Probably something a gullible audiophile would buy…

(via email) Anti-Static FAIL: Cables Unlimited Anti-Static Wireless Wrist Strap Cables Unlimited’s cordless Anti-Static wrist strap harmlessly rids your body of static charges before it can damage your valuable data or computer equipment. Featuring a fully adjustable elastic fabric strap it fits comfortably around your wrist, dissipating harmful static, allowing you to install or remove … Continue reading “Probably something a gullible audiophile would buy…”

If you’re willing to pay extra for premium cables…

Here’s another product for you! (via email) Get Real! Swift Written by James Randi Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:00 A gushing ad for the WattGate 381, a $148 110-volt wall receptacle, is a masterpiece of misrepresentation, hyperbole, and mendacity that just could attract a starry-eyed Audio-Visual fan. And stupidity – just in case the vendors … Continue reading “If you’re willing to pay extra for premium cables…”

Are audiophiles really this stupid?

(via email) Cable Break-In Service The inconvenience of cable break-in: Brand new cables require up to 400 hours to properly settle down sonically. This is a great inconvenience, requiring time and effort, as well as hours spent on your equipment before you can enjoy the full sonic potential of the cables you purchased. If you … Continue reading “Are audiophiles really this stupid?”

Who needs expensive cables?

(via email) Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables? We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my “old” Martin Logan SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with Monster 1000 speaker cables [ed. Monster Ultra Series THX 1000 Audio Interconnects] (decent cables according to … Continue reading “Who needs expensive cables?”

$302 a foot!

(from the There’s One Born Every Minute dept.) (via email) James Randi’s Swift – September 28, 2007 MORE CABLE NONSENSE Several readers alerted us to yet another hilarious and preposterous situation in the “audiophile” business, which we have referred to frequently simply because if some of their claims were true, they would be paranormal. Here’s … Continue reading “$302 a foot!”

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