Improving the sound/video of MP4 players.

[michiganjfrog]

I was reading the recent post about OGG files, and how to improve the sound of your MP3/MP4 player with these more advanced formats like OGG and FLAC. I don't actually have an MP4 player yet (its on its way), but it made me think about how fantastic the sound of my cheap mp3 player is with regular mp3's! And this despite the fact that its made by Diamond (not to be confused with "Diamond Multimedia" that makes the Rio, but the 1GB no-name Diamond players that sell at Wal-Mart!). And using the stock earphones that come with it!

I wanted to say, the reason for this is not because the Diamond is such a fantastic sounding MP3 player (it normally sounds about as cheap as it looks), but because of a very unusual product I received yesterday from a Canadian Ebay seller. He was selling this recently on eBay, as a way of improving the sound and video of MP3/MP4 players. The price was less than $3 bucks and he offers a no-questions money-back guarantee, so I said what the hey! He doesn't tell you what it is exactly in the ad and you can't tell by the photo, but it turns out what I bought are 1 dozen tiny, tiny, tiny, teeny, tiny, weeny little dots on a paper (I'm not kidding, you have to use a magnifiying glass to see them!). You cut around it, and then you apply several of these to specific areas on the player itself with just scotch tape. I know it sounds stupid, and I thought it was a joke, until I heard my player after applicating these things! Even my wife, who has a fear of all things electronic, said she could clearly hear that the sound had improved quite a bit! Oh and by the way, I did try cutting little squares of regular paper to see what was up, and it did nothing!

The seller tells me it improves video in the same way it improves audio, so I can't wait to see if it improves the output of the LCD screen when I receive my MP4 player! I have no idea how it works, I just know for certain that it _does_ work! (and that he will refund if it doesn't). He wrote something in the instructions about it being based on quantum physics, which I have absolutely ZERO understanding of...

This is the ad, if you don't believe me!:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Improve-Sound-Vi...QQcmdZViewItem


I really dig good quality sound & video, especially on my portables since they are inherently limited in those areas. So if anyone has found ways to improve the sound quality of their mp3/mp4 player (I mean besides the obvious headphone or player upgrades!), please let me know!

[lattesurf]

Looks interesting. Not very sure what it is, or what it actually does. It goes all the way into Quantum Physics? Kewl.. Maybe it's some kinda magnetic dust of sorts that alters the magnetic fields around the player?

Do test it out on the video playback and see if it does make a difference.

[geostar]

sounds like a load of bull****!

[michiganjfrog]

Originally Posted by lattesurf";p=&quot

Looks interesting. Not very sure what it is, or what it actually does. It goes all the way into Quantum Physics? Kewl.. Maybe it's some kinda magnetic dust of sorts that alters the magnetic fields around the player?

Do test it out on the video playback and see if it does make a difference.

Yeah, Ill do that when I get my Nano clone in. The instructions say its based in part on something called "morphic resonance"... According to what I read, and from what little I understand, it exploits various scientific theories; including Jung's theory of collective unconscious, Sheldrake's morphogenetic fields, quantum physics and human biology. Apparently, morphic fields are patterns that govern the development of forms, structures and arrangements. This is a type of energy that is said to exist on all objects around us, and these varying degrees of morphic resonance to which we (humans) are susceptible, have both positive and negative effects on perception of sound & vision. These tiny little square jobbies are supposed to work on the negative effects the (quantum) energy has, reducing a type of stress that affects human senses. So according to that, it doesn't affect EMI or radiation, but our ability to perceive sound.

I can't vouch for if the science is grounded or not, I can only vouch that I tried it before knowing anything about how it works, didn't have any hopes that a near-invisible "speck" could do anything, and I got the shock of my life when I heard all sorts of details and a new level of refinement that I never heard before coming from my MP3 player.....

geostar: I know it does! But dont knock it til you tried it! I thought it sounded like it could be snake oil, but I didn't care because I dont know any good ways of improving my mp3 player sound (besides buying $$$ new hardware). Especially ones that are less than $3 bucks and come with a money back guarantee! So I wasnt risking anything but a few minutes of time by trying the product. I had my wife conduct blind tests yesterday, with the black audio squares vs. plain white paper squares, and I could tell 13 times out of 15 when the black audio squares were used. There are a lot of songs on my mp3 player that I've had for months on there, and song after song, I'm hearing new depths to the music from out of every one of them! And I don't think its an expectation effect, because the difference from what they used to sound like is really quite obvious.

[geostar]

where do u put it on the player :?: :?: :?: :?:

[michiganjfrog]

Originally Posted by geostar";p=&quot

where do u put it on the player :?: :?: :?: :?:

I emailed him, he says you can put it almost anywhere and it will work, but there are specific areas on any object where the sound will truly improve (as opposed to just "changing"), because that's where quantum energy collects on the object (somthing like that!). On the outside of an MP4 player, those are usually in the center of edges (that would be rear and front of player), the center of the edge of the LCD screen, next to the headphone jack, and he says its particularly effective on the battery (my player uses AAA's so this was easy!). On most MP4 players you'd have to open up the player to install one of the squares on the battery, but the seller says you can -really- improve the sound of an MP4 player if you open up the player and start applying the squares to the battery, the circuit board, the inside casing, etc. etc.

The guy says in his eBay ad that you don't even have to return the squares if you don't hear a difference, he'll refund your money if you don't hear an improvement. Well let me tell you, after playing around with these things to where I am totally convinced they have improved my sound, I'm not asking for a refund, this is the best 3 bucks I ever spent! In fact, I'm gonna live with it for a while and if I find the improvement sustains, I'm ordering more for my upcoming Nano clone and the 2GB MP3 player I won on Ebay recently! (I bought it around the same time of the Nano clone even though they both play mp3's, just to see if one would sound better than other on mp3!).