Comments on: Rover tracks

By: icemith

icemith — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:34:38 +0000

Ooops again, sorry KARA, I’m really sorry I mis-spelled your name. My fault for not checking. The ‘T’ is nowhere near a ‘K’. Finally I can set the record straight.

Ivan. ( If you see a coin, I’m trying to hide under it.)

By: exciphkp

exciphkp — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:33:14 +0000

There website is in Chinese and the shop sells the turntable is in Hong Kong SAR, China. They speak a local dialect called “Cantonese”. The turntable is made in Germany. In Hong Kong audiophiles can have the best money can buy!

By: icemith

icemith — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:51:53 +0000

Tara, sorry I forgot, not everybody would have recognised my accent. When I said “record”, I really meant “record”. Hope that clears up the confusion.

Ivan.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:38:57 +0000

Audiophilia (n) A state of mind where beliefs are the sole determinant. A person in this state of mind becomes blind to any information that even remotely contains scientific data. See also Faith.

By: idlemind

idlemind — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:37:44 +0000

I think every audiophile should do some reading on the placebo effect and then look hard in the mirror. Then they should throw out all that gear and spend their time and money enjoying and supporting live music, since no sound-reproduction system will ever come close.

I’d much rather see someone use that bad boy (rover motor) in a telescope mount. At least amateur astronomers can often see (or, rather, image) the results of their big-bucks expenditures with objectively improved performance. (Just to keep the discussion on-topic.)

By: Irishman

Irishman — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:27:48 +0000

Check out some of the doozies that audiophiles promote, as discussed by James Randi:

1. A green, flexible plastic glow-in-the dark “frisbee”,

…the disc, when placed atop a CD in the player would “extend bass and treble response, reduce background noise and eliminate ‘mushy’ sound.” … the “ultraviolet emanations from the disc were promoting a clean background for the laser scanner in the CD player,”

2. A CD “Demagnetizer”.

“Demagnetizer?” I said. He then showed me a machine selling for around $300 that, when a CD was placed inside, would “sense the magnetic field surrounding the disc and ‘clean’ it of this field.” He said that the machine would “sometimes activate for a second or two, and sometimes for several seconds, depending on the level of magnetization found on the disc.” Apparently, residual magnetization causes problems with the laser reading the pits on the disc, and that this device would “extend highs and lows and clean up ‘muddy’ sound.”

http://www.randi.org/jr/04-20-2001.html
(Scroll down to “Don Reid brings up a favorite subject of mine,…”)

3. P.W.B. Red â€˜xâ€™ Pen

“Apparently, according to this site, you can improve all kinds of audio devices or recording media performance just by writing “O.K.” on them â€” or a piece of tape stuck on them â€” with a “specially treated” marker pen. Writing “NO” makes things sound much worse….”

This is the fabulous “Red ‘x’ Pen” that you can have for a mere US$87!

4. P.W.B. Silver Rainbow Foil

“These shiny little devil-strips are supposed to work their effects just by placing them on pretty much anything in the system â€” or the house, for that matter.”

5. $230 each Shakti Stones

The Shakti Stones, fortunately, don’t even have to be connected to your sound system, but can be simply placed nearby, to produce wonderful improvements!

http://www.randi.org/jr/073004an.html#3

By: kara

kara — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:58:32 +0000

What’s a record?
; )