$13k rack anyone?

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,566
edited June 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
I'm at a loss for words.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accsrack&1313380663&/Visual-Arts-tech-Solid-Copp
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited June 2011
    Perhaps it's made by melting down 1,300,000 pennies?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2011
    It's a more stable investment than spending $13k on a silicone rack.
    "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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  • audiocr381ve
    audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
    edited June 2011
    You'd be surprised how much of a difference a solid copper rack can make on a direct coupled output capacitor. Air inductance paired with wire ratio transfer adds air and a deep soundstage. Not only do you get the timbre match when you pair the metals, the copper also attracts moisture in the air that keeps the gear cool.

    :tongue:
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited June 2011
    The dingy green would be the antique look and much easier to maintain.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2011
    You could always sell it for a couple thousand. I like it aside from the color.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2011
    It's no nuttier than a $13,000 power cord !!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited June 2011
    When does it end?
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited June 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    When does it end?

    As soon as people stop buying. Got to hand it to him though, it looks like he stole a page out of MIT's marketing playbook.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,775
    edited June 2011
    $13K rack. CD's and wires laying on the floor. Classy.
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  • k0tuynh
    k0tuynh Posts: 143
    edited June 2011
    Reading his description .."The first thing you will notice is tighter, deeper bass response, fattiness mids will tighten up".


    HOW?
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited June 2011
    I'm surprised a meth monster hasn't broken into the house and stolen that rack. Could you imagine someone high as a kite trying to describe to the salvage metal people what it is? :biggrin:
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  • rtart
    rtart Posts: 832
    edited June 2011
    Only copper, not unobtanium?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Wow that is almost as ugly as the player Lasereath posted in another thread.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited June 2011
    Face wrote: »
    It's a more stable investment than spending $13k on a silicone rack.

    I'd rather put my gear on the floor and look at that silicon rack instead
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited June 2011
    Wonder if the seller would offer matching cable lifters :tongue:
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2011
    Damn, I was hoping this would be a thread about breast implants...
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2011
    Then there is always the question of the 'quality' and 'grade' of copper being used and whether or not it would interfere with the copper or silver in ones cables?

    I wonder what 350 pounds of copper costs? Anyone know?

    And why not a Gold Model for the Libertarian crowd! Store your equipment on your rack and prepare for the Global Economic collapse by investing in GOLD RACKS!

    They'd weigh a LOT more than a copper rack so it would also be hard to 'steal' them! lol

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,649
    edited June 2011
    According to a quick google search around 1.50-1.80 per pound
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    Haters!! I ordered mine can't wait to hear the difference with my Emotiva Gear!!!:biggrin:
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2011
    I like it!
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    madmax wrote: »
    I like it!

    Ditto!!! Just not the price..
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    I own some shares of various copper mining stocks and sure WISH copper really commanded this kind of pricing :biggrin:

    It is original and artsy looking, and I guess that's what you are paying for.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    Keiko wrote: »
    . . . spend my time listening, not polishing my rack . . .

    How about waxing your dolphin? :eek: :biggrin:
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    It is original and artsy looking, and I guess that's what you are paying for.

    Well, that plus the fact that room acoustic anomalies are completely dissipated....
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Haters!! I ordered mine can't wait to hear the difference with my Emotiva Gear!!!:biggrin:

    whahhahahaha!

    I love it!
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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited June 2011
    jmwest1970 wrote: »
    I'm surprised a meth monster hasn't broken into the house and stolen that rack. Could you imagine someone high as a kite trying to describe to the salvage metal people what it is? :biggrin:

    I guess the man at the scrap yard will tell him no matter what he says " I'll give you $50 bucks for it, take it or leave it !" :wink:

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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited June 2011
    For $13k is it too much to ask for the treble clefs on each shelf to be carved in the correct direction??1308195766.jpg
    treble-clef-2.jpg
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Haters!! I ordered mine can't wait to hear the difference with my Emotiva Gear!!!:biggrin:

    Question is when are u going to mke your own
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited June 2011
    I am thinking of getting two of them to twist my nipples on. Are pennies 100 percent copper?

    RT1
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited June 2011
    newrival wrote: »
    For $13k is it too much to ask for the treble clefs on each shelf to be carved in the correct direction??1308195766.jpg
    treble-clef-2.jpg

    Great job noticing that.:wink:

    At that cost, you would think they could get better help with assembleing it.
    Either the stand is upside down or the shelves are.:tongue:
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