OT: Audiophoolery
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:21:28 -0700, "Bruce Lane"
kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com wrote:
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
That's absurd but if you want to delve into the tin-foil hat areas,
google for "speaker cable ager." I just can't bring myself to do so.
In short, some of the tin-foil hat types claim that a speaker cable
has to be aged with pink noise (the spectrum of which is vigorously
debated) before connecting to the system. A few companies sell aging
boxes and several others offer the 'service'. There also seems to be
some debate on whether the pink noise has to actually pass a current
through the cable or if its just being there is enough to do the
aging.
At that same altitude of looniness - waaaaaay out there - is the $50K
turntable where the works float on a pool of mercury contained in a
hollowed out lake on the top of about 2 tons of solid marble block. I
used to have the URL to this thing but I can't seem to find it.
Oh, and while we're at it, there's a company manufacturing (for about
$80 each) beeswax paper capacitors like we grew to know and hate in
old tube-type stuff. When I do a period-correct restoration of an old
radio I hollow out these damnable caps and put something modern
inside. The loonies claim these old paper caps are more "colorful"
even if it's only used as a screen bypass cap.
John
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Neon John wrote:
At that same altitude of looniness - waaaaaay out there - is the $50K
turntable where the works float on a pool of mercury contained in a
hollowed out lake on the top of about 2 tons of solid marble block. I
used to have the URL to this thing but I can't seem to find it.
John
Whoever devised that had probably breathed too much mercury vapour.
Mercury pools are exquisitely sensitive to seismic and traffic vibrations.
The usual way around this is to use a thin layer of mercury possibly with an oil film on top.
When used in a parabolic dish and spun up using airbearing drive a thin mercury film makes a high quality transit telescope.
Bruce
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
Thanks, Dave. Archived and stored. ;-)
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On 20-Apr-07 at 03:32 Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things
like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never
fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I
feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the
peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/audiophools.pdf
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Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
I still remember the mercury filled speaker wires post - see also
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
and in case anybody still needs convincing
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/UAN/632/v/3/sp/332683698431330268420
"*Harmonic Technology Fantasy
*In our test system Fantasy proved to be an extremely charming cable, it
is extremely fine and smooth while being able to resolve detail with
ease. Acoustic space is well defined and instrument tone is pretty good
too."
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
John
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
Wonderful! Many thanks for that.
My favorite story in this department involved a visit to a friend who
was one of 'those people'.
So, to test his critical listening skills vis-a-vis the quality of his
multi-thousands of dollars in equipment,
we had him put on his favorite, best source, sit and listen while we
adjusted the controls on the set until he
said we had gotten the sound just perfect.
We switched back and forth, once we had the setting he thought sounded
best, to what he had argued was best.
The debate had been between whether the tone settings should be flat or
not. Didn't matter.
The setting he thought sounded far and away the best? Mono
We were never regaled with stories of his superb equipment or critical
listening again.
Tom Frank
At 10:03 PM -0700 4/19/07, John Pettitt wrote:
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
John
I actually have heard a difference in speaker cables once - albeit in
a system with six woofers wired in parallel. The resulting 2 ohm
impedance required a serious Phase Linear 800 watt amplifier and some
really big speaker cables to sound half-decent. These speakers,
driven by a 100W consumer Kenwood amp and/or 16 gauge zip cord,
sounded rather thin.
Of course, the solution was 12 gauge zip cord that cost 15 cents per foot.
--
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http://www.cathodecorner.com/
Wow, got to get one!!!!
:-)
Rob K
PS just goes to show how stupid a lot of people are out there in ga ga land.
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Bruce Lane
Sent: 20 April 2007 02:21
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things
like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never
fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope
Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one
of the peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies --
http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If
Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
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From: John Pettitt jpp@cloudview.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:03:22 -0700
Message-ID: 4628499A.7070206@cloudview.com
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
I still remember the mercury filled speaker wires post - see also
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
and in case anybody still needs convincing
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/UAN/632/v/3/sp/332683698431330268420
"*Harmonic Technology Fantasy
*In our test system Fantasy proved to be an extremely charming cable, it
is extremely fine and smooth while being able to resolve detail with
ease. Acoustic space is well defined and instrument tone is pretty good
too."
