Has anyone successfully recorded EVP using the Borley Rectory method?

I've been studying the original Harry Price investigations into Borley Rectory (1939-1940s) and I'm fascinated by some of the audio documentation he supposedly captured. The methodology he used - basically sitting in silence with a basic recorder and waiting for voices - seems almost absurdly simple compared to the elaborate EVP setups we use now.

Price would record for hours in the rectory with minimal equipment. According to his notes, he got clear, articulate responses to direct questions. Modern EVP sessions use white noise, reverse speech analysis, all sorts of technical gadgetry, and yet we still mostly get ambiguous mumbles.

Question: has anyone tried the old-fashioned Price method and actually gotten results? I'm wondering if we've been overcomplicating EVP to the point where we've lost the actual technique.

Interesting theory, but I'd argue we're not overcomplicating it - Price's recordings were extremely controversial even at the time. Modern analysis suggests a lot of it was pareidolia combined with the limitations of 1940s recording equipment. That said, I have noticed my best EVP sessions are when I'm not trying too hard, just letting the equipment run quietly.

The problem with the Borley Rectory case is that it's become so mythologized that it's hard to separate fact from Price's own interpretations. Some researchers have argued he was cherry-picking his evidence. That doesn't mean EVP isn't real, just that we shouldn't base our methodology on potentially unreliable historical data.

Price would record for hours in the rectory with minimal equipment. According to his notes, he got clear, articulate responses to direct questions.

I actually tried this exact setup last summer in an old pub in Yorkshire. Four-hour session with nothing but a basic digital recorder. Got absolute silence except for ambient noise, which is what you'd expect. The difference might be that Borley had a known history, which creates psychological expectation.

The original Price recordings are extremely difficult to verify now. What survives is mostly his interpretations of what was recorded. But your core question is interesting - modern EVP might benefit from a return to the simple approach. Less noise, less processing, let the phenomenon speak for itself if it's there.

I've done the simple method approach and honestly got more interesting results than with my Spiritbox. Doesn't mean they were paranormal - could be audio pareidolia - but at least with simple recordings you're not dealing with the obvious artefacts that come from white noise and reverse playback processing.