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From: Brimstone on 23 Jun 2008 15:32 The Real Doctor wrote: > On 23 Jun, 19:06, Peter Parry <pe...(a)wpp.ltd.uk> wrote: > >> www.russandrews.comhas a really good deal on kettle leads at the >> moment. You can pick up a 1.2m IEC connector for only �738.00. > > Oh dear god. > > "Both cables use copper which has been specially developed to handle > mains voltages, and use insulation which has less of a degrading > effect on the mains current. The Palladian� models feature innovative > �SWR enhancement� technology that dampens musically destructive > electrical standing wave reflections." > > There is a line between obsessive geekery and cold-hearted > exploitation of the mentally ill - and that company is way, way, way > over the line. > The really distressing aspect is that the person who wrote that gibberish probably believes it.
From: Raymond Keattch on 23 Jun 2008 16:52 On 23/06/2008 20:25:52, The Real Doctor wrote: > On 23 Jun, 18:22, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> On 23/06/2008 18:03:44, The Real Doctor wrote: > >> > Well there's a coincidence. Guess what washing machine cable is made >> > out of! >> >> Bad example, but you understood my sentiment > > Yes, I do ... and I'm quite impressed to "meet" an audiophile who > doesn't just listen to the price tag! Price tag shouldn't have anything to do with it - the music is what should be the focus. However, you can't get away with the fact that in a lot of cases, you get what you pay for. My HiFi has been built up over the last ten years. I started with a system that cost �400. I had it for around a year, but I found various aspects of the sound that were not exciting me. So I booked time at dealer listening rooms to find components that would satisfy me. I have ended up with �250 floorstanding speakers, �500 amp and the biggest expense was a �1300 cd player. I sold and purchased the components on Ebay, sometimes selling almost what I paid for the item. I have had my current system for 4 years and still thouroughly enjoy the sound it produces. I end nearly everyday relaxing to jazz, classical or easy listening music from artisits like Dido, Norah Jones, Diana Krall etc. �1300 is a lot of money for a Cd player, but to get there I probably listened to 50 players at various HiFi dealers over a few years. You just will not get the detail of sound from a �200 player. My interconnects cost me �30 and seem to fit the system well. Yes, maybe I could butcher a kettle lead, but I am not into that, I would prefer to just go and buy. Getting back to cars, the shampoo I use now, Zaino Z7, costs �8.95 for a small bottle that is probably good enough for 6 car washes. I have had people say to me that is expensive - yet they will happily take the car through a single car wash for �5, without relising it is scratching their paint to pieces! My shampoo doesn't scratch the car, and costs me just over a pound. Makes me laugh when people start talking of obsessive car cleaning! -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Ian Dalziel on 24 Jun 2008 05:46 On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:52:14 +0100, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > I have ended up with �250 floorstanding speakers, �500 amp and the biggest >expense was a �1300 cd player. What do you polish it with? -- Ian D
From: Steve Firth on 24 Jun 2008 06:06 Ian Dalziel <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:52:14 +0100, "Raymond Keattch" > <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > > I have ended up with �250 floorstanding speakers, �500 amp and the biggest > >expense was a �1300 cd player. > > What do you polish it with? I can sell him some special super HiFi improving wax at �250 for 5ml.
From: PM on 24 Jun 2008 08:33
"Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:T6z7k.23117$aE7.14296(a)newsfe16.ams2... > On 22/06/2008 21:38:35, Adrian wrote: > > "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > > like they were saying: > > > >>> You want me to say there's a definite difference? Find me one panel, > >>> starting from an even start point, and show me it - in the flesh - > >>> after sections have been treated with the different products. > > > >> Want to put your car forward for the test - one door with Carnauba and > >> the other with Sealant? > > > > No problem. You can have a do it when I'm over with you to blind-test the > > interconnects and you prove how good you & the Rover are. > > Well, as I said in another thread, I sold the expensive interconnects for a > �10 profit on what I paid for them. > > > You know me... If I'm proved wrong I'll cheerfully and readily admit it, unlike some. > > Are you far from me? I believe Adrian is on Planet Earth :-P |