Winning

Winning on a row or what? I'm ill-at ease saying everything I touch turns gold these few days. Boastful? I'm self-conscious. 

I long curious about Nihon Onkyo wood diffuser many high-end systems are using. I had experienced them in the Philippines in 2022 but couldn't attest its effectiveness because no before-and-after comparison back then. Alas, I returned home and forget about it. 

Watching Axpona show 2026 clips on Youtube, these wood diffusers struck me again. There are growing number of usages worldwide. Something like this is totally new as I have had tweaked many diffusers, not six-well diffuser, please and place it on somewhere else with great success. Tried them in at friend's place, they all heard the difference, still applying them until today. Hence, with Nihon Onkyo wood diffuser inspiration, I improvised a prototype that adhering its principal and place them in front of the loudspeakers last night. Holly molly! Count down started, 10, 9, 8, 2, 1, lift off, eh-eh! Ni terus lompat ke lift off, tak sedia ku. The sound popped with flesh and blood, the presence is unmistakable and the bass gained authority and weight. It redefines palpability at a new height I can offer no answer.

“Only fools think that they alone
Are wise, and hear no other point of view.
À wise man is never ashamed to learn,
To listen, and bend when the time is right.
When a flood sweeps through a forest, the trees That bend survive, keep every leaf intact;
The ones that don't snap off and are swept away.
A wise man knows when to slacken sail;
À fool refuses and overturns his ship.”

― Sophocles, Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra

Acoustics is mystical. I'm a pragmatic man. I listened and pinched myself. A cleaner sound will indeed raise the bar of your hi-fi, there are ways you can bend acoustics to reduce intermodulation if only you know how. Competency is the name of this passion you cannot spend your way out of trouble. No way.

Tasted the first fruits of success, not wasting any time, I get on to perfect my prototype and expect finished product in a couple of days. No looking back.