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Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125509 01/26/06 06:42 AM
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Get your $449 power cable here. Guaranteed to extend your soundstage out to your neigbor's house and to make your system sound as creamy as the skin of virgin goddess.


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Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125510 01/26/06 06:43 AM
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But you've never heard it. How can you say that it doesn't work simply by invoking the laws of physics and employing simple logic?


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#125511 01/26/06 06:51 AM
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But you've never heard it. How can you say that it doesn't work simply by invoking the laws of physics and employing simple logic?




Because I'm always right. As far as I know.





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Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125512 01/26/06 07:26 AM
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Yeah, Mark, but look at that tempting length discount; if you need 2 meters it's only $549. These things fall into the "sucker born every minute" category. Power cords that, for example, have no problem with 1500 watts or so for a hair dryer running at full blast nevertheless "choke" far lower power to audio equipment.

Ken was of course poking fun at the line of some audiophiles that not only should you "trust your ears", it's mandatory that you try it and do so if you expect them to pay any attention; mere decades of well-established audio principles can be dismissed. One problem is that when the only situation that allows actually trusting only the ears, i.e. a blind listening test, is proposed or discussed, they have about as much enthusiasm for it as a vampire for sunlight.


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Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125513 01/26/06 07:32 AM
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It's all about that last 6 feet though... 14ga romex is good enough to carry a full 15 amps TO the outlet, but you'd better have something expensive between the wall and receiver.

Bren R.

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#125514 01/26/06 04:51 PM
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Joe - your bias is obvious and apparent. So much so that you failed to mention the fantastic deal being offered, for a limited time only...

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From audioadvisor.com:

Order any in-stock Statement Power Cable at the regular price. Listen and compare to your old power cable for up to 30 days. Then call us for a Return Authorization Number (RA#) for your old cable. Send us your old cable with the RA# clearly marked on the outside of the box. We'll credit your card for 50% of your original purchase price.

Your Savings:
Statement 1.0M, regular $449.00; discount: $224.50, final cost $224.50
Statement 1.5M, regular $499.00; discount: $249.50, final cost $249.50
Statement 2.0M, regular $549.00; discount: $274.50, final cost $274.50
Statement 3.0M, regular $689.00; discount: $344.50, final cost $344.50




With savings like this, yuo can afford to upgrade all the plugs in your house. No more wimpy, underpowered toasters without a sufficiently high crumb to noise floor ratio.

Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125515 01/26/06 05:16 PM
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I'm in the process of changing all my wall outlets to these.
http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/productdetail.asp?sku=PSAPP&product_name=Power%20Port%20Premium%20AC%20Wall%20Receptacle


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Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125516 01/26/06 05:19 PM
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Re: Snake Oil Product of the Week.
#125517 01/26/06 05:30 PM
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Does that come in a GFI version? I need one for my bathroom since my hair dryer had been leaving my hair dull and lifeless recently. Could be the weather, but it's more likely the cheap outlet.

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#125518 01/26/06 07:42 PM
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Really, I don't know how many posts you have accumulated simply fixing other people's html links LOL .

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