I'm envious of that.

    Especially since if you could actually "purify" something at the Quantum level (whatever that might mean) you'd be collecting a NOBEL PRIZE!

    If you invest please tell us your impressions because I am mostly kidding above. As a social scientist I am amused by terms used to "legitimize" things. Making something sound "scientific", is of course the standard for such coinages.

    cnh
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited January 2014
    They work very well at transferring money from your accout to their account. As they cost very, very little to make. On the good side they don't do anything bad to the sound.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,387
    edited January 2014
    It will be a cold day in He.. .... Wait, it was a cold day in Hell, Michigan. It was even on the news. I'm still not buying.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited January 2014
    Audiophile snake oil?
    Up
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    Down
    LSiM707 - 706c - 702f/x - Dual HSU VTF-15H Mk2
    Parasound HCA-3500 - HCA-2003A - Marantz SR7005
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited January 2014
    Haven't had my ears on them personally, bu have read reviews stating that they made an improvement to the sound. Increased clarity and detail being the biggest improvements. Not saying they do or do not work because as I have said, I haven't heard them. Never mind the people above who have not heard them either, and still seem to think they are the proverbial "snake oil"........ :rolleyes: How would they know?
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited January 2014
    I'm wondering how the AC Module makes the "air molecules more compliant"?
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited January 2014
    There are lots of folks who doubt the science behind these, but they sell. They must do something. Google the designer, Jack Bybee. The guy apparently worked on silencing technology for the US Navy, submarines I think.

    Here's a 6moons review: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/cryotweaks/bybee.html They're expensive for what they are.

    I have no personal experience with them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    edited January 2014
    Dang, I just hate impure quanta, don't you?

    Let me know when their neutrino purifier comes out, OK? I am pretty sure it's the dark matter in the universe that's upsetting the noise floor and the blackness of the background of my hifi.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,505
    edited January 2014
    I had bought a show demo ModWright Sony 9100ES CD/SACD player years ago. It had bybees on the AC in and tube analog output. The player sounded fantastic, but not sure if the bybees had anything to do with it. Not easy to pop them out and back in for an A B test.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2014
    Quantum noise does exist and is one of the ways that noise can be added. Whether it has an effect on a signal path and then if the Purifiers would remove that is unknown.

    In physics, quantum noise refers to the uncertainty of a physical quantity, due to its quantum origin. In certain situations, quantum noise appears as shot noise; for example, most optical communications use amplitude modulation, and thus, the quantum noise appears as shot noise only. For the case of uncertainty in the electric field in some lasers, the quantum noise is not just shot noise; uncertainties of both amplitude and phase contribute to the quantum noise. This issue becomes important in the case of noise of a quantum amplifier, which preserves the phase. The phase noise becomes important when the energy of the frequency modulation or phase modulation of waves is comparable to the energy of the signal (which is believed to be more robust with respect to additive noise than an amplitude modulation).
    Jake
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