Fancy Mains Cables

In article ,
Laurence Payne wrote:
What I do find sad is the assumption in Currys etc. that having bought
a cheap, competent e.g. DVD player you'll spend as much again on
"interconnects".

Is that before or after they've sold you an extended warranty?

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In article , Ian
scribeth thus
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In article , Peter Duncanson
scribeth thus
On Sat, 9 May 2009 16:21:12 +0100, Ian Jackson
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In message , Alan
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In message , R. Mark Clayton
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On three of them you could actually identify the MK plugtop (OK
they cost a
few pence more), but some Hi_fi buffs must be extremely gullible* to fall
for this kind of guff!


It takes some bollox written about power cables to make most people
realise that ALL the reviews in these magazines are of the same
standard. Reviews with the words "Hi-Fi" are based on the snake oil
claims made by manufactures or sellers or are written by journalists
with no technical knowledge and who far from the flush of youth with
impaired hearing of some sort. (compared to the hearing of a teenager).

What I cannot understand is how those who make absolutely outrageous
claims for their products are not done by Trading Standards. And I'm
sure that some action could also be taken against those who give
'glowing' reviews to these devices.

Will Trading Standards act in the absence of complaints from
dissatisfied customers?

Russ Andrews is yer man for this kind of crap, the advertising standards
authority had a go at him somewhile ago..

Ever heard of speaker cable pylons?..

I have a friend who is an "audiophile".

He has high end stuff, and always insists that analogue and vinyl can't
be beaten.


Wouldn't be a bloke called Keith who lives near the A1 in St Neots and
rides old bikes?...

And uses single ended triode amplifiers;?..

No, but I bet they've bought stuff from each other. :¬)
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Ian

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
I have a friend who is an "audiophile".

He has high end stuff, and always insists that analogue and vinyl can't
be beaten.


Wouldn't be a bloke called Keith who lives near the A1 in St Neots and
rides old bikes?...

And uses single ended triode amplifiers;?..

And listens to everything in a different room? ;-)

I must admit that I am a bit fussy about audio, and a few years ago, I
put some music on in the sitting room, and went to bed.

I said to my girlfriend, oh, it's mono.

She insisted that no way could I distinguish mono from stereo from
another room, and she got up to go and check.

Guess who was right.
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Ian

On Sun, 10 May 2009 15:50:32 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Laurence Payne wrote:
What I do find sad is the assumption in Currys etc. that having bought
a cheap, competent e.g. DVD player you'll spend as much again on
"interconnects".

Is that before or after they've sold you an extended warranty?

I think Russ Andrews is being employed as a consultant at Currys

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...ategory _oid=

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Peter

In message , Laurence Payne
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On 10 May 2009 10:13:27 GMT, (Richard Tobin)
wrote:

I still find it incredible that these people stand for mains power at
all. All that 50Hz that has to be filtered out... Surely everything
should be powered by (enormous) batteries - separate ones for each
channel and amplification stage of course - and the ideal turntable
would be a flywheel that was disconnected from the power before use.

They've only just discovered balanced signal connections. And their
preoccupation with gold-plated plugs and sockets, no-one suggests
directly soldering the cables to the amp. etc. I'm sure a suitably
expensive super-solder could be developed and marketed.

From Russ Andrews web pages....

"Wonder Solder creates a solder joint with fewer impurities, such as
oxides which distort and degrade the music signal."

£8 for 3 metres

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Alan
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In message , Alan
wrote
In message , Laurence Payne
wrote
On 10 May 2009 10:13:27 GMT, (Richard Tobin)
wrote:

I still find it incredible that these people stand for mains power at
all. All that 50Hz that has to be filtered out... Surely everything
should be powered by (enormous) batteries - separate ones for each
channel and amplification stage of course - and the ideal turntable
would be a flywheel that was disconnected from the power before use.

They've only just discovered balanced signal connections. And their
preoccupation with gold-plated plugs and sockets, no-one suggests
directly soldering the cables to the amp. etc. I'm sure a suitably
expensive super-solder could be developed and marketed.

From Russ Andrews web pages....

"Wonder Solder creates a solder joint with fewer impurities, such as
oxides which distort and degrade the music signal."

£8 for 3 metres


Other wondrous products
http://www.ilikejam.org/blog/audio/audiophile.html


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Alan
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http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...RQHXUMQWHKD Q

* Product Details

Your cables won't perform at their best until they are 'burnt-in'. We
are happy to do this for you at a cost of £15 per item if you purchase
this option when ordering the cables.


mind boggling

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..com, Guy Fawkes scribeth thus
http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...BP&pf_id= BUR
NIN&customer_id=PAA1090050409233YGBYRQHXUMQWHKD Q

* Product Details

Your cables won't perform at their best until they are 'burnt-in'. We
are happy to do this for you at a cost of £15 per item if you purchase
this option when ordering the cables.


mind boggling


Nah!, gotta be the earplugs to preserve your hearing at concerts;!..


http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...currency=GBP&p
f_id=5717&customer_id=PAA1090050409233YGBYRQHXUMQW HKDQ
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Tony Sayer

On 10 May, 17:55, Alan wrote:
In message , Alan
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In message , Laurence Payne
wrote
On 10 May 2009 10:13:27 GMT, (Richard Tobin)
wrote:

I still find it incredible that these people stand for mains power at
all. *All that 50Hz that has to be filtered out... Surely everything
should be powered by (enormous) batteries - separate ones for each
channel and amplification stage of course - and the ideal turntable
would be a flywheel that was disconnected from the power before use.

They've only just discovered balanced signal connections. *And their
preoccupation with gold-plated plugs and sockets, no-one suggests
directly soldering the cables to the amp. etc. *I'm sure a suitably
expensive super-solder could be developed and marketed.

From Russ Andrews web pages....

"Wonder Solder creates a solder joint with fewer impurities, such as
oxides which distort and degrade the music signal."

£8 for 3 metres

Other wondrous productshttp://www.ilikejam.org/blog/audio/audiophile.html

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Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

How about some Shakti stones?

http://www.shakti-innovations.com/audiovideo.htm

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, JPG
writes
How about some Shakti stones?

http://www.shakti-innovations.com/audiovideo.htm

Bloody hell, I'm having some of them for my car, they claim fitting them
knocked 33 tenths of a second off the 0-60 time!!!

Wonder if I fit two sets if it'd knock an extra 3.3 seconds off? I
could race against Bugatti Veyrons in my diesel Focus if they do...



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Clint Sharp