RE: BB pellet tweak

Posted by ginov (A) on January 5, 2025 at 19:31:31

In Reply to: RE: BB pellet tweak posted by KONA on January 5, 2025 at 13:21:39:

Thanks Kona, you're a legend! Thanks to you I was able to find the Absolute Sound article. I assumed it was Stereophile since it was my go to audio mag as Absolute Sound wasn't as available in Australia all those years ago.

Here's a link to part two of the series that described the BB pellet tweak. I was impressed with how much effort the authors went to limit subjectivity in evaluating performance improvements. You were right about zinc-coated BBs being critical. Copper BBs made the sound worse through what they proposed was an "inverse faraday effect".

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/new-methods-for-quantifying-sonic-performance-part-two/

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Topic - BB pellet tweak - ginov 20:44:05 01/4/25 (18)

RE: BB pellet tweak - JKT 14:18:31 04/10/25 (2)

RE: BB pellet tweak - smargo77@yahoo.com 20:47:08 04/14/25 (1)

RE: BB pellet tweak - JKT 21:34:12 04/15/25 (0)

RE: BB pellet tweak - ginov 02:40:13 02/7/25 (1)

Lead and Sorbothane - Geoffkait 11:05:34 02/8/25 (0)

Limited slip roller bearings? Under components. Nt - Geoffkait 14:37:37 01/5/25 (0)

How about these pellets instead? - Sondek 14:31:08 01/5/25 (0)

RE: BB pellet tweak - KONA 13:21:39 01/5/25 (8)

RE: BB pellet tweak - ginov 20:50:59 01/5/25 (1)

Inverse Faraday effect. That's gold, Jerry, gold! Nt - Geoffkait 14:15:20 01/6/25 (0)

RE: BB pellet tweak - ginov 01/5/2519:31:31 01/5/25 (2)

RE: BB pellet tweak - hahax@verizon.net 20:51:55 01/5/25 (1)

RE: BB pellet tweak - ginov 22:56:24 01/5/25 (0)

This article perhaps - Doublej 15:02:18 01/5/25 (2)

A ceramic cone works very well, too, probably better. Nt - Geoffkait 10:25:07 01/7/25 (0)

RE: This article perhaps - ginov 23:01:48 01/5/25 (0)

Careful. Don't spill those. They'll run all over. nt - Tom 09:54:04 01/5/25 (1)

RE: Careful. Don't spill those. They'll run all over. nt - sk 12:53:50 01/5/25 (0)

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