(Review) The World's First Digital Drug

The makers of this product make the following claims (claims quoted from the website @ www.binaural-beats.com):

• Boosting your mood, increased happiness
• Alert yet relaxed state of mind
• Inebriated feeling, without the alcohol or headache!
• Rocketing your visualization skills
• Increased confidence, getting rid of inhibitors

Which is caused by:

0.5 - 1.5 Hz - Endorphin release

0.9 Hz - Euphoric feeling

2.5 Hz - Production of endogenous opiates (pain killers, reduce anxiety)

4.0 Hz - Enkephalin release for reduced stress

10 Hz - Enhanced serotonin release. Mood elevation, arousal, stimulant

14 Hz - Awakeness, alert. Concentration on tasks

20.215 Hz - Brings about safe LSD-25 effects

30 Hz - Used for safe marijuana effects

33 Hz - Hypersensitivity, C. consciousness

38 Hz - Endorphin release

46.98 Hz - Visualization effects, when used with 62.64 & 70.47 Hz
 

I will admit, I don't know much about 'binaural beats' (what this product claims to utilize to give the user the effects). I checked Wikipedia to see what it had to say on the subject. According to Wikipedia:

Binaural beats or binaural tones are auditory processing artifacts, or apparent sounds, the perception of which arises in the brain for specific physical stimuli. This effect was discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove.

The brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the loudness and sound localization of a perceived sound when two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately, one to each of a subject's ears, using stereo headphones. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally, out of the brain. The frequency of the tones must be below about 1,000 to 1,500 hertz for the beating to be heard. The difference between the two frequencies must be small (below about 30 Hz) for the effect to occur; otherwise, the two tones will be heard separately and no beat will be perceived.

Binaural beats are of interest to neurophysiologists investigating the sense of hearing. Second, binaural beats reportedly influence the brain in more subtle ways through the entrainment of brainwaves and can be used to reduce anxiety and provide other health benefits such as control over pain.

So there appears to be some science to back up the claim that sound waves played at a slightly different Hz in each ear can affect the brain—in other words, 'binaural beats' are indeed capable doing what the makers of this product claim they can.

I listened to the product for the full hour while laying down in a meditative state (this was done before I did my "research" on binaural beats for this blog post). Before starting I was fairly stressed out, but once I got done the full hour I felt very calm and had great mental clarity, this came along with a feeling of euphoria. Being the skeptical person that I am—I did not expect this thing to work—I thought it was a scam. This is why it's hard for me to believe that this is just a mere placebo effect. I found that it is very effective in doing all that the makers claims it can do. I also found that it retained its benefits while listening to it as a person listens to music or an e-book. I feel very relaxed just chilling at my computer or working-out while listening to it. I recommend everyone try it out—it's definitely worth the money in my opinion.