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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 03/19/07 19:27
On 3/18/2007, Bill Vermillion posted this:
> In article <mn.8c2d7d73f54d28d8.1980@nobody.invalid>,
> Gene E. Bloch <hamburger@NOT_SPAM.invalid> wrote:
>> On 3/16/2007, Bill Vermillion posted this:
>>> In article <mn.4ad67d73efdd7415.1980@nobody.invalid>,
>>> Gene E. Bloch <hamburger@NOT_SPAM.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 3/09/2007, Bill Jeffrey posted this:
>>>>>> Step away from the Monster and Acoustic Research cables! NOW!
>>>>>> Go to www.monoprice.com or www.svideo.com and buy the cables
>>>>>> there. Generics are just as good as high priced ones. Really!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chip
>>>>>
>>>>> Six out of six responses agree that Monster Cable and AR Cable are
>>>>> overhyped BS. And you know what, boys? He's going to go out and buy one
>>>>> of them anyway. And then come back to the group and regale us all with
>>>>> how wonderful they are.
>>>>>
>>>>> The BS'ers rely on the gullibility of such people - and apparently they
>>>>> are successful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>
>>>> I read the customer reviews and testimonials on a site for some
>>>> kind of paint to improve the contacts on plugs & jacks. Wish I
>>>> could post the link, but I didn't bookmark it, and unfortunately
>>>> I've forgotten it.
>>>
>>> I remember from the past that something called Stabilant-22 and/or
>>> Cramolin were recommended. The former becomes conductive when an
>>> electrical signal is passed through.
>>>
>>> Cramolin is a contact cleaner.
>>>
>>> You can find info on either by using Google.
>>>
>>>> Most of the people seemed to use it on the audio and video
>>>> connections, as I would've expected, but some people used it on
>>>> their power cord connectors, and they raved about the resulting
>>>> great improvement in the sound-stage and presence.
>>>> Bill Jeffrey, P. T. Barnum, and H. L. Mencken were right.
>>>
>>> Particulary about using it on the power connectors. That goes
>>> right along with the bricks on the power supply and the Tice
>>> clocks.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
>> Ya got me there. I don't know about PS bricks or what Tice clocks are
>> :-)
>>
>> I'm sure if I learned something about them it would be an eye-opener...
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
>> letters617blochg3251
>> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
> These were widely talked about on the old orignal rec.audio.pro
> group - when it was tightly moderated.
>
> The 'high futility crowd' - the same ones that promoted green magic
> markers on the edges of CD's for improved sound - said that putting
> a brick on the power supply greatly improved the sound.
>
> And the Tice clocks were simply a wall clock, that when plugged
> into the same AC circuit as the audio components improved the
> sound.
>
> When the moderator finally had to bow we had six co-moderators
> trying to keep things on an even keel.
>
> But the luddites complained loudly that the 'scientific' types
> dissmissed their Tice clocks, green magic markers, et al, so we all
> wound up frustrated and left the group as moderators - and it
> degenerated into a lot of quasi-folklore and mis-information.
>
> Gawd there was a lot of crap out there in those days.
>
> Bill
Thanks for the elucidation. Pretty amazing stuff! Maybe I'll try
painting the edges of my bricks with green magic markers :-)
A couple of days ago, I noticed that an electronics magazine on the
shelf at Fry's had instructions to build a Hieronymus machine.
It never stops...
--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
letters617blochg3251
(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
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