Hello everyone. For those of you who had entertained our blogs, welcome back. For those of you that are new, welcome. I am Rick Schultz, company President, and designer of Virtual Dynamics audio cables.
I thought I would start off with a little background for you of what Virtual Dynamics is. We commonly get confused with high-end audio cable companies, and rightly so, as our main product that you would observe, indeed, replaces a typical audio cable.
For many years, I was an aspiring audiophile, looking for that next product that would better the sound quality of my audio system, but it needed to be something that I could afford and that really would make a positive difference.
Virtual Dynamics was born out of that desire.
My goal was to actually improve an audio component through applied technologies. Today, the ways that we try to achieve this have become too numerous to mention, but our first focus was on understanding how vibrations would interact with the performance of audio equipment. By this I mean, if you change the way that vibrations behave in audio components, you change the sound of your system. By this time, I rarely meet a person who is not aware of this already through some means, or some company, whether it be racks, cones, cups or some sort of device to plant your gear on, but when I first started, this idea was very new. That was about 6 years ago.
I'll add, at that point in time most everyone I talked to had not tried an aftermarket power cord, with an elect few having enough daring to throw some money in the power cord direction and see if change could be had.
Again today, it would be pretty obvious that most everyone in high-end audio has experienced and likely owns some sort of aftermarket powercord.
So, times change, and people who used to think that it was impossible for a cable to change the sound of their audio system, just a few years back, people just like myself, have become aware that audio has room to grow and new doors will open to us, even if we don't initially believe it.
Virtual Dynamics, as a company, has always kept an open, investigative commitment to understanding WHY these changes might take place. First, and foremost, we are interested in the very basis of science, and the basis of science starts with an observation.
Like Tweety, the young bird, who "tawt he taw a putty tat" and was in doubt of himself until he was able to look and observe again, and with all certainty, that he did, he did indeed, see a putty tat.
Now, honestly, who the $#^% are we to say he didn't, just because we personally don't believe in "putty tats."
Do you know that this argument, is actually, at it's core, an explanation for the very foundation of science itself, and more scientific a response than many of us who have sworn "that couldn't make a difference." All we are saying, when we exclaim our disbelief for poor old Tweety bird and his observation of a putty tat, is that I do not trust that he is honest, and in fact some people simply cannot put any faith into the poor Tweety bird.
Our lack of faith in Tweety is not a scientific reason, in fact is not a reason at all, for why Tweety bird could not have seen a putty tat.
I hope you are following me, because as you read through most people who are still skeptic about advancements in audio technology are often unaware that they are making statements like this: Tweety, although you have many times explained to me that you thought you saw a putty tat, I never have. Yes indeed Gramma will back you up, but I'm sure she's only saying that because she loves you. Oh, and that big dog, who also agrees that, indeed, a putty tat has been stalking you, I don't find him credible either. Dogs are known to be liars and make up big stories. Didn't you know? In fact, of all of the hundreds of cartoon animals, animators and millions of people who have watched the show, and say, "yes indeed tweety, that was a putty tat you saw, I saw him too," I think they are all liars. And furthermore, if I ever watched your show, which I never will, because I believe the whole thing is a hoax, it will only prove the point I already know and have made up my mind firmly about, "There is no damn putty tat!"
So, what has this got to do with audio? We don't know how many thousands of people have already observed that cables make a difference, we do know that science and the scientific body, accepts that any reasonable person observing would make for a credible witness. So the thousands become an incredible testimony to what science now gives as solid observation.
Remember, it would take just one.
One lab tech observing a cancer cell being repaired would be enough to start a whole world of change, if only we could understand why. In the audio argument too often we've doubted the lab tech's observation. We would go to great lengths to help verify and recreate this observation. Why is it that in audio we go to such great lengths to accuse the poor lab tech, even though thousands upon thousands have reported hearing the exact same thing. Isn't it time we move on?
By whatever means we have at our disposal, let's investigate why we observe these differences. Virtual Dynamics started with this idea and continues today to be enthralled with observing, and sharing with others the observations. We are committed to understanding why we have observed, and even if we don't believe in putty tats, and I must admit, sometimes we are skeptical, if by chance I hear any little bird calling, I want an opportunity to see for myself. I want to be found being wise, in at least taking a look.
I have that in my power, and I realize that it is my responsibility. I challenge that if making your audio system better is your desire, or you are open to the idea and would simply like to know, put skepticism behind you and observe for yourself. You never know when you are going to get your first look, that moment where you may exclaim "oh my goodness, there really is a putty tat. There was a putty tat all along."
In closing ,for today, let me add that there is a time to be skeptical. We want to verify that the lab tech saw something repeatable and real. That Tweety wasn't just imagining things, because yes, that can happen, but even by the time that Gramma and the fierce bulldog corroborate poor Tweety's story we have pretty credible grounds, and maybe even enough evidence to win this argument in court, because one person's lack of observing is not greater than 2 people's observation. It has become majority rules, and by far the majority has ruled, that it is a little late to be a skeptic for audio cables making a difference today. Sales from high end audio cables number in the millions, if not billions, of dollars per year, and continue to grow. It is a little late , in fact by several years, to be a nay-sayer now.
So we invite you, give it a try and see what everybody is ranting about.
Keep your ears tuned,
Rick Schultz
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