There have been lots of these scams ..I remember "speaker cable supports" They held cables off the floor making an audable difference to the sound of your speakers......or so they claimed after emptying your bank account!!!!!
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There have been lots of these scams ..I remember "speaker cable supports" They held cables off the floor making an audable difference to the sound of your speakers......or so they claimed after emptying your bank account!!!!!
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Something for the affluent and gullible I'd say.
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In answer to the title of this thread...
"it is science, but not as we know it cap'n"
What a load of old tosh they try and sell to the gullible. Surprised to see the were open. How does snake oil stay in?.
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They actually seem to be getting more popular, see them a lot at shows. Especially amusing if the system using them sounds crap.Originally Posted by Clifford.T Ward
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Just noticed the last 'claim' on the top of the unit says 'More analogue sounding'.
What if you are using a digital system/amplifier
Last edited by Firebottle; 23-11-2016 at 18:16. Reason: Claim, as in tosh!
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Just noticed the last 'claim' on the top of the unit says 'More analogue sounding'.
What if you are using a digital system/amplifier
you use them the other way round of course
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...I smell shite....
that said?
try sticking some coffee mugs or whatever (you dont need gold plated screwed bolted together in Chinasire thingmwys) under your speaker cables, theories sound, you just might prefer it?
Summit to the theory (which snake oil chancers take advantage of unfortunately) of lifting speaker cables off the ground.
Not to do wih skin effect, more with changing the cables dialectric (You dont want it to be your carpet do you?)
Try it, 5 minutes of a wet Sunday and might actually make a difference.
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Speaks more to the perception that Audio Weenies are Komplete fools.. Sad that.
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Why?
If the "fools" enjoy their investment and it provides them elevated pleasure from music, then who's the proper fool? The dismissive besserwisser or the one who decides to suck it and see?
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There is a major problem with having been around such a long time. In my twenties and thirties, I was always up for trying anything. After a long string of rubbish purporting to be the next big thing and much too much money spent on said rubbish, I went back to basics and just listened to the music and not the hi-fi.
Such experience tends to make one just a little cynical. If it sounds like a rubbish idea, it probably is. OK there may just be something lurking there to be discovered but I'll leave that to someone with the time and money to waste
As you say, if you get elevated pleasure from lifting your bits of wire off the floor or feeding them through empty boxes, go for it.
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