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Re: [Amps] Audio-Tomfoolery

To: John Irwin <crazytvjohn@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Audio-Tomfoolery
From: Gary Smith <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:06:02 -0700
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Years ago the catch phrase was "Cocaine is God's was of letting you know 
you are making too much money."

Now it is: "Foolishness such as this... "

73 to all,
Gary...wa6fgi

John Irwin wrote:
> 
> John Irwin <crazytvjohn@yahoo.com> wrote:And I worry about the gas while 
> being "gassed"
> 
>    catalog stuff ------->     probably made by Chinese commies.
> john kb9tc
> 
>  
>  
> "Harold B. Mandel" <ka1xo@juno.com> wrote:
> The other day a poster here said something about a $2K linecord
> and I thought there was a mis-key.
> 
> However, today the hard catalog came from MuusicDirect,
> 
> http://www.musicdirect.com
> 
> and I see he wasn't kidding. For those of us with discerning
> requirements the company offers 120 volt duplex outlets
> to replace those Home Depot $2.00 nightmares with
> $95.00 Shunyata "Venom" outlets. They're "cryogenically
> treated." (Dipped in liquid nitrogen?)
> 
> Please, offer yourselves a good laugh and peruse this
> on-line catalog. See what we've been missing. Myself,
> I'm dreaming about the set of eight (8) ceramic cable
> elevators ($159.99) to get those pesky cables off
> the XYL's carpeting. The ad says that my carpet
> acts like a dielectric, "siphoning off and distorting the
> audio as it travels..." Wow. I never knew.
> 
> Here I am, wondering if 1/2" silver strapping is good for
> the tank circuit in my GU-84b tetrode project, and how to get
> all ferrous metals out of the RF enclosure while I should be
> concerned with my carpet stealing the signals from my
> cables. And I thought the guys wearing the tinfoil helmets
> were out in left field!
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Hal/W4HBM
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