More 'Audiophile' bullsh*t

More 'Audiophile' bullsh*t

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eliot

11,882 posts

269 months

Wednesday 7th February 2024
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I came very close to buying two different sets of travel adapters yesterday, to take apart and make into one of these quantum do-dahs.
I could sell it ebay for the bargain price of £1000 smile

crmcatee

5,766 posts

242 months

Wednesday 7th February 2024
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robinessex said:
Love this bit. : If connected to a power socket with a switch, please switch the socket on to get the full performance from your PowerARAY Professional.

OutInTheShed

11,250 posts

41 months

Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Some of these snake oil websites seem to be irresistable to many hifi enthusiasts.
I suspect they make more money selling your data than they do from flogging the odd gadget to gullible rich people.

Boom78

1,432 posts

63 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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eliot said:
if you google image search you will see that it’s just a universal travel adapter with a uk either side.









But my bass is deeper, sound is brighter yada yada



Edited by eliot on Tuesday 6th February 13:01
I thought this was a joke until I actual clicked through to see they’re charging thousands for an adapter plug!!!

The sales guff is hilarious:

These processes dramatically improve phase detail, this encompasses a whole host of sonic benefits: more low level information, better and more seperate harmonics, complicated musical passages rendered with more intelligibility, plus improved bass detail and slam and finally an overall sense of ease and naturalness even at high listening levels


It’s a plug!!! How can a plug do these things???

Sporky

8,398 posts

79 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Boom78 said:
It’s a plug!!! How can a plug do these things???
Expectation bias.

Also, if you do a before and after "test", the physical exertion if getting up, crawling behind your hifi, plugging this in, and returning to listening position will up your heart rate a tad, changing blood flow to the brain. That can be enough to slightly shift your perception of sound.

911hope

3,544 posts

41 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Sporky said:
Boom78 said:
It’s a plug!!! How can a plug do these things???
Expectation bias.

Also, if you do a before and after "test", the physical exertion if getting up, crawling behind your hifi, plugging this in, and returning to listening position will up your heart rate a tad, changing blood flow to the brain. That can be enough to slightly shift your perception of sound.
Any test needs to be done "blind" and repeated.

Sporky

8,398 posts

79 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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That too.

Ideally double blind so the person running the test can't give it away.

I seem to remember a famous quote from one of the hifi forums, to the effect of "I don't trust double blind testing, because differences I know exist are no longer apparent in double-blind tests".

Mr Whippy

31,038 posts

256 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Sporky said:
That too.

Ideally double blind so the person running the test can't give it away.

I seem to remember a famous quote from one of the hifi forums, to the effect of "I don't trust double blind testing, because differences I know exist are no longer apparent in double-blind tests".
rofl

anonymous-user

69 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Sporky

8,398 posts

79 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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pocketspring said:
"Please note: fuses are directional"

Someone needs to explain AC to them.

TEKNOPUG

19,773 posts

220 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Sporky said:
pocketspring said:
"Please note: fuses are directional"

Someone needs to explain AC to them.
You'll notice that there are no photos in case competitors try to copy the closely guarded trade secrets yes

RustyMX5

8,625 posts

232 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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TEKNOPUG said:
Sporky said:
pocketspring said:
"Please note: fuses are directional"

Someone needs to explain AC to them.
You'll notice that there are no photos in case competitors try to copy the closely guarded trade secrets yes
Plenty of pictures on their home page

I wouldn't dare suggest that they've wrapped their own stickers around a standard fuse nono

TEKNOPUG

19,773 posts

220 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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RustyMX5 said:
Plenty of pictures on their home page

I wouldn't dare suggest that they've wrapped their own stickers around a standard fuse nono
You can contact them at 101 KING FUK Street for more details....

rofl

theboss

7,272 posts

234 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Looks like they do MCB's as well. You could have a £250k consumer unit with this stuff. You'd have to buy one for each of your neighbours as well, to get the real benefit.

LordLoveLength

2,139 posts

145 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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I wonder how much an audio grade fuse for my local substation would be? My soundstage is a little muddy and I’d like my noise floor to be lower.
Perhaps I should put these concerns to my DNO? Although they’d probably want to put me on a smart meter which won’t do my mains jitter any good….

SteveKTMer

1,197 posts

46 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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pocketspring said:
They describe the negative effect of "bottlenecking" where all the current to various devices has to flow through the same fuse... I suggest they rename this phenomonon to "turtle heading' which is probably more accurate and at least engages the correct part of the body for this thought process.

BiggestVern

164 posts

145 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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pocketspring said:
£8K for a fuse with a 1 year warranty! I'd love to see the sales figures.

InductionRoar

2,102 posts

147 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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BiggestVern said:
£8K for a fuse with a 1 year warranty! I'd love to see the sales figures.
I read a 'customer' review of one of these audiophile fuses, where it was said the difference was more profound than upgrading 'a box' in the system.

I don't know what's more worrying, that somebody somewhere believes this or that such claims go unchallenged.

Gary C

13,738 posts

194 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Sporky said:
pocketspring said:
"Please note: fuses are directional"

Someone needs to explain AC to them.
love this bit

" If you are unsure of the correct direction, simply try it both ways. You should hear a difference "

bigmouth

zedmtrappe

294 posts

111 months

Thursday 8th February 2024
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Q: How stupid would you have to be to buy into any of this crap ?

A: Way beyond stupid.



Q: How does said beyond-stupid-person have the means to spunkk that sort of cash on crap like that ?

A: ?????


I'm sure that whole website must be just a pisstake - fair play to whoever is behind it as I'm sure it must be a fantastic laugh to put together.