[BC] Shulke's Black Box

[Thomas G. Osenkowsky]

Do not confuse a length of straight wire with products of
the now defunct Straight Wire Audio company. A straight
wire has properties of resistance, inductance and capacitance,
all of which influence the signals (AC and/or DC) that pass
through it.

When I was CE of a Schulke station, I removed their mods to
the 8100 and set it for 6db of medium recovery release.
Needless to say, Irv Joel was outraged. The owner, GM and
OM agreed the station sounded much better and elected to
keep the settings and mod removals I performed. I cannot
recall any 'black box' in the line.

Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE

> > No need. Jim told me exactly what it was - a straight wire without
> > gain with a pilot light.
> Yes -- but did he reveal that the straight wire was crafted of "Linear
> Crystal - Oxygen Free Copper"?
> And were the connectors of the 99.996% Non-magnetic 24 Carat gold-plated
type?
> Effective utilization of esoteric components makes a clearly audible
> improvement in "air" and sonic transparency -- so I'll bet that's the
> real story..
> Thanks for the info.   Schulke's patent must have expired years ago,
> so I plan to start making these boxes and selling them as an
> aftermarket accessory for people disillusioned with the sound of their
> XM, Sirius, and HD Radio receivers.
> Mark