rockbobmel Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 It even says that I will hear all that I have been missing. I'll bet this will especially make those high end Krell & Wilson systems "Come to life" When you spend $50K on a system, there's a lot missing and this little box for ONLY $135. is the ticket![bs] http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1202841228 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Kennedy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Does it go to "11". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I did some research and couldn't find any clear description of what it's actually supposed to accomplish... It does claim that it increases the dynamic range, which is interesting because the dynamic range is a fixed quantity based on the bit-rate being used. The only way for the claims to be true is to increase the bitrate...in other words, impossible. It'd be fun to bust out a class-action lawsuit or whatever it is that is supposed to be done with snake-oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I think that when a product like this makes it onto James Randi's web site maybe a little skeptisism is in order. I've now taken it of my Christmas wish list.[^o)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockbobmel Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 They keep putting these cheap nothings on there and it maked me wonder about these high-enders. http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/83463.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I'd like to A/B it with my magic rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 According to their website Elusive Disc and Music Direct sell this gizmo. Here'a link to the Benini website. The reviews are a hoot. So whose going to be the first one to buy one and let us know is it fact or fiction? Maybe we could do a blind A/B with and without high-end speaker wire, with and without SET amps, and with and without Craig not hearing it. http://www.bedini.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Blind A/B tests don't work....you have to be able to see the sonic difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Then there's this isolating platform. The manufacturer states that granite sounds bad, MDF sounds bad, so we put them together and got a great-sounding unit. Does that make sense to anyone? Modular 45 Series Component Stands The Platform Over 20 years of experience in the field of electrical/mechanical engineering allowed us the resources to develop this truly unique approach to component isolation. If you have been in the audio hobby for even a short time you have heard many of the opinions as to what is the best material for your component platforms. We have determined that many materials have advantages and disadvantages. Through our analytical approach to combining dissimilar materials, we have developed some combinations that actually compliment one another. Granite and MDF (medium density fiberboard) have characteristics that are about as different as night and day. Neither of which material is worth a darn as an audio component platform if used by itself. Granite is too hard, MDF is too soft. Granite causes the upper midrange to sound too bright, MDF makes it sound too dull. But, through our proprietary conduction technique we are able to selectively transfer energy back and forth between the two materials essentially achieving a "nulling" effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 It even says that I will hear all that I have been missing. I'll bet this will especially make those high end Krell & Wilson systems "Come to life" When you spend $50K on a system, there's a lot missing and this little box for ONLY $135. is the ticket! http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1202841228 Check out the rest of the snake oil this bozo is selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 How about this $400 table leveller. Wonder if it works any better then the one I bnought at Home Depot for a buck. http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1202996050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srobak Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Then there's this isolating platform. The manufacturer states that granite sounds bad, MDF sounds bad, so we put them together and got a great-sounding unit. Does that make sense to anyone? Of course it does... where were you in math class? Two negatives always make a positive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtnfoley Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 So what material, pray, does an EM field act upon in a CD? The polycarbonate or the aluminum? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srobak Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 From the ad: Experience this ultimate Clarifier for yourself, and hear the truemusical experience you are presently missing. This model has fourhighly specialized electromagnetic opposing beams, improved rotationspeed of 5200 RPM, automated timing circuit, hinged plexiglas cover anda regulated power supply. There is nothing better then the Quadri Beam. --- 4 electromagnetic opposing beams... nevermind the fact that in complete violation of the rules of physics... at least out of a box that small... to focus a field into a beam and oppose it. The thing should be throwing itself all around the room. Rotational speed of 5200 RPM... rotating *what* exactly? And why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srobak Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 *laughs* Oh this just keeps getting better... One of his other items is an RCA Digital Terminator... for your coax connections. WISH I was kidding - you can't make this stuff up! ROFL... from the ad: "Open, non-detachable and unused digital outputs and inputs onCD-Players, CD-Transports or DACs generate reflections. Thesereflections become overlayed as returning waves to the main signal. " Yes... that's right - your OUTPUT ONLY coax connector on your CD player will magically accept reflected waves as INPUT, and run it back through all the processing and apparently all the way back to the pickup point and infect your original signal. Crack me up... oh man - I haven't had a Monday this good in YEARS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Wasn't there someone on the forum a while back that was going to collect some leaf's out of his yard, and package them up as magic leaves? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 How about this $400 table leveller. Wonder if it works any better then the one I bnought at Home Depot for a buck. http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1202996050 How could a level barely an inch long be at all accurate? A six inch long torpedo level would likely be more accurate and less likely to be influenced by the slightest granule of dust trapped under it.For that matter, a precision level would cost less and be more accurate. Here's one:http://www.nolansupply.com/bysubcategory.asp?category=Precision+Tools&supercategory=Precision+Levels&subcategory=Mitutoyo+Levels+%2D+Digital+Level+360%26%23186%3B+Protractor+Inclinometer%26nbsp%3B&type=False&specs=True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 "Open, non-detachable and unused digital outputs and inputs on CD-Players, CD-Transports or DACs generate reflections. These reflections become overlayed as returning waves to the main signal. " This is absolutely correct. The co-ax digital outputs on virtually every player made use a simple transformer to generate the digital out signal. VSWR from the un-terminated output will go back through this same transformer and contaminate the analog output. This is really no different than FM multi-path distortion, or ghosts on a TV set (both caused by signal reflections). It costs very little to build your own and see for yourself. While you're at it, you should make shorting plugs for your unused inputs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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