Hairdryer for Sale on Gon

Nrostov; no, your wife's hair dryer will not make a difference; even if it is one of those consumer 'tourmaline one's. those do not emit a sufficient amount of negative ions. OTOH if you get one that has a diffuser modified to hold lots of Tourmaline balls; you will get a very positive effect on the performance of your Lp or digital disc. and further; if you combine that with the use of a demag unit that will be the ultimate tweak you will ever hear.

i will try to explain.

caution; i don't really know about physics.....but this is how it was explained to me;

the hair dryer blowing hot air thru Tourmaline balls is a process called 'de-ionization'. it shoots negative ions at the static field on the disc to neutralize the random static field. you could also do this by using positive ions which will also neutralize the static field. there is a product called a 'Zerostat' which does that for Lps. the problem is that it is difficult to cause enough positive ions to be sent to have a lasting effect....whereas the Tourmaline does do that with negative ions.

the 'Zerostat' is designed to make it so an Lp will not have a 'pop' when the Lp is cued; it does discharge the static (lower the static) but does not have sufficient effect to completely neutralize it, even temporarily.

the stylus or laser reader cannot distinguish between static noise and recorded signal; we are all used to hearing our music with static noise included. once you eliminate the static; you hear what i have been talking about. it's not 'fairy dust'.

remember that the spinning disc is building up a static charge as it spins. how do you shoot it with enough neutralizing agent to hold off the static for an extended period? (hopefully long enough for one side of an Lp or the whole cd).

i have been using one of these for three months and it has been a remarkable experience. you can read about my experience on my system page (just click on my 'system' and go to my posts from two to three weeks ago).

one additional point; my hair dryer was modified by my friend, Andrew Kosobutsky. the hair dryer sold on the Audiogon ad is modified by Xtreme, Brian Kyle. i would expect Brian's unit to work well although i have not heard it. i can say that Andrew's works great. Andrew has no commercial product at this time.

The real irony would be if this thing proves to be the one "idiotic on the face of it" tweak that really makes sense.

there is no 'if'.....only 'when' people hear it for themselves. i can tell you that i would never have thought i would hear an effect so dramatic it would cause me to use a hair dryer on my discs for 50 seconds on 100% of the music i listen to. on the face of it i agree that it appears to be crazy.

people spend $30k to $50k upgrading systems and will not hear the differences that this tweak can make. we have never understood the role static plays in music reproduction performance until now.

Mdhoover,

having tried many liquid digital disc cleaners and treatments, all of which do that to some degree, my opinion would be that a static spray would have some effect; but more in line with other previously tried approaches......not worth bothering with.....effort/reward ratio not good enough.

i would encourage someone to try it and report.....we must keep out ears and minds open if we are to move forward.

Kub and Chad, i truely appreciate being given a little benefit of the doubt; thank you. i also realize that credibility can be lost.

i consider myself very fortunate to have been in the right place to be exposed to this. this experience has been so profound that i felt an obligation to tell people about it.

it's a break-thru.

regarding what level of system it takes to get the value;

last weekend i was at VSAC and took it around to 5 different rooms at various points on the food-chain of levels of resolution. in every room it's effect was profound. the most profound was the highest resolution for sure.

my opinion is that the degree of effectivness percieved has mostly to do with one's connection with one's system. if you are a listener who is in touch and are observant; this will matter a great deal in every system. if everyone at a show listening to unfamiliar systems and unfamiliar music 'get's it', then any audiophile with decent gear will also hear it.

this is not subtle.

one note; since i have put my credibility on the line to get this word out i am concerned that people hear this the right way......which is hard since there are very few of these out there. solving that problem is where things are right now.

Clio09,

yes, absolutely Brian's product will spread the word. as i mention above; as i have not personally heard Brian's commercial product it is hard for me to blindly endorse it but i do 'expect' it to 'work well'.

what would be great; would be for someone 'besides Brian' to post their impressions of Brian's product. so far, to my knowledge, i'm the only person who has actually posted any first hand knowledge about this tweak anywhere.

there were two people who had visited my room; one on Audioasylum and another on the AVS forum, who did briefly confirm what i heard in my room.....but that is it.

there are a few of my friends around the country who have e-mailed me their 'raves' about the hair dryers that Andrew has sent them. but none have posted so far.

i hope that answers your question.

Skamok, i remember our discussion and mentioned it to my wife that it would be fun to stop on our way back from Cannon Beach this summer, see you and your flowers.....

i was at VSAC most of the day on Sunday......we likely passed each other in the hallway at some point.

i will look forward to your feedback on the tweak.

Toyman; you're welcome.

btw; very impressive system ya got there.....it should show off the tweak nicely. i will look forward to your comments.

btw; i did compare the hair dryer to the RIO-5 at VSAC two weeks ago, the hair dryer (Andrew's) had 3 to 4 times the effect.

Norm,

i did not spend enough time in Ron's (Marigo) room to say anything about which is longer lasting, the Rio or the hair dryer. after three months of using this tweak in various forms typically the greater degree of the percieved tweak effect the longer lasting. regardless; the degree of effect of the RIO-5 would not cause me to use it consistently, not a good enough effort/reward factor. the hair dryer ,OTOH, has become essential.

i have not tried the RIO-5 on Lp's. but Andrew has tried it on Lps on recommendation from Joe Pittman, a local Acoustic Revive dealer. Andrew said it has some effect but not that much.