just had a thought about prehnite vs tourmaline again.... i would say its harder to overdo prehnite... i wonder wether this comes from the fact that tourmaline is the stronger piezoelectric crystal .... i will test 50% tourmaline vs 100% prehnite to see whether i can compensate for the "weaker"...

I also use a iPower X 5V and can recommend it :) while linear power supplys still can give you a bit more SQ the iPower devices are very great switching power supplys :) (and i would argue that probably most linear power supplys in that same price category suck)

So... i made some kind of extensive comparison between two rca caps constructed the same way with: 1. 50% graphite 50% tourmaline 2. 100% tourmaline i probably switched back and forth around 10 times with different songs.... imo the most obvious thing is that the amount of tourmaline seems to...

such tests get way to less respect :) good job by alpha audio ... some of the very few that actually do something useful for the consumer

The topaz i bought from a US seller on etsy is also citrine, lol, atleast on etsy the seller offered a refund (to avoid negative reviews...) i also bought 1Oz prehnite from him, just to compare it to the aliexpress prehnite, both prehnites can be scratched with quartz, they also look fairly...

i had a thought about the prototypes im building... so far i noticed construction gives you some benefits but the "overall effect" stays more or less the same when i compare different tourmaline filled caps... so while these are not "final versions" i would still like to 1. get rid of them 2...

there is good reason to tape off the power... you dont carry a "dirty" powerline over the cable that you might not end up needing anyway Imo trust your gut, if taping off the power line sounds better go with it (specially if you dont use it anyway) im currently planning to build/create a...

probably just putting them somewhere as they are... in theory these should work kind of like orgonites, whatever orgonites actually do maybe its also interesting to see if they make a difference vs not covered ones placed on the speaker since there is a clear relationship between metals and...

Does this one work? https://www.aliexpress.us/item/1005005200686257.html or just search for "tourmaline titanium"

just found this: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005645248977.html its black tourmaline with galvanic treatment, essentially adding a conductive metal layer onto the black tourmaline as far i understand it, i think this is interesting to test EDIT: the description even says titan covering...

oh nice looking :) definitely better looking than my ghetto version haha... but my PC doesnt have windows... so i can live with it

the quick silver filter posted above does "something" in the free slot, i will need to burn it in to make sure, tho i also kinda didnt liked the SQ with the first one i tested (which i cant find right now) but placing the ifi isilencer back into the pcie card actually did way more :) thanks for...

but you got me thinking with the ifi isilencer recommendation... i still have two of these i tested: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/1005005994377653.html (DONT buy these...there are far better alternatives for a bit more money imo) these essentially just filter the power lines... but i will...

i will test this, i use it near the dac because i always used it after the topping hs01 isolator i used, which was also sitting close to the dac, i got better SQ with this kind of setup before, i might need to retest here also i was under the impression the ifi isilencer also filters data lines...

i just did it since its hard to A/B now i compared the pcie card again to the mainboard usb port ... imo the difference got more substantial between the two, tho hard to "really" say... but since it works i will leave it like this i actually also just noticed while searching a good point to...