Ghoostknight
500+ Head-Fier
Hello,
Lets start at the beginning...i know about tourmaline tweaks from a german forum, where it was quite a large topic since a few years ago and i experimented a bit with them myself in the form of mainly RCA caps since then (also again because i noticed the grounding box thread here), and they definitely do something, to what degree and what "qualilty" depends on a few factors regarding construction
Best example for this is also Furutech's Nano Crystal Formular, which im pretty sure contains tourmaline as "special crystalline" because of the physicial properties of tourmaline (biggest hint here is that tourmaline is also able to produce in theory negative ions and IR-light beside being piezo and pyro electric, as advertised by furutech)
Now... i noticed 2-3 offers of these kind of RCA caps and there are a few more overpriced crystal products... which kinda go into snake oil price ranges if you ask me and thought i wanna refine my own design and maybe offer it on etsy, kind of to make a service for the audiophile community, since im pretty sold on the tourmaline idea myself since i tested it the first time
tho, i have to say also this, while its a nice tweak, and when the rca cap is constructed right its also always positive imo, it doesnt make or break your system... see it as what its, a tweak, and if you dont believe in all this crystal stuff see it as a fancy RCA cap that shields the connector
I bought a few things now for kind of a first production run and will report back with pictures once i have a "final" prototype in around 1-2 weeks ... if someone is curious price - wise, it will be probably be in the 20-40 euro price range, this will allow me to atleast double my money for doing this on the side...
since this post isnt very detailed let me know if you have any questions
best regards
Lets start at the beginning...i know about tourmaline tweaks from a german forum, where it was quite a large topic since a few years ago and i experimented a bit with them myself in the form of mainly RCA caps since then (also again because i noticed the grounding box thread here), and they definitely do something, to what degree and what "qualilty" depends on a few factors regarding construction
Best example for this is also Furutech's Nano Crystal Formular, which im pretty sure contains tourmaline as "special crystalline" because of the physicial properties of tourmaline (biggest hint here is that tourmaline is also able to produce in theory negative ions and IR-light beside being piezo and pyro electric, as advertised by furutech)
Now... i noticed 2-3 offers of these kind of RCA caps and there are a few more overpriced crystal products... which kinda go into snake oil price ranges if you ask me and thought i wanna refine my own design and maybe offer it on etsy, kind of to make a service for the audiophile community, since im pretty sold on the tourmaline idea myself since i tested it the first time
tho, i have to say also this, while its a nice tweak, and when the rca cap is constructed right its also always positive imo, it doesnt make or break your system... see it as what its, a tweak, and if you dont believe in all this crystal stuff see it as a fancy RCA cap that shields the connector
I bought a few things now for kind of a first production run and will report back with pictures once i have a "final" prototype in around 1-2 weeks ... if someone is curious price - wise, it will be probably be in the 20-40 euro price range, this will allow me to atleast double my money for doing this on the side...
since this post isnt very detailed let me know if you have any questions
best regards