Fun With Cream Electret!

"Cream Electret", for those not in the know, is a long-standing audio product from the audio wizards at P.W.B. Electronics UK. A cream, as the name implies, that has the ability to improve sound quality. By helping create more 'benign energy patterns' on objects, that lower a certain kind of tension, and in turn, allow senses to heighten. 

I've had this stuff for years myself, but never really used it much. As I never figured out how to apply it. And by that, I mean, effectively. I'm sure some other "P.W.B.ers" have, but if so, I guess I didn't get the memo. More recently, I started experimenting with the product. 

At the time, I wanted to improve the sound of my car stereo - which left much to be desired. Mind, I used to be able to improve my car's audio system by conventional means. Whether it had me swapping out the car stereo, or upgrading the cabling, or speakers. But these days? In today's cars? Fuggedaboutit! They're like the David Cross "You get what you get" tattoo. That then led to other objects in the home. This article attempts to detail some of those experiments. 

n.b. P.W.B. has since come out with other cream-based products, that may be more effective than "Le Cream Electret". I presume that the experiments herein would apply to any other such treated cream-based product. Also, at least in the case of the automobile, the treatments were being made to my car. So I can't say how well it might work on someone else's. 

But in general, these findings are usually transferable, broadly speaking.  ie. The rear of one auto should exhibit certain similarities in its energy profile, with all other autos. (And, as I later discovered, other home-based objects as well).     

Finally, this is my first time playing with Cream Electret on a car. So I'm aware that these were just initial findings, and that in the pursuit of perfect sound, there is still a lot to learn about the Cream stuff, and what I'm calling 'energy profiles'.... 

General:

For objects in general, a good treatment might require only 'creaming' the front and rear of the object - in the centre. And only very briefly, for a second or two. Whether you start at the rear or front "probably matters". But then... so might the shape of the object.

The CE was applied with my fingers. It may benefit from being wiped down with a tissue instead, as reported on the P.W.B. forums... but I'm not sure of this. Since one application worked well without, and I haven't tried to confirm this, either way.

Automobile:

In ferreting out where on, inside and around the car that the Cream Electret might work, glass, was one area where it did. And the video information screen was one area where it did not. On my car, it worked well on part of the lights at the rear of the car. Only the part toward the bottom of the rear door. Not too far out or too far up.

Around the rear, it only appeared to work well toward the bottom of the object. Be it the glass window, the rear bumper, or the plastic brake light cover just above it. For these reasons, I did not do any spots higher than midway up the rear of the car. I didn't go too far into the underside of the car, either. And "because I did not like the energy up there", I did not do the front of the car. At least, not at first....

I treated the brake pedal with the Cream. The application was a small dab at the bottom of the front face of the pedal only. For some reason, the gas pedal next to it, was not receptive. The other spot was the carpet below the pedal. This was probably the best spot.

So I see again here that… treating floors is good! The resulting sound was really nice.... darkish, balanced, musical, and with a heavy bass. I never had it this good with anything else I've used Cream Electret on. Inside the car or out.

Car Keys:  
 
This can yield some pretty good results, given that you can treat many (car or house) keys on a ring. So… the method here is, doing the spine of the key, starting at just below the head (but not including the head). Then moving downward. Then you flip the key up, then you start at the point, and do the jagged edge. Again, downward.   
 
n.b. If you only do the straight edge, you end up with a gorgeous, detailed sound with good timbre. But it’s only ‘half’ the sound! The other half, after doing the jagged edge, adds the missing bass, creating a fuller sound.

 

Circular Application:

I found a pattern needs to be followed around things like the car window, the car mirror, the car’s visor, and other objects that are round, oval, etc. That pattern is to spread the cream around the edge of the circle/oval/etc. (with the thumb, if possible), in half or quarter divisions. 

ie. For half circles, start at 12 o'clock, go to 6 o'clock in the clockwise direction. Stop. Then start at 12 o'clock, go to 6 o'clock counter-clockwise. For quarter circles, go from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock, clockwise. Then 9 o'clock to 6 o'clock counter-clockwise. Then 12 o'clock to 9 o'clock counter-clockwise. Then 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock clockwise.

Diagonal Application:

 Though I normally do treatments in straight lines, or circles… for the first time, I tried applying Cream Electret in a diagonal fashion. On the inside car door  - where a pattern of grooves are located. But also across the bottom half of the door.

This diagonal application created a unique feeling. Like something was in a ‘special kind of balance'. The resulting sound was also unique! It was actually not well defined.  Both highs and lows were curtailed.

And yet… despite this seemingly poor presentation… I no longer had any interest in analyzing detail . It’s as if there were no detail - just music! Only listening to the music was pleasurable and pleasant. I felt this was definitely due to the diagonal application, and not a coincidence.