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[turtletone]

sniff that lacquer and everything will be tubey.

[redfro]

Check this from the same web site...

http://www.mother-of-tone.com/creation.htm

"Like the BYOB amplifier, the complete electronic assembly of the Creation ADC is vibrationally optimized, as the pcb is flat-press-mounted on a specially treated spruce-board. This construction is time-consuming during manufacture, but improves sound quality, as all components are mechanically coupled to a musical sound board."



I'm not sure what "flat-press-mounted" means, but those look suspiciously like screws to me...

[Bill B]

The Tube-o-later people have a new audiophile term; see the last sentence:
You will feel nervous when listening to the "harsh" device and you will relax when listening to the treated device. However, if you listened about 15 min. to the treated device and then switch back to the "harsh" device, it won't be as bad as before. Your sound perception has changed. When we recognized this strange phenomenon we coined the term "Ears been oiled".

Yeah, gotta watch out for old EBO.

[Thomas W. Bethel]

Isn't "spruce" the wood they use in harpsichords and guitars for its "resonance" properties? Not sure how this would be better. Maybe they punch the circuit board to the wood thereby making it impossible to work on the underside of the board (or to see the circuit layout) What ever floats your boat...

[robot gigante]

Well, it spruces up the sound you know...

[Jerry Tubb]

robot gigante wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 11:24

Well, it spruces up the sound you know...

My thoughts exactly !

I've been Pine-ing for one of those units.

I hear they're quite Poplar.

Can't believe anyone has the Balsa to claim it doesn't help the sound.

Kinda chaps my Ash.


   

[Allen Corneau]

Ugg, Jerry!

That's the type of joke that gets me in trouble all the time!

[archtop]

Yup pretty sappy

[Ronny]

Thomas W. Bethel wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 11:31

Isn't "spruce" the wood they use in harpsichords and guitars for its "resonance" properties? Not sure how this would be better. Maybe they punch the circuit board to the wood thereby making it impossible to work on the underside of the board (or to see the circuit layout) What ever floats your boat...

Mapleshades sells maple blocks to set your speakers on. They claim maple makes them sound better. I wonder what they'd be using if they were called the Birch Sisters Solutions or Joe Pine Audio Products.

[Dan-O]

Maybe I should have gone with "Smoke and Mirrors"?

[jackthebear]

Jerry Tubb wrote on Sat, 10 September 2005 02:33

robot gigante wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 11:24 Well, it spruces up the sound you know... My thoughts exactly ! I've been Pine-ing for one of those units. I hear they're quite Poplar. Can't believe anyone has the Balsa to claim it doesn't help the sound. Kinda chaps my Ash.

Wood you knock it off!!!

Cheers,

[jackthebear]

jackthebear wrote on Sat, 10 September 2005 07:18

Jerry Tubb wrote on Sat, 10 September 2005 02:33 robot gigante wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 11:24 Well, it spruces up the sound you know... My thoughts exactly ! I've been Pine-ing for one of those units. I hear they're quite Poplar. Can't believe anyone has the Balsa to claim it doesn't help the sound. Kinda chaps my Ash.     Wood you knock it off!!! Cheers,

And can we please not let this thread branch off topic before the moderator asks us to leave.

Your bark is worse than your bite.

This is the root of the problem.

Now if you excuse me I'm going to log off......

Cheers,

[Terry Demol]

redfro wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 13:41

Check this from the same web site... http://www.mother-of-tone.com/creation.htm "Like the BYOB amplifier, the complete electronic assembly of the Creation ADC is vibrationally optimized, as the pcb is flat-press-mounted on a specially treated spruce-board. This construction is time-consuming during manufacture, but improves sound quality, as all components are mechanically coupled to a musical sound board." I'm not sure what "flat-press-mounted" means, but those look suspiciously like screws to me...

In Charle's defence, he is one very smart design engineer.

The 0 x OS ADC could just very well be sonically, a
groundbreaking product.

Has anyone contacted him about auditioning one?

Cheers,

Terry

[Bill B]

You punsters have me feeling board.




Sorry.

[Tomas Danko]

We've had some, shall we say, interesting discussions with this fellow in here already. He's got some very cute amps built on wooden blocks, too.