audio-talk

Andrew wrote:What ever happened to the expensive knob with the special C37 varnish?

I'm not going to say it -I'll only get into trouble...

Problem is (IMHO) that once you admit to thinking such things are tosh, you get marked down in some places as believing all good amps should sound the same, and the best amp is a high feedback SS one. Its the same as if you express any belief in restricting censorship on the net you are immediatly ...

I wouldn't be too optimistic...

andrew Ivimey wrote:Is this the quickest growing thread on the BB?

Probably. Depressing, isn't it. :^(

I never did to start off with. :roll: Well before things get to the stage of painting the edges of CDs green (or whatever, via whatever method) I find I have better things to do. But now you raise the subject, here's another, in a similar vein. The AudioDesk CD Sound Improver. A lathe upon which one...

And now for something completely different. The Altmann Acoustic Panel. http://www.mother-of-tone.com/acoustic_panel.htm What we have here is a modestly sized panel made of solid spruce, lacquerd with pine resin dissolved in turps / mineral spirits, and with WxH dimensions conforming to golden ratio...

Ah. Here's a favourite. http://www.acoustic-revive.com/english/rd3/rd3_01.html A CD demagnetizer. You see, the miniscule amounts of print on the label side of a CD might (please note the hedging of bets at the very start, with the comment 'it is thought.' Thought by whom? Their bankers?) contain inf...

And while we're on the subject... The Audioharma (an apt name, I fancy) Cable Cooker. http://www.audioexcellenceaz.com/audiodharmacablecooker.htm Not an oven in which to insert your high end wire, or in my case, my head, with the gas on & pilot light out, but a box that sends a signal through th...

Quack. A perfect candidate for the thread.

You really, really would think this is a joke, wouldn't you? Or hope. The Belt style madness is still with us. Yes indeed. You see these small cubes of wood with little holes in? Thread them & have many beads to hang round your neck while listening to the latest albums from Peter Gabriel's Real ...

I present, for your attention, Exibit A. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/crystal5/bridge.html Apologies for a review page, but Crystal Cable's own site has a dearth of information on their own products. Possibly it's somewhere, but I honestly can't be bothered to go searching. Life is too short. ...

I'm afraid I'm in an increasingly foul temper these days. Many reasons. Idiocy of bankers & government. The obsession with political correctness that's not far from Orwell's flaming Thought Police. The fact that I'm broke, my PhD is on the rocks, and most of my favourite TV shows have reached th...

Glad they're working well. :^)

Yes indeed. Glad to hear Greg's OK.

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