This is why you should switch off wall sockets if there's nothing plugged in. If all the electricity that comes in through the wall socket, also goes back out through it, what do we pay for?
One of my snake oil theories was that if I poured an entire cup of coffee into my old Ampeg V4 amp head, that I would have the most beautiful amp that ever existed. And I was right. The rainbow spray of flashing sparks was far more enchanting than I even imagined, blues, reds, purples and yellows, all emanating from the front of the amp in a mystical iridescent array. It was dazzling. But, my parents didn't think so when it was their time to cough up the $350.00 for new transformers and caps. I wish they had been there. But, I do allow myself one or two snake oil components when I do a tube amp build. Most of the time it is those 10 dollar 250 and 500pf Sozo 1000 volt film caps as found at Mojotone and AP. I'm certain that they have an even measurable effect on the tone. I'm just waiting with abated breath for my audio perception to catch up to it.
That day will come. Hopefully in this life..
Best,
Phil Donovan
That day will come. Hopefully in this life..
Best,
Phil Donovan
True in so many contexts. If the guitars I'm attempting to sell has "Alvarez" on the headstock, instead of "Univox" or "Epiphone", they'd be sold by now. That brand did turn out some nice guitars, but IMHO they turned out many more mediocre ones riding on their previous reputation. The guitar buying public doesnt care - Alvarez; must be good. Fender; must be good. Marantz; must be good. Bose; must be good.
The stock market is the epitome. Gone are the days when you could look at a company's financials, product roadmaps and invest successfully. It's all what the mass of active traders "think" and that can be anything, change at any time. Logical or not. You're better off attempting to ***** "sentiment" by scraping websites where people talk about what they think about company X's value, than to go on using ordinary indicators - that maybe worked in the 1960's.
"So when did you decide you wanted to be a guitarist?"
"Well, I was in this little music shop, and there was this Les Paul hanging on the wall. It was so beautiful. I decided -I must have it! It shall be mine! I realised what my destiny was. It was like a... a... oh, what's the word?"
"An epiphany?"
"No, it was a real Gibson"
"Well, I was in this little music shop, and there was this Les Paul hanging on the wall. It was so beautiful. I decided -I must have it! It shall be mine! I realised what my destiny was. It was like a... a... oh, what's the word?"
"An epiphany?"
"No, it was a real Gibson"
@cracked case
"If you use directional cables the wrong way around, will this result in the speakers "sucking" sound out of the room?"
Most certainly!
"If you use directional cables the wrong way around, will this result in the speakers "sucking" sound out of the room?"
Most certainly!
Well, modern Wi-Fi is pretty good. That being said, it’s more hifi-ish to use audiophile Ethernet cables and switches, which in reality is 15 year old crap in a fancy wrapping.
This thing here costs 13000$. Seems like a lot for an unmanaged Ethernet switch with eight 100 Mbps ports, but you’ll get an infinite amount of audiophile BS included.
This thing here costs 13000$. Seems like a lot for an unmanaged Ethernet switch with eight 100 Mbps ports, but you’ll get an infinite amount of audiophile BS included.
I had some frozen food section offering yesterday and I'm SURE I've got audiophile air (if you can't measure what happened you're measuring the wrong thing).
What if you had your cables going down hill, wouldn't that help?
It's just working out how you can have both positive and negative going downhill....
From the same ANSUZ crowd...
https://audiogroupdenmark.com/product/ansuz-rezonator-t2-supreme-resonance-control/
and it only costs $5,200 here in Australia... a bargain!
https://www.heynowhifi.com.au/collections/ansuz/products/ansuz-darkz-series-rezonator
Maybe Snake Oil sellers are the modern day version of Robin Hood, taking money from the rich....
https://audiogroupdenmark.com/product/ansuz-rezonator-t2-supreme-resonance-control/
and it only costs $5,200 here in Australia... a bargain!
https://www.heynowhifi.com.au/collections/ansuz/products/ansuz-darkz-series-rezonator
Maybe Snake Oil sellers are the modern day version of Robin Hood, taking money from the rich....
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