Walker Talisman Demonstration from Sound Mind Audio

Brian Kurtz shows how to use the walker talisman on a high end turntable and makes a record sound really good through the power of magic magnets!

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• Hi
• Fidelity
• Audio
• Walker
• Talisman
• DIY
• Turntable
• tip
• Vinyl
• Record

[vincedog3]

I would like to know how the vinyl holds a magnetic charge since you have carbon black for color and the other constituent components have no metallic qualities. I almost can understand the CD, but want to know more about the vinyl side. Not arguing that it does or does not make a difference. Just trying to further understand the premise at least.

[soundmindaudio]

Hey, Vince!

Frankly, it's all beyond me. I only know it works!  Contact Lloyd Walker!

[soundmindaudio]

Nope. Try it, and call me to let me know how it works on your cartridge. It is most definitely NOT a joke. I have yet to find a cartrige on which this doesn't make a SIGNIFICANT improvement. If you've never done it, keep the contacts together for at least 45 seconds to a minute. It'll be like taking a blanket off your system. If it's not HUGE for you, something is up with your system.

[23forever23]

Works great on hard drives too!

[soundmindaudio]

I wouldn't know about that one! Take care, and have fun!

[daz2084]

How does this work?

[soundmindaudio]

I have NO idea. All I know is that it DOES. The demag trick was shown to me years ago, and it's worked on every cartridge I've ever tried.

[sheltiemanva]

I bet you can buy a Shun Mook disc at this guys shop, too!

[donepearce]

The man is a tit.

[dadybik]

a talisman oh no! such a suck!

[benjieeeeee]

If charges flow through space or along a conductor, an electric current results. Electric currents produce magnetism. Remove the magnetism and you remove electrical static.

[benjieeeeee]

All atoms contain negatively charged electrons and positively charged protons along with neutral neutrons. If there were no way to separate these charges there would be no such phenomena as electricity or magnetism. Static electricity consists of an unbalance of positive and negative charges. An abundunce of electrons produces a net negative charge, and an abundance of protons, a positive.

[benjieeeeee]

Daveteauk - I know you probably have your masters in Physics, Electrical and Mechanical engineering from MIT but magnets do dispel static electricity. Please read my next comment

[Daveteauk]

Poor poor analogJ - you seem to be blinded by these idiots who want to sell you something that costs next to nothing, for hundreds of bucks. Magnets do NOT dispel static - end of story.

[Daveteauk]

benjieeeeeeeeee - static and magnetic charges ARE real, yes - but are you??? How can anyone who has the ability to use a PC come out with so much mindless rubbish - magnets do not dispel static, and static does NOT effect the way a laser sees/reads pits in a disc - hey, come over to my place, I have loads of things you'd wanna buy - I'll sell you Tower Bridge in London too if ya want:-)

[Daveteauk]

benjieeeeeeeee, it's YOU who are missing the point - magnets, no matter how strong, do not and will niot remove static from anything anyhow anywhere. It's another moneymaking scam to get idiots to spend money on snake oil - I challenge anyone of you who thinks they hear a difference to do it 'blind' and then see.

[benjieeeeee]

Static and magnetic charges are real and they do effect how a laser reads information. Why do you think when cd/dvd 's are made they are in super clean rooms free of static charge? It is important. As for vinyl, the stylus goes through the groove picking up the information. Most cartridges use very small amounts of power to convert this information to sound which is why you need a phono preamp to be able to play the album. The less static and magnetic charge, the better the material will sound.