Snake oil

[Scott Johnson]

I too find these claims amazing, and I fully support the parting of money
and morons, but I have to confess that as a BA'er and an audiophiler, I make
a reasonable attempt at low inductance speaker connections, especially with
subwoofers. I use 12 AWG low voltage lighting zip cord, and find an audible
difference between that and 22 AWG speaker wire. Really. And I don't have
particularly acute hearing.  I also use RG-62 for my single ended
interconnects, because the capacitance of 50 ohm shielded wire will cause a
high frequency roll off that is audible even by some of my old buzzard
friends. I use balanced 600 ohm interconnects for most of my long runs for
my home theater. I also try to maintain good power line regulation by using
a dedicated circuit for my audio stuff, as I do with the circuits in my
shack. Let's face it,  most people find our collective hobby quite strange.
I find myself explaining the allure of boatanchors to people (including
hams, and other engineers), mostly receiving vacant stares from them. Let
the poor schmucks have their multi-kilobuck line cords.  It obviously makes
them happy. God bless the entrepenours that can find buyers for this stuff.
73,
Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Boat Anchor Owners and Collectors List
[mailto:BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of ejforwood Jerold
Forwood
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:09 PM
To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: Snake oil


Well you have to remember, "Monster Cable" has been on the market for a long
time.  And they sell a ton of it.  Just think, a new product: Monster cable
with each leg shielded, then the entire cable double shielded and then a
"loose jacket".  My God think of the quality sound you could get from
that!!!  Yea, and I will throw in the Brooklyn bridge for free!
Jerry, K0EJF
----- Original Message -----
From: Richie L. Allen
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:33 PM
To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: Snake oil

I laughed so hard I busted my gutwire........

Seriously, have you ever talked to these fanatics?  I guess after a while
they get so much $$$ invested in oxygen depleted copper power cords and gold
tinned shielded cables that they have to 'believe'.  I worked my way through
college selling high end audio, the most profitable items were accessories.
All the while I had my Scott 6L6 amplifier hooked to a pair of home made
speaker cabinets with zip cord scavenged from old extension cords.  Hard to
keep a straight face sometimes.

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 02:16 PM
Subject: Snake oil


> Once again, it is time to get a few laughs over new audio (or is it
> audiofool?) accessories.
>
> 1) First, for a power cable suffixed as "clef". Ya right...I want to buy a
power cord in G Clef.
>
> http://www.gutwire.com/power.htm
> only $300 to $2000 USD
>
> 2) And a power cord that's thick enough to run your kitchen stove.
>
> http://www.gutwire.com/iec-tight.htm
>
> Too bad,  "audio comedy" wasn't popular, otherwise those comedians would
have an never-ending source of material.
>
  From Jerry Proc

-J

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