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icehockeyboy
30-06-2016, 07:53
Anyone going for 'Super Burn In' when they buy a PowerKord?
It'll only cost you an extra £150.
Ha! The clue's in the name.
'I've just paid £150 for someone to use a cable I'm buying from them'.
'You've been super-burned, man!'
Sure you could make a burn in unit for a lot less than that, assuming you believe in such things of course.
walpurgis
30-06-2016, 09:36
Anyone going for 'Super Burn In' when they buy a PowerKord?
It'll only cost you an extra £150.
I doubt most people would pay that much for a cable, let alone some dubious 'hokus pokus' on top.
"This is not any old 'burn in', this is a Russ Andrews 'burn in'". (With apologies to M&S)
RobbieGong
30-06-2016, 11:35
Burn-in @ £150 ?? :scratch: More like Taken-in ! :rolleyes:
Is that good or bad?
Suppose its a service
regards Grant 😃
RobbieGong
30-06-2016, 11:47
Is that good or bad?
Suppose its a service
regards Grant ��
Good or bad ??
Just seems a heck of a lot of money to 'burn in' a cable in simple terms.
If someone has that sort of money for something like this and feels that the service being provided is going to be beneficial / worth the outlay then fine. It's not my £150 but I certainly wouldn't even if i had £150 to dispose of in such a way.
The Black Adder
30-06-2016, 17:55
A cable burn-in session 'simply cannot' cost that much money in ANY respect and IMO.
It's simply wrong.
Is that good or bad?
Suppose its a service
Aye, just like the one that old gran across the road from you offers, for a fiver, with a bar of carbolic soap and a pair of tweezers! :eyebrows:
Marco.
hard1175
01-07-2016, 04:36
Here's a super burn in idea why don't you use the power cord to boil your electric kettle for a week or two you'll save a hundred and fifty quid and have hot drinks as well.
The Black Adder
01-07-2016, 06:59
indeed, Bernard.
Or, just save yourself £150 by not giving them your business for this fleecing service. Job done.
Here's a super burn in idea why don't you use the power cord to boil your electric kettle for a week or two you'll save a hundred and fifty quid and have hot drinks as well.
Nice pragmatic way to do it - a kettle draws way more current than full HiFi systems.
hifi_dave
01-07-2016, 14:55
Nice pragmatic way to do it - a kettle draws way more current than full HiFi systems.
You've missed the point, Russ is offering a "Super" burn in. Much better than any old burn in we can do..:bulb:
Kettle, what a brill idea, had never thought of that......come to that I have never thought about burning in ANY cable. Ears and perceptions change, but cables?
:sofa:
RobbieGong
01-07-2016, 18:55
You've missed the point, Russ is offering a "Super" burn in. Much better than any old burn in we can do..:bulb:
Oh yeah, cant believe they're only charging £150 :lol:
I love a healthy dose of scepticism. Dare I say blind A-B listening test? Not for this burn-in hokum but for any cable making claims to superior (or different) sound?
I'll run for the hills now :lol:
Please don't say it as this is ground that has been so trodden no life will ever live again.
Personally I don't 'believe' in cable burn in - but even if I did £150 seems a lot to pay for what is essentially plugging in a cable and ignoring it for a day or so!
100% Analogue
There are folk who will pay £80 just for a T-shirt. If these things didn't exist the rich people would eventually end up with all the money and it would be sat in a bank somewhere doing nothing.
Except if you pay £80 for a T-shirt you do at least get something tangible for your money. Russ Andrews isn't alone in offering this service though, quite a few companies do it, and I suspect it is quite popular amongst his customers.
100% Analogue
Do folk spend that on a T Shirt? Bloody ell... Im need to get into that business:eyebrows:
I get mine from Asda normally... Could buy the shop out for 80 notes
Where do you think Asda have them made.....
100% Analogue
China or india at a guess. Most things are these days tbh. As long as they dont fall apart after washing then i care little who makes it, or where. Im not a fashion king
Always Calvin Klein for me, outdated fashion victim that I am. Plain white, though, no stupid logos. But you can buy a multi-pack on line for not much and I make them last 10 years in any case.
I print my own (but I do try to ensure they aren't made in a sweat shop).
100% Analogue
My life isn't sufficiently organised to allow me time for such ethical considerations.
As far as I'm concerned that's Calvin Klein's problem, not mine. Let him worry about it ;)
I've started wearing free tops from my local boozers beerfests, cheap as you can get and fun to earn.
On topic, seems Mr Andrews is a bigger con artist than the high street banks.
My life isn't sufficiently organised to allow me time for such ethical considerations.
As far as I'm concerned that's Calvin Klein's problem, not mine. Let him worry about it ;)
Inclined to agree. If its asda,s choice id expect it to be ethical. If not then they will get some grief.. Chinese folk gotta eat too :)
dave2010
22-07-2016, 19:29
Except if you pay £80 for a T-shirt you do at least get something tangible for your money. Russ Andrews isn't alone in offering this service though, quite a few companies do it, and I suspect it is quite popular amongst his customers.
100% AnalogueI'm sure if you paid him another £50 he'd give you a "I've been burned" certificate.
I remember reading somewhere that Russ Andrews used to have an ordinary pair of electrician's pliers listed in their catalogue for £45. I wonder if many were sold?
I believe that playing a virgin vinyl album can give you ear cancer.
I offer a service where I play the album first for you, to avoid the risk.
I call it a "super first listen", and only charge £75
walpurgis
22-07-2016, 21:43
what?;)
Every forum has one. :D
I remember reading somewhere that Russ Andrews used to have an ordinary pair of electrician's pliers listed in their catalogue for £45. I wonder if many were sold?
I understand that each pair came with a 'free Russ Andrews mug', which was actually a small hand-mirror.
I understand that each pair came with a 'free Russ Andrews mug', which was actually a small hand-mirror.
:lol:
I understand that each pair came with a 'free Russ Andrews mug', which was actually a small hand-mirror.
:lol: Set me up for the day !
Stratmangler
25-07-2016, 18:02
Inclined to agree. If its asda,s choice id expect it to be ethical. If not then they will get some grief.. Chinese folk gotta eat too :)
I wouldn't trust ASDa or any of the big supermarkets to make ethical choices.
They all treat their suppliers poorly.
The sector is very competitive, as they say, so if they don't squeeze the supplier as much as the other bloke they are outpriced on the shelves. it's a race to the bottom. I notice a large punnet of strawberries, good ones too, is two quid, or next to nothing really. When I was young they were very much a luxury food.
Might be a good case for fixing a minimum price for certain foodstuffs that protects the supplier . Then the supermarkets would have to compete on service quality instead. But strawberries would go back to being expensive.
Stratmangler
25-07-2016, 19:47
I don't remember strawberries being as being a luxury food, but I do remember them not being available out of season.
I suppose it depends on how much money your family had as to what constituted a luxury. They were a rare teat for us and we were not poor, although money was always tight.
RobbieGong
25-07-2016, 19:56
I understand that each pair came with a 'free Russ Andrews mug', which was actually a small hand-mirror.
:lol: Only just seen this.... quality... ha ha !
If I had the time, the money and the inclination, I'd order one of these, then return it with the complaint 'I ordered it with the super burn-in service, but that quite clearly hasn't been done. I am returning it to you so that you can perform the super burn in service I asked for, or provide me with unequivocal proof that you have already done so'. And repeat... And repeat... And repeat...
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