Who would've thought......

Ricardo
Ricardo Posts: 10,636
edited April 2011 in The Clubhouse
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    I bet his rig sounds like ****.
    "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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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited April 2011
    Sharpness, sound, depth, crispness, openness and density are apparently ridiculous terms according to him. That leads me to believe he's never heard it before. I'd bet you are right.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2011
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    edit: I honestly don't know why I posted that... it's a cat.... eating your expensive cables... because the expensive ones taste better :biggrin:
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited April 2011
    Ricardo, You looks tense in the video! :tongue:

    What went wrong with your Emotiva gear again?
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2011
    he had this in his comments, maybe DK can get himself a new rig from this.

    http://gizmodo.com/#!305549/james-randi-offers-1-million-if-audiophiles-can-prove-7250-speaker-cables-are-better
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    That challenge is a scam, read the fine details.
    "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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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited April 2011
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    virtual-dynamics-power-3-cables-cords-wire.jpg

    edit: I honestly don't know why I posted that... it's a cat.... eating your expensive cables... because the expensive ones taste better :biggrin:
    I'm glad my cat only chews phone cords or he would be a fire hazard,or dead.:smile:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2011
    My cat thrashed the negative side of my Planar V speaker cables. I just sent it in for repair yesterday. These cables are in an open mesh, and are copper ribbons, so it is easy to break. Especially if one gets a claw caught in the mesh.

    I guess that is what I get for catching a feral kitten, and trying to domesticate it.

    I now have barricades keeping the cats from getting behind the rack, the cables are elevated off the floor, and I put up a barricade behind the speakers to make it difficult for them to get at the cables.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited April 2011
    Bad kitty.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    My cat thrashed the negative side of my Planar V speaker cables. I just sent it in for repair yesterday. These cables are in an open mesh, and are copper ribbons, so it is easy to break. Especially if one gets a claw caught in the mesh.
    For the time being, head down to the supermarket and pick up a roll of aluminum foil. :biggrin:

    Seriously though, I made something similar a few years back. I unrolled a couple of Goertz silver and copper inductors and made a few pairs of cables like those. They didn't sound bad, but weren't for me.
    "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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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    virtual-dynamics-power-3-cables-cords-wire.jpg

    edit: I honestly don't know why I posted that... it's a cat.... eating your expensive cables... because the expensive ones taste better :biggrin:

    Damn, looks like I found a way to keep the Karma cable!
    Is that "Carbon Techflex"?
    Did you receive it today?
    Pictorial proof!:biggrin::biggrin:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2011
    Face wrote: »
    For the time being, head down to the supermarket and pick up a roll of aluminum foil. :biggrin:

    Good idea. Fortunately, I still have my first set of Planar 'I' so I was able to use one replace the negative side. The biggest difference between the 'I' an 'V' is that the 'I' does not have a DC bias applied to the mesh. I fixed that by finding a nail which fit into the battery box, and used a clip jumper between the nail and the mesh. Seems to work okay as a temp fix.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited April 2011
    Anti-audiophile Cable Envy
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    Cookie shakes her head in disgust and wonders why some humans worry so much about other human's play toys.
    From the video:
    "I guarantee it, if you pay $1,000 for one of these cables, you're gonna hear a difference."

    Guarantee?

    I wonder if any expensive cable dealers have a return policy and if people have ever returned cables because they didn't hear a difference or improvement.

    I wonder why The Cable Company offers a cable loan program if everything is rosy and delightful in the land of expensive cables and nobody ever returns anything.
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    he had this in his comments, maybe DK can get himself a new rig from this.

    http://gizmodo.com/#!305549/james-randi-offers-1-million-if-audiophiles-can-prove-7250-speaker-cables-are-better

    Nah, I don't need to participate in any rigged and vulgar pseudo-scientific exhibitions to finance my audiophile obsession. if I wanted a new rig I would just go buy one...similar to what I did here :wink::
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    Two channel system

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    5.1 home theater system.
    Face wrote: »
    I bet his rig sounds like ****.

