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[Spkrdctr]

This will probably get deleted but I am going to say it anyway. My mate blew his inheritance of over a million bucks on drugs and hookers. He's dead now. Still it's hard to see who got the better value for their money, the guy who buys the QPoint or my mate. RIP Sid.

Your friend got the better deal. He paid for hookers and drugs. He received hookers and drugs. Evidently he enjoyed himself. Far better deal than getting scammed by some fraudulent company. Now that is not to say I have any experience with hookers and drugs. Oh, and no I have never solicited any Florida Gator College girls for high paid sex. That was someone who looks like me. I'm innocent!

 

[Galliardist]

He pulled the same crap at RMAF 2018 with USB cables. I was watching him change the audio settings on his laptop everytime he changed a cable. He got caught out by a couple of us.

OK, looks like I might have been generous there.

 

[Galliardist]

Your friend got the better deal. He paid for hookers and drugs. He received hookers and drugs. Evidently he enjoyed himself. Far better deal than getting scammed by some fraudulent company. Now that is not to say I have any experience with hookers and drugs. Oh, and no I have never solicited any Florida Gator College girls for high paid sex. That was someone who looks like me. I'm innocent!

WIth no experience of the subject whatsoever (I don't either), how do you know that he got the drugs he paid for and not something cheap and nasty cut with bleach?

 

[noiseangel]

Been there, done that. Nordost rep at a show changed up the range of USB cables and each one "sounded better". The problem? The cheap one had been in place for other company demos all day and didn't sound obviously bad except during the Nordost guy's own demo when it suddeny did. It was hardly subtle, either.

Apparently what they do is play a sample, change the cable, play a different file of the same music, and so on. Let's not bring on a lawsuit, but just suggest that if not only the cable has changed, it might not be a fair demo in some weird way?

That's what he did. We caught him we could see the screen from where we were sitting. Every time a different file

 

[Galliardist]

Becky got paid to write this, maybe she is on to something.........."When not writing, she dances, spins in the air, drinks coffee, watches football or surfs in Cornwall with her other half – a football writer whose talent knows no bounds"

And I'd like to see the football write, please

 

[noiseangel]

WIth no experience of the subject whatsoever (I don't either), how do you know that he got the drugs he paid for and not something cheap and nasty cut with bleach?

True enough can't trust anyone these days.

 

[Galliardist]

That's what he did. We caught him we could see the screen from where we were sitting. Every time a different file

There's another trick I've seen used, which is to sit an iPhone running a phone call on an unscreened and then a screened cable. Works best with analogue cables that one, but can work with a poorly isolated DAC as well

 

[bquimby]

Please forgive me if I may have forgotten any examples of your blanket assertion; as there has been 98 pages of discussions in this thread...

Ah, so the tenor of the discussion for such bits of hardware has moved on significantly, then, to the point where such a response doesn't occur in contemporaneous reviews of similar products? Good to know!

 

[Spkrdctr]

WIth no experience of the subject whatsoever (I don't either), how do you know that he got the drugs he paid for and not something cheap and nasty cut with bleach?

Because drug dealers are FAR more honest than Snake Oil salesmen.

 

[Killingbeans]

Or you could go as far as saying that Snake Oil salesmen are just a far less honest kind of drug dealers.

 

[Astoneroad]

Or you could go as far as saying that Snake Oil salesmen are just a far less honest kind of drug dealers.

It's all the same as selling salvation for cash. Confederacies of slippery promises that belief will pay off with... you guessed it... veils lifted... and harps playing. Trust me.

 

[pseudoid]

And I'd like to see the football write, please

Do you, now? No, you don't! Are you sure?
Be careful what you ask for!

 

[Holmz]

Or you could go as far as saying that Snake Oil salesmen are just a far less honest kind of drug dealers.

^nicely subtle^
(Thumbs up)

 

[pseudoid]

Or you could go as far as saying that Snake Oil salesmen are just a far less honest kind of drug dealers.

^nicely subtle^
(Thumbs up)

Truth be told: I'd much rather buy audio equipment from a drug dealer than a SkankOil salesman any day.

 

[noiseangel]

I have heard through the snake vine that SR are releasing a new range of "INERT" cables. The design for this is based on what is inside TED's head. Should be a great success.

 

[noiseangel]

Don't you just love how anything on the internet NEVER GOES AWAY.

Synergistic Research cables John Atkinson

John Atkinson on the Synergistic X Series, November 2001 (Vol.24 No.11): "I see you don't believe in audiophile power cords!" Synergistic's Ted Denney III was poking around behind my equipment racks

www.stereophile.com

 

[Galliardist]

Don't you just love how anything on the internet NEVER GOES AWAY.

Synergistic Research cables John Atkinson

John Atkinson on the Synergistic X Series, November 2001 (Vol.24 No.11): "I see you don't believe in audiophile power cords!" Synergistic's Ted Denney III was poking around behind my equipment racks

www.stereophile.com

If only reviews of cables had included measurements from day one (no measurements here) we would all be in a much better state.

And there are no Synergistic products in the latest Stereophile recommended list, at least.

 

[Tranquility Bass]

Don't you just love how anything on the internet NEVER GOES AWAY.

Synergistic Research cables John Atkinson

John Atkinson on the Synergistic X Series, November 2001 (Vol.24 No.11): "I see you don't believe in audiophile power cords!" Synergistic's Ted Denney III was poking around behind my equipment racks

www.stereophile.com

Why no measurements ? They could have easily done what Amir did but no - nothing except a whole lot of pseudo science and audio poetry !

Like John Dunlavy said decades ago:-

I sincerely believe the time has come for concerned audiophiles, true engineers, competent physicists, academics, mag editors, etc. to take a firm stand regarding much of this disturbing new trend in the blatantly false claims frequently found in cable advertising. If we fail to do so, reputable designers, engineers, manufacturers, magazine editors and product reviewers may find their reputation tarnished beyond repair among those of the audiophile community we are supposed to serve.

Best regards,
John Dunlavy

Seems to have fallen upon deaf ears.

http://verber.com/mark/ce/cables.html

 

[noiseangel]

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[Tranquility Bass]

When the connecting cables costs significantly more than the equipment it is connecting then you know this industry has some serious problems