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
I'm just awaiting that the heavy water cables is showing up. $900 for a pair of
3m wires is a bargain! :P
Dead-sea saltwater would probably make better conductors thought.
Cheers,
Magnus
Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature
to want to be part of a group that is somehow better than other groups.
That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time.
Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even
time-nuts. Some of the things they believe do not seem rational.
Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are
kind of high.
You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to
increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in
religion and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no
one in this group that has bought an expensive instrument just to
keep up with the group.
I am not now and never have been an audiophile. It just bothers me
when someone writes off complex human behavior with a single epithet.
Bill Hawkins
... who can't sleep and probably shouldn't have written this. It is
not an attack on Mr. Kimberly, whose posts have been a fount of
information.
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Rob Kimberley
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:15 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Wow, got to get one!!!!
:-)
Rob K
PS just goes to show how stupid a lot of people are out there in ga ga
land.
.... I can't sleep either. I'm not allowed to, because I'm at work ;-)
Funny thing those time-zones. Certainly in combination with groups (in
this case the time-nuts) which gather worldwide through the internet!
Regards, Jeroen
Bill Hawkins wrote:
Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature
to want to be part of a group that is somehow better than other groups.
That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time.
Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even
time-nuts. Some of the things they believe do not seem rational.
Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are
kind of high.
You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to
increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in
religion and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no
one in this group that has bought an expensive instrument just to
keep up with the group.
I am not now and never have been an audiophile. It just bothers me
when someone writes off complex human behavior with a single epithet.
Bill Hawkins
... who can't sleep and probably shouldn't have written this. It is
not an attack on Mr. Kimberly, whose posts have been a fount of
information.
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Behalf Of Rob Kimberley
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:15 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Wow, got to get one!!!!
:-)
Rob K
PS just goes to show how stupid a lot of people are out there in ga ga
land.
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Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature
to want to be part of a group that is somehow better than other
groups.
That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time.
Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even
time-nuts. Some of the things they believe do not seem rational.
Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are
kind of high.
You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to
increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in
religion and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no
one in this group that has bought an expensive instrument just to
keep up with the group.
Hmm. ...and I just bought a set of three Chef's knives for my
kitchen for $500.
/b
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Bill,
Sorry if my sense of humour went astray.
Cheers
Rob Kimberley
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Hawkins
Sent: 20 April 2007 09:31
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature to want
to be part of a group that is somehow better than other groups.
That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time.
Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even time-nuts.
Some of the things they believe do not seem rational.
Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are kind of
high.
You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to
increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in religion
and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no one in this group
that has bought an expensive instrument just to keep up with the group.
I am not now and never have been an audiophile. It just bothers me when
someone writes off complex human behavior with a single epithet.
Bill Hawkins
... who can't sleep and probably shouldn't have written this. It is not an
attack on Mr. Kimberly, whose posts have been a fount of information.
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Rob Kimberley
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:15 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Wow, got to get one!!!!
:-)
Rob K
PS just goes to show how stupid a lot of people are out there in ga ga land.
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I had passed a couple of these posts on to one of my buddies at Motorola, since
we and a few others have by chance been having a parallel discussion of such
topics. Check out his message.
OK,
This is as crazy as it gets. I have seen the high end power cables
before and consider this the ultimate in audiophoolishness ... I'm not
sure this is the most expensive example, but it surely establishes that
there is no connection between reality and audiophoolery.
Check it out: http://www.audioconnect.com/html/pk10_palladian.html
SWR enhanced!!!! God, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?
Jim
This one just fit so nicely into our discussions!
