17 Oct
2005
17 Oct
'05
9:14 a.m.
On Oct 17 2005, 10:50, Bert Thomas wrote:
generators
Doc Shipley wrote:
Check this
out:
http://venhaus1.com/airsine.html
US$700 power cable. I'm not kidding.
What kind of people believe in this crap?
Do they replace the wiring in their house as well to prevent
micro-movements of the wires?
And after that the cable that delivers electricity to their house?
Or are they generating their own "clean" current with special wounded with golden wires?
Hmmm, with some fantansy I can create a whole new market.
One of my cow orkers, Marc, has pointed out that some of it's been done
before:
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/
For those who don't want to wade through the drivel, Marc sums it up
thus:
"Stuff like ensuring all books in the listening room have to
have an odd number of pages, sticking bits of foil here there
and everywhere...the web site reads like some weird cult, but
he made a lot of money from it, so who's the fool ??"
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
17 Oct
17 Oct
10:06 a.m.
Rumor has it that Pete Turnbull may have mentioned these words:
One of my cow orkers, Marc, has pointed out that some
of it's been done
before:
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/
For those who don't want to wade through the drivel, Marc sums it up
thus:
Another quick drivel snippety:
Place the CD (or any other object you are wishing to experiment with) in a
plain plastic bag and place it in the domestic deep freezer... and leave it
there overnight. The next day, lift it out and allow it to return to room
temperature very, very slowly (usually by placing it in a towel or
blanket). Allowing the object to return to room temperature very, very
slowly is important. You should perceive an improvement in the sound when
you listen to the object which has been through the freezing process....
Please note that if the CD (or other object) being frozen is treated with
the strips of Rainbow Foil and Cream-Electret prior to freezing, you will
obtain even greater improvements in the sound.
=-=-=
OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound better?!?!? And what the heck is
Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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10:20 a.m.
On 10/17/2005 at 1:06 PM Roger Merchberger wrote:
OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound better?!?!?
And what the heck is
Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
Roger, brass musicians of the same mindset have been paying big money for
years to have someone dunk their instrument in a dewar of liquid nitrogen,
waxing euphoric about the way the instrument response changes. Of course,
there's no real basis in science and most of the victims overlook the
"prep" work that's part of the package and really makes the big difference.
Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2 any
day now...
Cheers,
Chuck
10:42 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 10/17/2005 at 1:06 PM Roger Merchberger wrote:
They do that already for TUBEs . I just want good sound, not big $$$
for the latest fad.
OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound
better?!?!? And what the heck is
Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
Roger, brass musicians of the same mindset have been paying big money for
years to have someone dunk their instrument in a dewar of liquid nitrogen,
waxing euphoric about the way the instrument response changes. Of course,
there's no real basis in science and most of the victims overlook the
"prep" work that's part of the package and really makes the big difference.
Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2 any
day now...
Cheers,
Chuck
11:39 a.m.
New subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking
CD's in liquid N2 any
day now...
We had a customer bring in a system several YEARS ago with CD drive
that would not open.
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened up the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
The red faced customer sputtered something about cooling the disk so the game
would load faster ???? I cut him off short when I pointed at the remains of the
shattered game disk still sitting in drive, now most likely a cupholder, with a
comment about the destruction he caused.
His wanted to know if he could get a replacement CD or did he have to purchase
a new one.... The thrills of dealing with Brain Dead Users.
This could have been Darwin Award, he used LOX, because he did not have
access to nitrogen. I asked why not CO2, he replied it was not cold enough to
work, he had hoped LOX was cold enough .....
It takes all kinds ....
Bob
11:59 p.m.
New subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:39 PM
Subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
game
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700, Chuck Guzis
wrote:
>Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2
any
day now...
We had a customer bring in a system several YEARS ago with CD drive
that would not open.
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened up the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
The red faced customer sputtered something about cooling the disk so the would load faster ???? I cut him off short when I
pointed at the remains
of the
shattered game disk still sitting in drive, now most
likely a cupholder,
with a
comment about the destruction he caused.
His wanted to know if he could get a replacement CD or did he have to
purchase
a new one.... The thrills of dealing with Brain
Dead Users.
This could have been Darwin Award, he used LOX, because he did not have
access to nitrogen. I asked why not CO2, he replied it was not cold enough
to
work, he had hoped LOX was cold enough .....
It takes all kinds ....
Bob
LOX + porous carbon based material = explosive!
Why do some people believe everything a self described expert tells them?