    What rig?:wink:
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Sharpness, sound, depth, crispness, openness and density are apparently ridiculous terms according to him. That leads me to believe he's never heard it before.

    That also leads me to believe that he's not familiar with the imaging and sound stage terminology used by the Bell Laboratories researchers who invented home stereo systems.
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
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    Does NOT look like Darth Vader's house!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    Damn, looks like I found a way to keep the Karma cable!
    Is that "Carbon Techflex"?
    Did you receive it today?
    Pictorial proof!:biggrin::biggrin:

    By the way, I was just kidding CWV!:biggrin:
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  • fishbones
    fishbones Posts: 947
    edited April 2011
    DAMN! ...I KNEW it!!! :eek:


    Bunch a hogwash, this audiophool hobby. The wool has been pulled over my eyes once again.
    Oh well, I already spent the money on it, might as well sit back and enjoy music. :biggrin:
    ..... ><////(*>
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited April 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    Does NOT look like Darth Vader's house!

    No, but my SVS PB 12 Ultra/2 subwoofer seems to be "possessed".
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    Do you see the demonic/dragon-like "face" in the center of the sub's front end?

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    Come closer. Do you see the face surrounded by red flames? Three horns, eyebrows, narrow-slit eyes,
    pointed ears, long snout with elongated nostrils and that small mouth formed into a"devilish" smirk?

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    Is it easier to see with the image darkened a bit?

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    I first noticed this "face" looking back at me when I was sitting on the couch watching a movie.

    I probably should sell this sub for between $75,000 to $100,000. I understand there are people on eBay willing to pay big bucks for such supernatural manifestations.
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    No sh$t, that is awsome burl!
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited April 2011
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    I probably should sell this sub for between $75,000 to $100,000. I understand there are people on eBay willing to pay big bucks for such supernatural manifestations.

    Demonic manifestations only nets you 2-3X the original price. Saint impersonations gets you 5X. Jesus is 10X and Mary lookalike is 20X. You could get the prices you list if you have a combo of any of the above with any cartoon character, especially from the Marvel realm.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    Mary lookalike is 20X

    Athanku sir, now I know what I am worth!:biggrin:
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited April 2011
    maximillian wrote: »
    Demonic manifestations only nets you 2-3X the original price. Saint impersonations gets you 5X. Jesus is 10X and Mary lookalike is 20X. You could get the prices you list if you have a combo of any of the above with any cartoon character, especially from the Marvel realm.

    Those price multiples you quoted are for religiously oriented civilians. I think a wealthy, religiously oriented audiophile, particularly one who worships on the darker side of the spectrum, would consider the price range I quoted a "deal" just for the demon face alone. This is particularly true if an expert can match the image to a well-known and high-ranking individual from the spirit realm.
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    Those price multiples you quoted are for religiously oriented civilians. I think a wealthy, religiously oriented audiophile, particularly one who worships on the darker side of the spectrum, would consider the price range I quoted a "deal" just for the demon face alone. This is particularly true if an expert can match the image to a well-known and high-ranking individual from the spirit realm.

    You take a check?
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited April 2011
    DSkip wrote: »
    But if you sell it with a matching cheeto, the price doubles on all of it!! :rolleyes:

    Yup. Forgot to mention Nabisco brand foods as well as other Americana staple foods, i.e. toast, usually has this effect. Thanks!
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited April 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    You take a check?

    No. Not from an audiophile.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2011
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    No. Not from an audiophile.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2011
    This video is ridiculous. I can't believe I even managed to make it through the whole thing...
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    Damn, looks like I found a way to keep the Karma cable!
    Is that "Carbon Techflex"?
    Did you receive it today?
    Pictorial proof!:biggrin::biggrin:

    haha... not my cat. my cats actually on vacation right now... and he prefers keyboards.

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    :biggrin:
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