LOL here's more audiophile craziness:
http://www.adventuresinhifiaudio.com/26/01/2018/audiophile-rocks-down-the-rabbit-hole-once-again/
A local high-end stereo shop, the kind with no prices visible on anything, has
these little wooden blocks under the speaker wires of their main demo system.
Why? I'm not sure. "to keep them off the ground" said the proprietor, when I
asked. And, these speaker wires are big manly things, about half an inch
around. I didn't check to see if the four feet of cord from the amp to the wall
outlet was also ridiculous, but I'm guessing it was as stout as my forearm.
I almost fell for some of this stuff, until I took some actual mixing and
mastering courses, learned some fundamentals, trained my ears etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amps <amps-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Benjamin Deovlet via Amps
Sent: March 23, 2022 12:23 AM
To: k9gs@gjschwartz.com; amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Western Electric
Would it reduce sideband splatter?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary K9GS <k9gs@gjschwartz.com>
To: amps@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2022 8:55 pm
Subject: Re: [Amps] Western Electric
One of my favorites. Pangea Audio Premier SE AC NEMA 5-20P Power Receptacle
Wall
Outlethttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DTHF1LS/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_45N2GR4MEY9VKZ5EMNYF?_encoding=UTF8&psc=173,Gary
K9GS
-------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: 3/22/22 10:57 PM (GMT-05:00) To: amps@contesting.com Subject: Re:
[Amps] Western Electric On 3/22/2022 7:44 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:> I once heard
them derisively described as “audiophools.” I’ve seen some horrifically
expensive audio gear whose specifications are rather mediocre compared to
modern solid state gear. I've used that word myself! Almost 20 years ago, I was
walking down the street in Zurich on my way to speak to an AES Chapter meeting
(a stopover returning from the convention which had been held in Vienna), and
we passed a shop catering to these folks with a monstrous speaker cable with a
price tag of more than $1,000 (in Swiss Francs). The cable couldn't have been
20 ft long. I took a photo of it, but managed to lose the camera on the flight
back to Chicago.When people ask me about stereo gear, I direct them to
mainstream stuff of moderate cost, and tell them to use the money they've saved
to buy records by Billie Holiday and Lester Young.73, Jim
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