18 Oct
18 Oct
6:29 a.m.
New subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
At 01:39 PM 10/17/2005, Bob Bradlee wrote:
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened up
the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
But I've seen this happen *twice* to a client who wasn't
dunking them in LOX. CDs are spinning quite quickly.
In this case, they were pressed CDs - cheap games, surely,
perhaps they even came in a cereal box.
- John
7 a.m.
New subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
John Foust wrote:
At 01:39 PM 10/17/2005, Bob Bradlee wrote:
I've had three Microsoft OEM Windows CD's explode in 52x drives during
installed or restores. When contacted M$ not only refused to replace
the media but accused us of buying pirated blackmarket Windows software
because "Our genuine media dosen't shatter". A******s.
--
www.blackcube.org The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened
up the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
But I've seen this happen *twice* to a client who wasn't
dunking them in LOX. CDs are spinning quite quickly.
In this case, they were pressed CDs - cheap games, surely,
perhaps they even came in a cereal box.
- John
12:30 p.m.
New subject: A BDU's is born every minute ...
At 01:39 PM 10/17/2005, Bob Bradlee wrote:
Is this exploding CDs at 52X speeds reason IBM had many CD drives
derated to 20X-48X ranges?
Cheers, Wizard
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened
up the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
But I've seen this happen *twice* to a client who wasn't
dunking them in LOX. CDs are spinning quite quickly.
In this case, they were pressed CDs - cheap games, surely,
perhaps they even came in a cereal box.
- John
17 Oct
17 Oct
10:08 a.m.
On 10/17/2005 at 5:14 PM Pete Turnbull wrote:
One of my cow orkers, Marc, has pointed out that some
of it's been done
before:
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/
I'd love to see what Bob Pease would make of all of this, he did have a
field day with speaker cables:
http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,3,00.html
4 feet of 10 AWG oxygen free copper wire connecting to 14 AWG house wiring
back to the distrubution panel. Why not some 1/2" gold-plated copper
tubing in a fused quartz box filled with argon for the absolutely best AC
sound? Wonder if folks know how noisy the average AC mains supply is?
Ah, but that's it--disconnect from the mains entirely! Run your audio rig
off of a pile of deep-cycle lead-acid batteries. No need for those
terrible switching power supplies or (gasp!) transformers!
I needed some binding posts (for a power supply I was building) and found
that one of the surplus dealers had some for very cheap, so I ordered some.
Much to my surprise, they turned out to be gold-plated with wire insertion
holes that could easily accommodate 6 ga wire. Mind you, the wiring tie
points attached to the posts would pass 18 ga wire, tops.
I concluded that they must have been manufactured for the audiophile trade.
No one else in his right mind would use small banana-plug type binding
posts for conductors that large.
Cheers,
Chuck
19 Oct
19 Oct
6:43 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:08:59 -0700
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 10/17/2005 at 5:14 PM Pete Turnbull wrote:
In some ways I don't get it at all. Why are they screwing around with copper? They
should be using pure silver conductors, sealed in an oxygen-free environment to prevent
oxidiation.
---
My Dynaco pre-amplifier has coupling capacitors with a 1% tolerance. I didn't build
it that way, it came that way (from a thrift shop.) All the tubes in it but one are still
Dynaco brand.
--
http://sasteven.multics.org/MacSE30/MacSE30.html
One of my cow orkers, Marc, has pointed out that
some of it's been done
before:
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/
I'd love to see what Bob Pease would make of all of this, he did have a
field day with speaker cables:
http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,3,00.html
4 feet of 10 AWG oxygen free copper wire connecting to 14 AWG house wiring
back to the distrubution panel. Why not some 1/2" gold-plated copper
tubing in a fused quartz box filled with argon for the absolutely best AC
sound? Wonder if folks know how noisy the average AC mains supply is?
Ah, but that's it--disconnect from the mains entirely! Run your audio rig
off of a pile of deep-cycle lead-acid batteries. No need for those
terrible switching power supplies or (gasp!) transformers!
I needed some binding posts (for a power supply I was building) and found
that one of the surplus dealers had some for very cheap, so I ordered some.
Much to my surprise, they turned out to be gold-plated with wire insertion
holes that could easily accommodate 6 ga wire. Mind you, the wiring tie
points attached to the posts would pass 18 ga wire, tops.
I concluded that they must have been manufactured for the audiophile trade.
No one else in his right mind would use small banana-plug type binding
posts for conductors that large.
Cheers,
Chuck
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