In case you want to add harmonics (i.e., distortion) to your (tube) hifi, here's just the thing

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mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
edited July 2019 in 2 Channel Audio
https://highend-electronics.com/products/shun-mook-signal-tube-resonators

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* Reduces total harmonic distortion
* Damping of tube glass resonance and ringing
* Filters electromechanically vibrations
* Adds rich musical harmonics to its output signal

B)

so... does it add or reduce harmonics?
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 904
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    Psychoacoustics: if you think it's real, it is. Perception is reality.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,776
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    Heavy thoughts, Luther.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,081
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    Even order harmonics tend to be more soothing than odd order harmonics. So?

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • delkal
    delkal Posts: 764
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    Not that African Mpingo wood again. So how does this reduce harmonic distortion but add harmonics at the same time?

    One company sells little hockey pucks of it for about $50-100 each that you are supposed to put on special holders all around your room (the more you buy the better). This wood soaks up all of the bad sounds and makes your system sound better. Who knew this wood is so good it can soak up the bad electrical signals too.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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    A semi-conductor works best to eliminate tube harmonics.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,081
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    THD - total harmonic distortion

    TIM - Transient intermodulation distortion

    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Osarion
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    heiney9 wrote: »
    THD - total harmonic distortion

    TIM - Transient intermodulation distortion

    A few more they can add to the marketing:

    LOL!!

    WTF??

    B.S.!!!
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  • F1nut
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    Total harmonic distortion (THD) is a measurement that tells you how much of the distortion of a voltage or current is due to harmonics in the signal. THD is an important aspect in audio, communications, and power systems.

    Transient intermodulation distortion, or TIM, occurs in amplifiers that employ negative feedback when signal delays make the amplifier incapable of correcting distortion when exposed to fast, transient signals.

    There's nothing LOL, WTF or BS about either.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
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    STFU
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  • Osarion
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    F1nut wrote: »
    There's nothing LOL, WTF or BS about either.


    Those weren't meant for THD and TIM I was poking fun at the African Mpingo wood. I've heard systems using it, though not this particular product. It's always fun to say African Mpingo!
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  • delkal
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    edited July 2019
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    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    lightman1 wrote: »
    Heavy thoughts, Luther.

    he's a heavy guy.

    Wait, let me rephrase that...
    I mean metaphorically.

    like... umm... in-a-gadda-da-vida heavy, I mean...

    B)
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  • mhardy6647
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    delkal wrote: »
    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?

    M as in the O in opossum, methinks.


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  • Osarion
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    delkal wrote: »
    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?

    M as in the O in opossum, methinks.


    That's the way I've always heard it said, just Pingo. I like to add some flavor so it's Muh-Peeeeeeeng-Oooooohh!!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    at least it's not !pingo B)
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  • Osarion
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    Is that the symbol for the click sound? If so you win this thread!! But I guess since you started the thread you win it by default haha!
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  • VSAT88
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    edited July 2019
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    delkal wrote: »
    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?

    M as in the O in opossum, methinks.


    Ok so I should try to fit an Opossum into the Fisher 500C chassis or use 4 as feet ? I have quite a few round here in Alabama so I could try on the wall, in the corners....
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  • mhardy6647
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    Osarion wrote: »
    Is that the symbol for the click sound? If so you win this thread!! But I guess since you started the thread you win it by default haha!

    yes. the click.

    B)
    VSAT88 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    delkal wrote: »
    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?

    M as in the O in opossum, methinks.


    Ok so I should try to fit an Opossum into the Fisher 500C chassis or use 4 as feet ? I have quite a few round here in Alabama so I could try on the wall, in the corners....

    I think they could provide good damping -- they'll help keep ticks out of it, as well, which could be a plus.
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  • VSAT88
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Osarion wrote: »
    Is that the symbol for the click sound? If so you win this thread!! But I guess since you started the thread you win it by default haha!

    yes. the click.

    B)
    VSAT88 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    delkal wrote: »
    So is it Emmpingo or Ummpingo or Mmmpingo........or is the M silent so just Pingo wood?

    M as in the O in opossum, methinks.


    Ok so I should try to fit an Opossum into the Fisher 500C chassis or use 4 as feet ? I have quite a few round here in Alabama so I could try on the wall, in the corners....

    I think they could provide good damping -- they'll help keep ticks out of it, as well, which could be a plus.

    Ticks or Clicks ???? ^
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    whadda I look like, some kinda Noam Chomsky kinda ethnolinguist or what? ;)

    I thought it was the clicks, like the !Kung
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ǃKung_people
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  • Osarion
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    https://youtu.be/Qg4Fp-A7IRw
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    hunh?! I've never heard/heard of that before!?!
    Cool.

    Thanks for postin'


    B)
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