Knobs for Audiophiles!

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SportSC4

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you would be surprised... people with addictions will believe almost anything. and yes, there are audiophiles who are addicted to getting the most sound out of their systems. think anorexia nervosa but with audio equipment.
 
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mchammer187

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i can see the parody thread now

i paid $485 for wood

paid someone $100 to buff/wax/polish my knob
 
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spidey07

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Originally posted by: KoolAidKid
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As the saying goes, a fool and his money are soon parted.
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And what kind of stuff do you have on your PC?

Yep, fool and his money are soon departed.
 
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thomsbrain

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what's great is not that they say a wood knob will improve sound, but that they charge nearly $500 for 2 ounces of wood.
 
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blahblah99

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Yes, high end audio is a joke. I was at CES this year visiting some of the booths...

amongst the ridiculous items are a CD demagnetizer, room tuning dots, vibration absorbing platform, triple twisted RCA wires, speaker wire STAND to lift the wires off the ground.
 
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ProviaFan

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Originally posted by: blahblah99
Yes, high end audio is a joke. I was at CES this year visiting some of the booths...

amongst the ridiculous items are a CD demagnetizer, room tuning dots, vibration absorbing platform, triple twisted RCA wires, speaker wire STAND to lift the wires off the ground.
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Holy friggin crap, I didn't know it was that bad! And I thought Monster cables (monster marketing, at least) were bad enough. :Q
 
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ribbon13

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Originally posted by: blahblah99
Yes, high end audio is a joke. I was at CES this year visiting some of the booths...

amongst the ridiculous items are a CD demagnetizer, room tuning dots, vibration absorbing platform, triple twisted RCA wires, speaker wire STAND to lift the wires off the ground.
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Both those are cheap and effective. Cat5 makes great audio cables. And any decent recording engineer can tell you the vibration absorbtion is essential. And as an audiophile, I have to point out the most people think compuphile type gamers who spend $600 a year on video cards are knobs. :p
 
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lancestorm

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Anyone interested in giving them the ATOT effect?
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Uh, I thought we were waiting to see what they responded to your email with.
 
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DurocShark

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Originally posted by: Jzero
$100 for a ferrite ring!
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Magic Ring

Description/Theory: The Magic Ring (Standard size) is a 1 3/4-lb, dark metallic-gray, thick-walled cylinder with OD = 2 7/16 inch, L = 2 1/2 inches and H = 2 13/16 inches (including flat base). The Large Magic Ring weighs 2 1/4 lb, with OD = 2 5/8 inch, L = 2 11/16 inches and H = 2 15/16 inches (including base). The Magic Ring and Large Magic Ring can used with speaker cables, power cords and interconnects, as well as with the system components. The Magic Ring operates on the principle of "energy organization" in materials that conduct "signal" or electricity, as opposed to "conventional" principles such as magnetism or vibration control. The Magic Ring illuminates and expands the soundstage, lowers distortion and improves dynamics, especially micro dynamics.


Retail Prices: Standard size Ring $100; Large size Ring $300
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Ummm... WTF?
 
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ProviaFan

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Originally posted by: ribbon13
Both those are cheap and effective. Cat5 makes great audio cables. And any decent recording engineer can tell you the vibration absorbtion is essential. And as an audiophile, I have to point out the most people think compuphile type gamers who spend $600 a year on video cards are knobs. :p
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There's one thing to use high-quality cable (the sound guys that I know - not audiophiles, but people that do this for a business - seem to like certain Belden cables), and there's another thing to pay insane amounts of money for serpent petrolium like this. Vibration reduction on a CD player? Perhaps. Vibration reduction on anything else (including speaker cables)? Meh. :roll: ;)
 
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I have always been impressed with the gullibility of some audiophiles. At least with computer hardware you can benchmark it to justify your purchase, but when you need to play mind games with yourself to justify spending $7k on a volume control, you have problems. It really makes me think that I'm in the wrong business.
 
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Thegonagle

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Originally posted by: Jzero
One of these days I'm going to start selling that "Silence Emitter" that I've been working on for so long.

Most audiophiles believe that they can still perceive some sort of imperfections in their million dollar systems, and they can never pinpoint what it is. The truth is, they are nuts.

But I am going to tell them that it's because the silence in their room is not silent enough, and this is akin to painting on canvas that is not perfectly white. The dirty canvas will taint the entire painting, and in the same way, the dirty silence in the room will taint all of what one hears.

The JzeroCo silence emitter, priced to move at a BARGAIN $2999 for the deluxe model, will be a metal or wooden box with a power switch and a light. The light lets you know it's working. Since it's a SILENCE EMITTER, it doesn't make any noise, it just emits perfect and complete silence, so you would otherwise never know if it's on or not.

Reserve yours today!
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Don't forget to sell them the optional power cord.
 
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