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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 03/18/07 23:35

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

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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