It's when marketing overrules engineering Jerry, that's what I have a problem with. Sneaky marketing that doesn't really tell you anything, just tries to lull you into a catatonic state. They're little more than a bunch of sniveling, overpaid professional liars and magicians.
I was thinking of buying a pet rock based on the 30-day return policy ( a definite good thing) because, you know I am getting these 1-3MHz noise bursts in my music, and boy is it annoying. Not to mention the bats which keep flying at my CD player, confused by the ultrasonic noise emanation. Also, I live right under a microwave tower you see, so these rocks might be beneficial.
As for the Hallographs, any object placed in a room will affect the sound to one degree or another, but I highly doubt six wavy strips of wood is worth 900 bucks based soley on the assertation that Shakti knows something we don't. Geez, even some of RPG acoustics' stuff isn't that pricey, and they aren't jerking the marketing chain nearly as much.
A better explanation of what the thing does is all I ask. A hundred people saying how great they are is fine and dandy, but just a bit of an explanation might help justify the hefty asking price. Is it using a wood with a certain type of resonant characteristic? What's the thing doing? Shrouding it in mystery seems to be counterproductive to me.
How about this; I'll buy a pair and write a review. Then all the subjectivist, anti-measurement, your-ears-are-all-that-counts folks will come out of the woodwork and start busting my balls about how I didn't cross this T and dot that I and gee, now your review is moot. Too bad, doesn't count, he was touching Goul when he played that track. Out come the lab coats all of a sudden. Sound like a deal?
But really, I'd rather make my car and computer faster first.
