Extreme Snake Oil

[F1Fan72]

I see that at this price, the cable demands its own shelf, rather than being hidden away behind the rack.

Clearly it’s very heavy..

 

[Descartes]

This bargain is still for sale

Seriously who buys this stuff?

 

[Descartes]

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Always wanted to see what's inside that black thing

What! This is an absolute joke and who are the people who buy this nonsense?

 

[izeek]

This bargain is still for sale

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if you can afford this used, you can afford new snake oil

 

[egellings]

I wonder what those 4 IC's do in there.

 

[PristineSound]

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Always wanted to see what's inside that black thing

I wish there was a laughing emoji, this deserves one.

 

[RexrothPigeon]

Always wanted to see what's inside that black thing

egg sac

 

[Nutul]

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What a bargain.

 

[Fahzz]

This is only asking price. You just need to haggle a bit!

 

[izeek]

Synergistic Research vs ASR

The written by Theodore Walton Denney III on the High End Audio FB page.

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Um, electric and magnetic fields in a conductor are capacitance and inductance. The last I heard, electricity in a conductor is carried by electrons. Synergistic is confusing radio waves with electrons. I worked in superconductivity research with one of the greats in the field. All the references to superconductivity in the above are gibberish.

ASR should be proud it is threatening charlatans! We are doomed as AI trains on nonsense.

that was a load of horse-puckey, wasn't it?

 

[Sal1950]

This bargain is still for sale

OH BOY, remind me to call the bank in the AM !

Always wanted to see what's inside that black thing

CRAP! LOL

This is an absolute joke and who are the people who buy this nonsense?

A lot are folks belonging to High End audio clubs and dealer customers in big metro cities.
Many have enough $ they just don't give a damn about the price.
Braggin rights and all that thing.

 

[AudioSceptic]

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An obvious bargain when the new price is £70,470 <https://www.futureshop.co.uk/nordost-odin-2-speaker-cable-factory-terminated-pair>! I see that gold is currently £106/g; I wonder how much these "cables" weigh?

 

[AudioSceptic]

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Always wanted to see what's inside that black thing

If they can't get the letters in a word in the right order, what chance is there that these connections are not mixed up?!?

 

[BeeKay]

This bargain is still for sale

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Maybe add another 40 bucks and you certainly can lift some veils!

 

[Nutul]

An obvious bargain when the new price is £70,470 <https://www.futureshop.co.uk/nordost-odin-2-speaker-cable-factory-terminated-pair>! I see that gold is currently £106/g; I wonder how much these "cables" weigh?

It says it's a pair of 4m long cables, so if my math is correct they should contain something like 660g of gold. Or, roughly, 80g per metre...
It should be much less, though, or not even be in there, because of the two main factors of snakeoil:
1. profit
2. profit

 

[Gregm]

This bargain is still for sale

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You buy the cable, and you get the + rack + the 3 devices on as a bonus. Does anyone know if the shade behind the rack is also included?

 

[ckernel8]

You buy the cable, and you get the + rack + the 3 devices on as a bonus.

Better be way more than that.

 

[thegeton]

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Pair these with this and you have everything you need to remove all veils:

 

[VientoB]

That's a big one

 

[egellings]

Pair these with this and you have everything you need to remove all veils:

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When confronted with the fact of all of the comparatively lousy house wiring supplying the cord, the believer, ignorant of any electrical knowledge at all, will say that it's only the last 6 feet or so (cord's length) that counts.