Peter Belt
Audiophile oddball Peter Belt was known for claiming that it's possible to improve the sound quality of audio equipment in a variety of cheap, strange, and seemingly impossible ways. For instance, he insisted that music would sound better if you listened to it on a frozen CD. Most audio experts thought he was nuts, but he had quite a few followers. [More info: stereophile.com] Through his company PWB Electronics, he sold products such as ointments, foil stickers, and "specially treated paper clips," all of which he said could be used to improve audio quality. Some of his other (free) recommendations, from the website of PWB Electronics: Plain piece of paper under one of four feet. Place a plain piece of paper under any ONE of the four feet of a piece of equipment. This applies to any piece of equipment, even if it is not an item of audio equipment. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the plain piece of paper in position !! Pinning back one corner of a curtain. Pin back ONE of the four corners of all curtains in the listening room with a safety pin.. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the safety pins and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the corner of the curtain pinned back !! Plain piece of Blue paper under any vase of flowers or any pot plant in the listening room. If you have a vase of flowers or a pot in a plant pot in the listening room, stand the vase or the plant pot on a plain piece of BLUE paper. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of Blue paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the piece of Blue paper in position !! Some more info from the book Home Ecology (1989) by Karen Christensen:
Audiophile oddball Peter Belt was known for claiming that it's possible to improve the sound quality of audio equipment in a variety of cheap, strange, and seemingly impossible ways. For instance, he insisted that music would sound better if you listened to it on a frozen CD. Most audio experts thought he was nuts, but he had quite a few followers. [More info: stereophile.com]
Through his company PWB Electronics, he sold products such as ointments, foil stickers, and "specially treated paper clips," all of which he said could be used to improve audio quality.
Some of his other (free) recommendations, from the website of PWB Electronics:
Some more info from the book Home Ecology (1989) by Karen Christensen:
Through his company PWB Electronics, he sold products such as ointments, foil stickers, and "specially treated paper clips," all of which he said could be used to improve audio quality.
Some of his other (free) recommendations, from the website of PWB Electronics:
Plain piece of paper under one of four feet.
Place a plain piece of paper under any ONE of the four feet of a piece of equipment. This applies to any piece of equipment, even if it is not an item of audio equipment. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the plain piece of paper in position !!
Pinning back one corner of a curtain.
Pin back ONE of the four corners of all curtains in the listening room with a safety pin.. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the safety pins and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the corner of the curtain pinned back !!
Plain piece of Blue paper under any vase of flowers or any pot plant in the listening room.
If you have a vase of flowers or a pot in a plant pot in the listening room, stand the vase or the plant pot on a plain piece of BLUE paper. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of Blue paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the piece of Blue paper in position !!
Place a plain piece of paper under any ONE of the four feet of a piece of equipment. This applies to any piece of equipment, even if it is not an item of audio equipment. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the plain piece of paper in position !!
Pinning back one corner of a curtain.
Pin back ONE of the four corners of all curtains in the listening room with a safety pin.. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the safety pins and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the corner of the curtain pinned back !!
Plain piece of Blue paper under any vase of flowers or any pot plant in the listening room.
If you have a vase of flowers or a pot in a plant pot in the listening room, stand the vase or the plant pot on a plain piece of BLUE paper. Listen to some music for a short time, then remove the piece of Blue paper and see if you can listen to the same music with the same pleasure – without the piece of Blue paper in position !!
Some more info from the book Home Ecology (1989) by Karen Christensen:
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