Re: Hardware to room play the collection

On 27 May 2016 at 01:35, Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC] <
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> On May 26, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Richard Dell [email protected] [EAC] <
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> On 5/26/2016 11:07 AM, [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
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> Like any "audiophile" forum you have to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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> > Sorry for the rant, but I’ve been into high-end audio since the 1980s
> and it’s disgusting how it has devolved into something akin to “The
> Emperor’s New Clothes.”
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> I don't get that "devolved" feeling at all - corksniffers with too
> much disposable income have always been around.
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> Yes, but they waste so many audio industry resources on expensive cable
> and such.
> I always wonder what the industry could better (more usefully) spend that
> development money on.
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> There are no engineering resources in the audiophool cable market — those
> “designs” come from unethical people in marketing.  No engineer with even
> an hint of skill would spend his time creating 1” diameter AC line cords
> for people to use on turntables.
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> The real problem is the many companies making truly superior audio
> products going bankrupt while immoral firms like Audioquest con gullible
> (and stupid) consumers into paying $6,900 for AC line cords (
> http://www.amazon.com/Audioquest/b/ref=bl_dp_s_web_13979917011 ) and
> $1,500 for USB cables (
> http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-15-5-ft-Cable/dp/B004LR4JJG ).
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> We need some “big government” funding of the Federal Trade Commission to
> start shutting down companies and jailing people for making claims like
> this one for USB cables:
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> All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When
> insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a
> big problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest’s DBS
> creates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes
> (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy
> storage in the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that
> occur. Sound appears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected
> detail and dynamic contrast.
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> The people responsible for that ad copy should be in “federal pound me in
> the a** prison” (as they say in the movie Office Space).
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> Regards,
>   Fred Maxwell
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​​Much agreed - when I wanted to purchase a DAC, I specifically skipped the
AudioQuest DragonFly (despite good reviews all over the place) because I do
NOT want to sponsor a "snake oil" company.

But hey, at least the Amazon reviews on audiophool equipment make for
entertaining reading. To wit:
http://amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B000I1X6PM

But the pinnacle is the LessLoss Blackbody, an "[a]mbient field
conditioner" by a company that (in their own words) "sells affordable high
end audio cables". If you think $5000 power cables are affordable, I am
your new best friend.
http://gizmodo.com/5412997/lessloss-blackbody-improves-stereo-sound-with-slippery-snake-oil-science

--Martin​



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