audio snakeoil!

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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

suckers!




martin

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"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.
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I bet their target customer is NASA.

-eric
 
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:12:07 +0100, martin griffith
<martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

suckers!
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But they have "clarity, detail, finesse and the explosive dynamics".
It must be true - it says so in the advert.

I think maybe I will offer them $20,000 for one - it has to be worth
it!

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com
 
martin griffith wrote:
I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

suckers!

martin

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Idiocy!
 
martin griffith wrote:
I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.
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It doesn't say they have sold any of this cable yet and I doubt they will,
unless one of the High-End mags recommends it. Ask John Atkinson of
Stereophile at rec.audio.high-end
He gets a lot of feedback for recommending Shakti-Stones, mains-cables,
vibration control devices and other unscientific overpriced accessories.
Only if you belong to the newly rich category, you can afford this stuff,
and it won't hurt you either financially. If you want to impress the simple
in minds, you have to pay the price.
--
ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy
 
"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.
Click to expand...

Here's another one I found on the same site:

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=170&sku=AAQCHEETAH1.5M

Not so expensive, but the technology is more amusing.

Leon
--
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http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller
http://www.kasamba.com/viewExpert.asp?conMemID=105725&Catid=1111&banID=2100
 
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:01:53 -0600, in sci.electronics.design "eric"
<ecantrel@msn.com> wrote:

"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.


I bet their target customer is NASA.

-eric

BUT
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In space they* can't hear you scream. Hifi in a vacuum, then you wont
hear the doppler distortion from your speakers

* never figured out who "they" are




martin

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"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote

audiophooles
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8
7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.
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Hmph. The 24 volt cable has a much whiter clarity:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/category.cfm?section=equipment&id=76

an absolute steal at $10,400 for 8 feet

Is there anything that can top this for sheer stupidity/dollar?

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
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google sez:

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/audio/gallery/files/opus-mm.asp

$24,000 for 8 feet.

This is worth a look just for the chutzpa of the ad copy.

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
Remove spaces etc. to reply: n o lindan at net com dot com
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Kryten wrote:
"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

suckers!


Absolutely.

People still think that silver is expensive.
It used to be, but has declined slowly over time.

Bullion price is about 5 US dollars an ounce,
so $7600 should buy about 95 pounds of silver.
Click to expand...

It's close to $8 now.

www.kitco.com


--
_______________________________________________________________________
Christopher R. Carlen
Principal Laser/Optical Technologist
Sandia National Laboratories CA USA
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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:07:53 +0100, martin griffith wrote:

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:01:53 -0600, in sci.electronics.design "eric"
ecantrel@msn.com> wrote:


"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.


I bet their target customer is NASA.

-eric

BUT

In space they* can't hear you scream. Hifi in a vacuum, then you wont hear
the doppler distortion from your speakers

* never figured out who "they" are
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The Joneses, of course. Duh!

;-)
Rich
 
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:26:51 +0000, Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:

google sez:

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/audio/gallery/files/opus-mm.asp

$24,000 for 8 feet.

This is worth a look just for the chutzpa of the ad copy.
Click to expand...
And, can you believe it? It comes with a plinth! This is the first time
I've ever seen the word 'plinth' actually used anywhere. :)

Oddly enough, I know what a plinth is. Must be from the crossword puzzles. ;-)

Thanks!
Rich
 
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:14:59 GMT, "Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@sig.com>
wrote:

"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote

[re:] audiophooles
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8
7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

Hmph. The 24 volt cable has a much whiter clarity:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/category.cfm?section=equipment&id=76

an absolute steal at $10,400 for 8 feet
Click to expand...
Cool... cathodic protection in an audio cable! I think I'll get a
bunch of these for speakers on my deck... it gets damp there.

There seems to be a trend for battery-powered cables.

John
 
martin griffith wrote:

In space they* can't hear you scream. Hifi in a vacuum, then you wont
hear the doppler distortion from your speakers

* never figured out who "they" are
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"In space No-one can hear you scream."

Which is absolutely correct.

Steve
 
"Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@sig.com> wrote in message news:<%A%rd.2523$Va5.667@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
google sez:

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/audio/gallery/files/opus-mm.asp

$24,000 for 8 feet.

This is worth a look just for the chutzpa of the ad copy.
Click to expand...
Well if you're going to get a set of those cables you'd do rather well
to get a few sets of these puppies to compliment them.

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=280&sku=AELEV

I found one good thing on their site, on the "about us" page:

"Nobody else in this business offers quite the selection we do!
Nobody!"

....WHEW~ Promise? Sadly I'm sure it's a lie though.
 
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:00:33 +0000, Steve Taylor wrote:

martin griffith wrote:

In space they* can't hear you scream. Hifi in a vacuum, then you wont
hear the doppler distortion from your speakers

* never figured out who "they" are


"In space No-one can hear you scream."

Which is absolutely correct.

They can if you're both in[0] the same ship, or have your suit radios on. ;-)
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Cheers!
Rich

[0]
"Get _on_ the plane? Get _ON_ the plane???? Fuck you, I'm getting _IN_
the plane!"
- George Carlin
 
"Leon Heller" <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"martin griffith" <martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.


Here's another one I found on the same site:

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=170&sku=AAQCHEETAH1.5M

Not so expensive, but the technology is more amusing.

Leon
--
Leon Heller, G1HSM
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

http://www.kasamba.com/viewExpert.asp?conMemID=105725&Catid=1111&banID=2100

"Cheeta." Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!
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It really chaps my ass to see money flowing from the stupid to the
dishonest.

How can stupid people get to be that rich?

I hear about the rich/poor gap widening, but the stupid/clever gap is
enormous.

On the one hand people can be clever enough to explore the boundaries of
science, and make miracles of semiconductor technology.

On the other hand, people are dumb enough to believe quack medicines, new
age mysticism, various religions, creationism, politicians, 'miracle' diets,
and ludicrous audiophile products.


I think less time should be spent advancing the cleverest people and more
time finding out why stupidity seems to be so abundant.


Or should I give up on people and start selling radioactive jock straps?
 
martin griffith to stdout:
I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.
Click to expand...
I am using those cables... they can turn crap music into GOLD!


Once, this audiophile stuff was featured on one of the most
important magazines here from Brazil, on an article about audiophilia
(?... the "disease" of audiophiles), was claimed that those cables really
worked.

[]s
--
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"Sing what you can't say / forget what you can't play
Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes / Walk within my poetry, this dying
music"
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"Chaos Master" <e-mail@is.INVALID> wrote in message
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martin griffith to stdout:
I havent seen any audiophoole sites mentioned here recently
so:
http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?cat=380&sku=AAQEV8

7600$ buys 8 foot of speaker cable.

I am using those cables... they can turn crap music into GOLD!


Once, this audiophile stuff was featured on one of the most
important magazines here from Brazil, on an article about audiophilia
(?... the "disease" of audiophiles), was claimed that those cables really
worked.
Click to expand...
Nobody said they didn't work. If you hook them up between your amplifier
and your speakers, sound comes out.
 
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