Specifications are available on the CryoTweaks website. Specifically what types of noise are removed and how the Bybees remove it is discussed on the CryoTweaks website, which calls the effect of the Bybees a subject of “controversy.” The Sound Purifiers are passive devices that do not add any capacitance or inductance but a small amount of resistance (0.05 to 0.3 ohm depending on the filter) caused by the additional length of copper wire. The Sound or Quantum purifiers (these devices have more names than a stray cat) are made of “ceramics doped with oxides of rare-earth metals such as zirconium and neodymium.” The wire carrying the audio signal runs through this device and Shazam! - removes nasty electronic noise riding atop the signal. Many of the military applications of this technology are still classified however, continuing research has led Jack Bybee to the development of solutions specific to power and audio/video circuits: The Bybee Quantum Purifiers.”
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Would the Bybees be the musical equivalent of a high- power telescope with a solar filter, offering a clearer and more substantial sonic image?Īccording to the CryoTweaks website, the Sound Purifiers are named after Jack Bybee, “a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum mechanics and superconductivity, developed a series of esoteric wire and power purification technologies for the passive sonar systems of the U.S. These audio baubles are filters said to remove electronic grit and grime to render the audio signal squeaky clean before being translated into music by the loudspeakers. The most recent heavenly event in my system was the addition of the Bybee Plug & Play Sound Purifiers (try saying that 5 times fast). Is there any cut'n'dried method to determine how many filters will bring us closest to the truth of our recordings? This makes me wonder just how much filtering an audiophile actually needs. Too much filtering can seem as if musical details were removed with the noise. With too little filtering/shielding, noise entering our systems can have an audible effect on the music - our components won't sound their best. Other cable designers use less filtering to allow the musical light to shine through (like the Audience Power Chords and the Audio Magic Xstreams).
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Using my earlier power cable reviews as an example, some cable designers use filters to keep out noise from the electrical outlet, cell phones or other electronic components in the system (like the Shunyata Research DiamondBacks and Analysis Plus Oval 10). Just like sky watchers, audiophiles use different amounts and types of filtering to capture the music as it transits through their stereo systems. The pinhole projectors couldn't achieve the same level of detail or color as the higher powered cameras and telescopes that used filters, but they didn't "touch up" or colorize the images either (except for one guy from Arlington/VA, who jazzed up his projected image when he photographed it for the web). Instead they created a type of pinhole projector to safely view a projected image of the event a completely different way to observe the same phenomenon. Some observers didn't use filters at all. A couple of guys from Sterling Heights/MI captured an image from their telescope using a cellphone camera! The filters needed to be of a specific opacity to protect the eyes and cameras of the observers while still committing the details of the sun and Venus' silhouette on film. Some observers used cameras and telescopes with special filters.
I was surprised by all of the different ways the Venus transit was captured. This type of orbital event is called a transit. Venus recently passed between the sun and Gaia and many observers from around the world with the right optical equipment (and weather) captured images of Venus looking like a beauty spot on the sun. For those not already in the know about recent events in our solar system, June 8th 2004 was a great day for sun-gazing.
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