General Asylum: REVIEW: PWB Electronics Ltd Rainbow Foil Other by shivohum

I recently received a free sample of Peter Belt's rainbow foil in the mail today, courtesy of an old Greg Weaver column in Soundstage (http://www.soundstage.com/synergize/synergize041999.htm).

I tested the foil by applying it to the Chesky Ultimate Demonstration Disc, listening, removing the foil, listening again, then repeating the process over and over.

Simple conclusion: either the foil doesn't work at all, or the magnitude of the differences it creates are SO tiny that they're not worth mentioning. At some points, I did *initially* feel the foil was making a difference -- for example, on Spanish Harlem, I felt Rebecca's voice get warmer and more expansive -- but with closer listening, the effect entirely disappeared.

I also tried another Peter Belt recommended tweak, which can be found at http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/whatamess.html , :

"Any home with a deep freezer within the premises is having a significant beneficial symmetrical pattern imposed throughout the premises. To prove this it is possible to destroy the symmetrical pattern within the deep freezer. All that is necessary is to place an untreated battery or magnet, or a hologram (such as those found on virtually every plastic charge card) inside the deep freeze compartment. Simply place any one of these objects within a plastic bag, place within the freezer compartment and any musical sound within the listening room will be profoundly adversely affected. Removing the object from the deep freeze compartment will immediately restore the previous high standard."

I put the battery in the freezer, listened quickly, took it out, listened again, and repeated the process many times. Result: no changes in the sound quality.

REVIEW: PWB Electronics Ltd Rainbow Foil Other Review by shivohum at Audio Asylum