#6293 - 11/22/06 01:15 PM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Desperado
Registered: 03/21/01
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Loc: Memphis, TN USA
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The problem with what Geoff says is that he's making the whole mess up while selling $5 clocks for $150 a pop. In addition to that, the things he says are so ludicrously anathema to reasonable science and common sense that the folks around here basically chuckle, shake their heads, and only give it a second thought if they decide to find new sarcastic remarks to offer up. Kudos on the chainsaw, by the way, Lonster. Maybe you could market a Clever Little Chainsaw - chop holes in walls, floors, and ceilings to improve the acoustics of a room. It'd be a new way to lower your noise floor (and your floor joists). We could even toss in a free Devious Tiny Disc to use for system calibration or for stabilizing one of garcianc2003's citrus isolator globes...
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#6294 - 11/25/06 10:28 AM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Gunslinger
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#6295 - 11/25/06 02:11 PM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Desperado
Registered: 04/19/05
Posts: 361
Loc: Plano, TX
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:rolleyes: Suuuure. A direct quote from the keyboard of the mighty Geoff: The reason I bring this up is because the silver foil is an example of a device that affects sound "remotely" - the effect of the PWB foil is due to the change in our *perception* of the sound, as opposed to any change or modification to the audio system. So, what is going on here?! Come on, this is crap and even Geoff knows it. He's so brazen about it he'll even tell you. Here are some quotes from other testers: - So the CLC doesn't affect the stereo itself in any way. The CLC is affecting the listener. More specificly the listener's state of mind. You will hear a difference if you want too. Like being hypnotized.
- Maybe it's me, maybe it's my system or my room, but I just can't reliably tell when it's in or out of the room, and I detected no difference between placement on the stump or in the company car across the street.
- I could not convince myself that there was any appreciable difference in the audio.
And this one is my favorite: Would I pay $200 for it? No. Would I pay $50... yes, just because it's fun to play around with. It's great fun to find that you can really change your perceptions so easily, whether it's the clock doing it or your own thinking. There are apparently enough people out there who think nothing of throwing their money away, which explains why a company like Machina Dynamica stays in business.
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#6296 - 11/25/06 06:45 PM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Gunslinger
Registered: 11/18/06
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#6297 - 11/25/06 06:52 PM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Gunslinger
Registered: 07/23/06
Posts: 274
Loc: Washington, DC
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Guy: "Hey baby, how ya doin'?"
Girl: "Hi there, big boy." says the beautiful girl sitting at the bar who, unbeknownst to him, is a machina dynamica undercover operative.
Guy: "I only seem tall because I am sitting on my wallet"
Girl: "Oh here, would you buy me 1, 2 or 8 of these Clever Little Clocks?"
Guy: "Sure, here's my wallet"
Girl: [giggle, hair twirl, etc.]
Guy: "Hey what's the deal with those clocks? Now that I am sitting one inch lower everything sounds different!"
Girl: "If you like that, wait until you hear the pebbles."
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#6301 - 11/29/06 01:10 PM
Re: Clever Little Clocks
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Desperado
Registered: 04/19/05
Posts: 361
Loc: Plano, TX
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Foil, cream, and a freezer...so this is a cheesecake? I'm in.
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