Daun
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf
Of John Pettitt
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:03 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like
$500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to
amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I
feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks
to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
I still remember the mercury filled speaker wires post - see also
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
and in case anybody still needs convincing
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/UAN/632/v/3/sp/332683698431330268420
"*Harmonic Technology Fantasy
*In our test system Fantasy proved to be an extremely charming cable, it
is extremely fine and smooth while being able to resolve detail with
ease. Acoustic space is well defined and instrument tone is pretty good
too."
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
John
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Rasputin:
As a lover of fine kitchen knives, I can appreciate your decision.
And of course there is the 'time nut' measurable advantage of time per
slice, for a ripe cucumber, being only 42.467 mS instead of the typical
43.125 mS.
Tom
At 08:18 AM 4/20/2007, you wrote:
Well, stupid may not be the right word. It seems to be human nature
to want to be part of a group that is somehow better than other
groups.
That actually had some evolutionary survival value at one time.
Groups form all the time - religious, political, technical, even
time-nuts. Some of the things they believe do not seem rational.
Audiophiles are just another group, but the membership dues are
kind of high.
You can also see how the group has been manipulated by predators to
increasing heights of expensive fantasies. There are parallels in
religion and politics. Again, it's human nature. Surely, there's no
one in this group that has bought an expensive instrument just to
keep up with the group.
Hmm. ...and I just bought a set of three Chef's knives for my
kitchen for $500.
/b
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It's the $250 HDMI cable
(http://www.audioconnect.com/html/hdmi-3_hdmi_cable.html) that takes the
prize IMHO - analog is voodoo to most people and they can be bamboozled
by talk of SWR's etc- but digital is just digital - it works or it
doesn't. I'd be willing to bet that this $250 cable is no better
than the $19.95 one hooked to my Apple TV (neat toy BTW).
Then again most people are happy with a cheap timex and a clock radio -
I have three independent GPS clocks and two WWV clocks so maybe I
shouldn't be too quick to comment.
John (who still wears a mechanical watch)
Daun Yeagley wrote:
I had passed a couple of these posts on to one of my buddies at Motorola, since
we and a few others have by chance been having a parallel discussion of such
topics. Check out his message.
OK,
This is as crazy as it gets. I have seen the high end power cables
before and consider this the ultimate in audiophoolishness ... I'm not
sure this is the most expensive example, but it surely establishes that
there is no connection between reality and audiophoolery.
Check it out: http://www.audioconnect.com/html/pk10_palladian.html
SWR enhanced!!!! God, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?
Jim
This one just fit so nicely into our discussions!
Daun
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf
Of John Pettitt
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:03 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like
$500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved, never fail to
amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I
feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates one of the peaks
to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
I still remember the mercury filled speaker wires post - see also
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
and in case anybody still needs convincing
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/UAN/632/v/3/sp/332683698431330268420
"*Harmonic Technology Fantasy
*In our test system Fantasy proved to be an extremely charming cable, it
is extremely fine and smooth while being able to resolve detail with
ease. Acoustic space is well defined and instrument tone is pretty good
too."
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
John
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At 04:14 PM 4/20/2007, you wrote:
It's the $250 HDMI cable
(http://www.audioconnect.com/html/hdmi-3_hdmi_cable.html) that takes the
prize IMHO - analog is voodoo to most people and they can be bamboozled
by talk of SWR's etc- but digital is just digital - it works or it
doesn't. I'd be willing to bet that this $250 cable is no better
than the $19.95 one hooked to my Apple TV (neat toy BTW).
Or $225 for a metre long coax cable with RCA plugs on it for your digital data?
Some years ago in Australia a friend who had 'golden ears' had
purchased some insanely expensive speaker cable. But still wasn't
happy. He had some custom built cabinets and who knows how much power
driving the thing (it was a home brewed thing using KT-88's in
ultralinear class-AB1 if I recall).
