PT Barnum is spinning in his grave

[Louis Mamakos]

A few years back, the house I was living in was large enough for a "home
theater" setup.  I had a 5.1 channel audio system I installed, with two
large Definitive Technology BP 2000 speakers (with amplified subwoofers)
and the matching center channel and rear speakers.  I wired up all the
front channel speakers with #12 ROMEX cable.   I figured this was a much
better solution, since my speaker wire was going to be "acoustically stable"
with no individual strands rubbing against each other, introducing noise
into the precious audio signal.  I thought that my BS was every bit as
good as the Monster Cable people's.

I've found that this lunatic-fringe audiophile product space has spawned
a whole new genre of written humor that only the Internet can bring.
(You're welcome!)  Please read the reviews for this product and enjoy:
http://amzn.to/YdHP5a   There are many other products with inspired
reviews, too.

louie
wa3ymh

On Feb 15, 2013, at 6:50 PM, "James Wolf" <jbwolf at comcast.net> wrote:

> These kinds of things were around decades ago too.  As a recovering
> audiophile, I've seen it all.  The most fun though, was taking home two or
> three pieces of equipment from a dealer and having a get-together to listen
> to them.  
> I had a co-worker ( a very good RF engineer) who was always kidding me and
> claiming that you can't hear the difference between cables and in this case,
> CD players because they were digital.  He was in the market for an audio CD
> player, so he invited me to go along to one of the local audio stores.  I
> talked him into bringing three units to my house and spend some time
> listening to them.  Right off the bat we dismissed one of the units, and the
> choice was more difficult for the best pick, but the "glass ceiling" and
> lack of low bass was finally heard by him.  Next we took out the
> interconnect cables that came with the unit and replaced them with those I
> was using.   He said it opened up the room.  I wouldn't go that far, but
> there was a clear difference. 
> 
> So, somewhere in the middle of the outlandish AC line cords and an ACME
> stereo lies the place where the sweet spot is depending on how much you want
> to spend.  It's the same as the old saying; "How fast you want to go depends
> on how much money you want to spend".
> 
> This hobby no different than others where manufacturers make outlandish
> claims for a physically well-made piece of equipment when a little homework
> is all you need.  Of course there is always the guy who just needs to spend
> money.
> 
> Jim, KR9U
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tacos-bounces+jbwolf=comcast.net at amrad.org
> [mailto:tacos-bounces+jbwolf=comcast.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Mike O'Dell
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:31 PM
> To: wb4jfi at knology.net
> Cc: Tacos
> Subject: Re: PT Barnum is spinning in his grave
> 
> No, it ain't April 1st. I'm completely certain that "people"
> have bought those things and then waxed orgasmic about how it improved the
> sound of their nose-bleed audio kit.
> 
>     -mo
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/14/13 8:13 AM, wb4jfi at knology.net wrote:
>> I didn't realize that it was April 1st already.
>> Terry
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Mike O'Dell Sent: Wednesday, February 
>> 13, 2013 10:54 PM To: Tacos Subject: PT Barnum is spinning in his 
>> grave 
>> http://cybwiz.blogspot.ca/2012/07/hb-cable-design-powerslave-marble.ht
>> ml
>> 
>> You can get better, but you can't pay more!
>> 
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