"Of course at LessLoss we are lucky to be able to tinker with multiple such units. Whenever we have larger stock on hand, we can do interesting experiments which emphasize what kind of an effect this tech has on perception and personal well-being. "It shouldn't be this good, but it is" always comes to mind. A few select friends and family around the world have these cylinders and report all manner of interesting things. For instance, my nephew in New York is a graphics artist and has a few. He is particularly receptive to this tech and reports that, for whatever reason, it is much easier for him to choose colours with the cylinder around. He plans to take a few of them and walk around Times Square at night. Interesting days!

When we make these Giant Steps feet, our production reaches 300 units. This enables really interesting experiments such as driving around town with them listening to music. I'd like to share some short episodes. These are just snippets of different music styles taken at different times of day, in different weather, road and traffic conditions. None of this is supposed to impress in terms of ultimate sonic quality. It is after all just a modern car stereo system (D-class amps and cheap wiring all put in by the factory and integrated with navigation). But it is the clarity and believability of the sound which is really striking.

All these vids were taken with a simple iPhone in hand and plenty of Giant Steps in the car. What's more, everything is coming off simple FM radio from our local station. This is not digital or satellite radio. But when driving around like this it is just unbelievable how perception changes to really allow you to 'tune in' heart, mind and soul even with background noises. A friend of mine tried it in his car and wrote back saying "how is it I am hearing what reminds me far more of a home stereo system than my cheap car system sound?" Anyway, enjoy the video snippets as I take you for a little private spin. Hopefully some day we can put all this into a more advanced and monetarily accessible solution. It would be really cool. Rest assured, we continue to work in this direction!

Here's some classical guitar in daytime traffic:

Here's a wind ensemble in moving traffic as I pan over to the seat beside me with several cylinders. You can really hear the pronounced flanger effect as I move the phone's microphone over and back.

Here's some wild timpani and brass on a bumpy dirt road at night. It's kind of like being in a concert hall instead of on the road.

Here's some improvised piano and soprano sax at 80 km/h. It's weird how you can track the give and take of the improvising duo like sitting in the front row of a small club. It's uncanny and yet I can only keep thinking, this is the way it should be!

A nice piano sostenuto full of rich harmonic texture. Of course the FM radio transmission's compression is at full play but still, those harmonics are nice!

Some more classical guitar.

And a nice clarinet and wind ensemble.

Regards, Louis Motek