What is this...exactly?

Erik Tracy
Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
edited May 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
I'm not sure what to make of this:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatran&1279043097&/Dakiom-A253-will-improve

Is it a product or a manifesto?

H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2010
    Neither, it's someone that has plainly gone over the edge, probably never to return.

    I don't care if he's selling mustard for my corndog, no one that rants to that degree is getting ANY personal info from me.

    Yikes!
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2010
    First this guy is ON THE SAUCE.

    Secondly, he needs to LEARN how to write: Let's help!

    Paragraph = Topic sentence, Body and Conclusion.

    A Topic Sentence should specify the subject and narrow it down.

    A Paragraph should exhibit:

    Unity,
    Coherence,
    Continuity and
    Completeness.

    None of that can be seen in LIARS, CURTAINS, GOLDEN EARS and GULLIBLE rants that go on INCOHERENTLY for pages! Damn this is an IMPRESSIVE form of madness!!

    cnh
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2010
    Make sure you click the link at the bottom of the ad... you will learn how you can raise your system to "Toe-Tapping Quality"!!!:D

    Why I spent the last 10 minutes on their site, I have no idea... :o

    After deciding that giving them $$ was not an option, I checked out the section on DIY. This is my favorite part:
    Expensive components may look good but they definitely sound just as bad as cheap ones. If you want good music, the only available options are:

    1. DakiOm DIY or,
    2. Pay someone to do DakiOm tweaks. You may even start your own business doing them for others.

    So, all y'all got some good lookin' stuff! :)
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited May 2010
    So, can someone tell me what "toobs" are? :p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    Too many hits off the crystal meth pipe mixed with a couple of 40s of Colt 45! I wonder if audiogon sent the guys in the white suits over to his place.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2010
    That was very strange.....He must have skipped a dose!
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2010
    Whoa just a bit off side me thinks.But I did order some of his product even though I'm not a certified Golden Ear.Review to follow.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited May 2010
    I have to agree with one thing he said..........
    If you are in doubt, always seek the help of a professional!

    Maybe he should follow his own advice.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited May 2010
    FTGV wrote: »
    Whoa just a bit off side me thinks.But I did order some of his product even though I'm not a certified Golden Ear.Review to follow.

    But..what...exactly...IS the product?

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I wonder if audiogon sent the guys in the white suits over to his place.

    They let people advertise magic pebbles and other garbage on their site, they don't care as long as the money is coming in.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2010
    Seems like they are trying to sell a product the same way politicians are sold. Come on, you know you want it. "It" is whatever you believe. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    That was very strange.....He must have skipped a dose!

    Brother, he would have had to skip a week's worth of doses to get that bad!!:eek:
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Brother, he would have had to skip a week's worth of doses to get that bad!!:eek:
    No kidding,he's obviously lacking an important ingredient.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    FTGV wrote: »
    No kidding,he's obviously lacking an important ingredient.

    . . . or had way to much of another!:D;)
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited May 2010
    I can hear the news reports now,

    "His neighbors said he was always pleasant and kept to himself." :eek:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    Polkersince85 wrote: »
    I can hear the news reports now,

    "His neighbors said he was always pleasant and kept to himself." :eek:

    LMAO!~:eek::D

    I'm sure that is what they are going to be saying about that kid who lit the cat on fire many years from now.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    So he had a bad day, aren't you impressed with Dr. Dao's other academic work in the field of audio technology?
    After all he is reputed to have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

    I'm not all that impressed. While I see some small amount of common sense in some topics I also see a lot of jargon you would expect from an infomercial. Whenever someone tells you "this is not snake oil" and not all sorts of other things you may be thinking, it is usually exactly that. Besides, what does having a PhD in Mechanical Engineering have to do with anything? Would I trust him to operate on me? No, that is not what he knows about. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    So he had a bad day, aren't you impressed with Dr. Dao's other academic work in the field of audio technology?
    After all he is reputed to have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

    hahaha Mark, I caught you!!! You took a veiled shot! LOL!!!:D
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,851
    edited May 2010
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    But..what...exactly...IS the product?

    http://www.dakiom.com/products.htm

    lil black boxes that make all sound best ;)
    well his is not the only company selling lil boxes that improves sound...............
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited May 2010
    I actually bought two of these. Ended up returning them and got my refund and everything.

    Essentially what they DO is roll off the high frequencies in a rather specific way. I.e. it is not JUST like turning down your treble.

    But, that is what it does. some HF roll-off. Noticeable? yes. Improvement? well, it does SOMETHING... more than other things out there.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    lanion wrote: »
    I actually bought two of these. Ended up returning them and got my refund and everything.

    Essentially what they DO is roll off the high frequencies in a rather specific way. I.e. it is not JUST like turning down your treble.

    But, that is what it does. some HF roll-off. Noticeable? yes. Improvement? well, it does SOMETHING... more than other things out there.

    So if I'm undestanding you correctly this "product" is better suited to digital applications rather than analog?
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited May 2010
    A lunatic,pure and simple!!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited May 2010
    halo71 wrote: »
    So, can someone tell me what "toobs" are? :p
    Didn't you know that
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