But whoever assembled the speakers had used some really lightweight
telephone style wire in the cabinet. The wire had gotten so hot the
insulation was 'dripping' off! All I did was replace it with standard
4 (square mm) auto cable, and he was happier than a pig in a pile of
excrement. I put up with 10 years of his boasting before I told him
what I had used.
The day I told him I played a trick on him. I invited him around to
hear my system. In those days a pair of home-brewed Klipsch
look-alikes. He raved, until he saw that the amp wasn't the big
glowing thing on the bench, I was using a simple National
Semiconductor LM2875 amp and some standard 3 core mains cable top
connect it to the speakers. We still talk, but he is a little less
boastful now. Sadly the Corner horns didn't survive a divorce and a
move to smaller digs.
John
Then again most people are happy with a cheap timex and a clock radio -
I have three independent GPS clocks and two WWV clocks so maybe I
shouldn't be too quick to comment.
John (who still wears a mechanical watch)
Daun Yeagley wrote:
I had passed a couple of these posts on to one of my buddies at
Motorola, since
we and a few others have by chance been having a parallel
discussion of such
topics. Check out his message.
OK,
This is as crazy as it gets. I have seen the high end power cables
before and consider this the ultimate in audiophoolishness ... I'm not
sure this is the most expensive example, but it surely establishes that
there is no connection between reality and audiophoolery.
Check it out: http://www.audioconnect.com/html/pk10_palladian.html
SWR enhanced!!!! God, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?
Jim
This one just fit so nicely into our discussions!
Daun
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From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com
[mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf
Of John Pettitt
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:03 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote:
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where
silly things like
$500 knobs and "atomic" references for CD writing are involved,
never fail to
amuse me.
With that in mind, and given the current thread about
Antelope Audio, I
feel compelled to point out a link which, I think, illustrates
one of the peaks
to which "audiophools" will go to satisfy their obsessions.
http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195
I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
Take a look at this "Aromatherapy and Audiophools" which appeared in
Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so
funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site.
I still remember the mercury filled speaker wires post - see also
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
and in case anybody still needs convincing
"*Harmonic Technology Fantasy
*In our test system Fantasy proved to be an extremely charming cable, it
is extremely fine and smooth while being able to resolve detail with
ease. Acoustic space is well defined and instrument tone is pretty good
too."
Excuse me while I gag. $900 for a par of 3m wires!
John
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Neon John wrote:
At that same altitude of looniness - waaaaaay out there - is the $50K
turntable where the works float on a pool of mercury contained in a
hollowed out lake on the top of about 2 tons of solid marble block. I
used to have the URL to this thing but I can't seem to find it.
Make sure you demagnetize the ink on the record before you play it ...
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech5/demag.html
-Joe
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:48:54 -0400, "Daun Yeagley" daun@yeagley.net
wrote:
This is as crazy as it gets. I have seen the high end power cables
before and consider this the ultimate in audiophoolishness ... I'm not
sure this is the most expensive example, but it surely establishes that
there is no connection between reality and audiophoolery.
Check it out: http://www.audioconnect.com/html/pk10_palladian.html
SWR enhanced!!!! God, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?
Check out the banner ad at the top
http://www.audioconnect.com/html/cable_tower.html
To elevate your speaker cables and protect them from the harmful
effects of carpeting and hardwood. $100 each.
And another:
http://www.audioconnect.com/html/tube_dampers.html
Teflon vacuum tube dampers to make the music more clear and precise,
less fuzzy. Tonal qualities are rendered more true and natural, subtle
passages more distinguishable. Three-dimensional qualities are better
focused. Improvements occur evenly throughout the entire audio
spectrum, from the deepest bass through the highest frequencies .
These damping instruments outperform ordinary tube dampers by leaps
and bounds. Recommended by Audio Research for use on world-class Audio
Research amps.
This whole site reads like The Onion. If it weren't audio I'd bet
money it is a spoof site. Given that it IS audio, it's as serious as
a heart attack....
John
John De Armond
See my website for my current email address
http://www.neon-john.com
Cleveland, Occupied TN
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