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#9682 - 10/05/07 04:29 PM Re: More Oil for the Snake
charlie Offline
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Maybe someone here can make some beer money:

http://www.randi.org/jr/2007-09/092807reply.html#i4

But I really doubt it.
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#9683 - 10/07/07 01:10 AM Re: More Oil for the Snake
tru blu Offline
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Well, I'll tell you cats, recently I've been doing some experimenting with cables, and I must say that so far my system hasn't fallen prey to snake oil-type claims; quite the opposite.

Not too long ago, I acquired a Totem Acoustic Mite speaker as a center, and the clarity and soundstage bumped up when I bi-wired it. Then I replaced some Kimber 4PR speaker cables with a 9 AWG Kimber 8VS and some 10 AWG SignalCable Ultras (for my longer runs). It noticeably bumped up again.

The latest (and probably final) tweak? A 1.5m pair of brand new Audience Maestro interconnects that I found dirt cheap on Audiogon (wouldn't have been able to afford them otherwise). They're running from my CD out, and since my center/monoblock/passive preamp configuration is driven by different interconnects I decided that it would be easiest to detect any shift if I ran just two channels for the time being. Guess what? These Audience ICs clearly enhance the sound in two-channel mode (the fullness almost matches the center), and now that I know Audience has a re-termination service that allows you to split, say, a pair of 2m cables into four 1m lengths, I'm going to do that in order to re-outfit my mono center-channel configuration. The best thing is that, even with the re-termination fees, the five interconnects are going to cost less than half the price of five new Audience Maestro ICs. I'll post again after the process is completed and burned-in just in case anyone's interested.
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#9684 - 10/08/07 04:57 AM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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The best thing is that, even with the re-termination fees, the five interconnects are going to cost less than half the price of five new Audience Maestro ICs.
Actually, I can even amend the math on that. What I'll end up paying for five cables (less shipping costs) is just under the price of a new pair of .5m ICs. As one might imagine, I'm pretty excited about the whole thing.
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#9685 - 10/08/07 07:00 PM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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Maybe you can go in for a couple of these next.

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm
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#9686 - 10/08/07 08:01 PM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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If you notice any typos in my posts over the next 24 hours, just blame charlie for posting that last link - just skimming the pace for MD's latest offering has left me with a bad twitch...
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#9687 - 10/08/07 08:29 PM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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Highway robbery, I tell you!…at that price, I'd go for crystals any day of the week… wink
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#9688 - 10/09/07 02:33 AM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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Originally posted by gonk:
...just skimming the pace for MD's latest offering has left me with a bad twitch...
Like I said, twitchy. Meant to type page...
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#9689 - 10/09/07 02:39 AM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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Aww, go ahead and pull the trigger, why don't you?
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#9690 - 10/09/07 02:41 AM Re: More Oil for the Snake
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laugh
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#9691 - 10/11/07 08:19 PM Re: More Oil for the Snake
charlie Offline
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Originally posted by gonk:
Like I said, twitchy. Meant to type [b]page... [/b]
Sorry to ruin your game like that, but I had to perform a cleansing ritual after reading that tripe, and passing it on is part of the cleansing.
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