In a similar line, you could get this dedicated link cable from Amazon.
Great reviews!
Atif
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Ludicrous concepts
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I'm not convinced this is a true story but either way it certainly qualifies as a "ludicrous concept"…
A network company installed a wired system into an office and told the personnel that every few weeks they must straighten all the cables to keep the network running smoothly.
Upon being asked why, it was explained that data is binary, made up of ones and zeros, the zeros can naturally navigate round bends in the cable but the ones can get stuck!
Location: London
On the topic of cables, anyone remember the $3000 USB cable from Locus? Still being sold.
On the topic of ludicrous click
Location: San Francisco
I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
On the topic of cables, anyone remember the $3000 USB cable from Locus? Still being sold.
On the topic of ludicrous click link.
Great ludicrous link Evan! I need to set up one of those websites to sell pebbles with a mark-up of 10000%
Graham
To get a good ground (earth) connection, just dig your earth connection wire into a middle size flowerpot, no need for outside wires and long cable runs-
Dont forget to water every day.
Location: Mexico city
Retired
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050
I still read Stereophile magazine for the classical music record reviews. Without reviews, I would be clueless as to what current classical to try. But anyway, Stereophile is also good for the COMEDY GOLD of ludicrous ideas and snake oil.
The "best" worst one I ever went for: interconnects with direction.
Current favorite "nobody could possibly think this makes a difference": blocks of wood on amplifiers.
That CD demagnetiser is hilarious. I'm honestly thinking about devising something like this with a silly markup on the basis of if you can't beat'em, join'em. I think that the key to such a business would be that the production cost of the snake oil product must be far less than either the packaging or the cost of the click through web advert.
I'm tempted to make a CD rack that rotates, so that the CDs can't distort over time by being placed in the same direction. Make it out of wood, velvet lined, maybe £20 to manufacture and
I whack a £800 price tag on it? What do you think? I reckon some people would buy it.
Wait a minute, I thought the idea of the directional interconnects was due to the termination of the shield. On some cables, it was terminated at the source component end and left floating at the other end. I thought this was to eliminate ground loops and sink the noise at one location. Not so?
Its well known, that in a audiophile stereo set up, the + wire for the left speaker has to be spun CCW
Location: Mexico city
Retired
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050
But the speaker wires have to be raised from the floor on special wooden blocks to really hear the improvement.
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