Posted by Matthew L. Martin on 03/19/07 23:20

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> 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...
>

No. It does not.

<http://www.audioreview.com/cat/accessories/others/bedini/PRD_117775_1590crx.aspx>

But the counter arguments are just as entertaining:

<http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=9837>

Matthew

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