Ugliest or Dysfunctional CD players, Turntables, Pre-amps and other gear

[restorer-john]

Man this has to be a joke??

@Blumlein 88 is right, I looked it up too. My goodness people are gullible.

I won 2nd prize in 1980 in a junior science competition with some PCBs screwed to a piece of wood. I think Iwas 12 or 13yo.

 

[Hayabusa]

You'd have to be the first person I've ever heard who was happy with that Philips.

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/philips-ga-212-a-true-entry-level-sleeper.379069/

 

[KSTR]

Man this has to be a joke??

For a real laugh you should check his whole website : http://www.mother-of-tone.com/index.htm

 

[mononoaware]

No Quartz PLL meant it wasn't as stable, nor as resistant to drag.

I remember this being related to how the Direct-Drive motor functioned.
I guess turntable speed consistency could be seen as the equivalent of a DAC’s internal clock, with inconsistent motor speed influencing the timing of the music.

And to my understanding with the Mk2 the Direct-Drive speed consistency was far superior to anything else at the time.
Sure people thought motor vibration was an issue, but it was extremely well made and operated with clock like accuracy. I thought “belt” drive with heat and friction wearing down the belt and needing to replace it was old-fashioned (kind of like Tube Amplifiers).

Found this:
https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/heritage.html

From SL1200 onwards the design has not changed one bit ha.

 

[tomtoo]

"....Conforming to the Vibration & Character chapter the BYOB amplifier has no enclosure, and thus no enclosure resonances. If you knock on it, you won't hear trashy sounds. Just the musical sound of a solid spruce board, that is lacquered with natural wood resin....."

I see, if you knock on a amps case and you heare a 'ping' thats bad for the sound the amp amplifies, so better no case.
Great idear to sell a amp without case, more expensive than with.

I would say another case of hifi voodoo bla.

 

[tomtoo]

For a real laugh you should check his whole website : http://www.mother-of-tone.com/index.htm

Thx! Man i wish i could laugh.

 

[FrantzM]

Altmann Attraction DAC. Yes on a piece of wood is how it came from the maker. You had to supply your own battery. It cost over $3000 for one that worked at 44.1 khz/16 bit only. For several hundred more you could add other sample rates and 24 bit.

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This needs to be a sticky for any of the High End Audio extrme BS threads ... triple WOW!

Went to their website and ... wait ... there had more
I thought , I had seen it all in High End Audio. This has to be one of the ... <words are failing me... I can't find any superlative or expletive for this > concept I have ever seen. Defintely top 5.

http://www.mother-of-tone.com/byob.htm

 

[Marc v E]

Altmann Attraction DAC. Yes on a piece of wood is how it came from the maker. You had to supply your own battery. It cost over $3000 for one that worked at 44.1 khz/16 bit only. For several hundred more you could add other sample rates and 24 bit.

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If I remember correctly, it was attached to a piece of wood because " wood sounds good". Tuned like an instrument

 

[Yorkshire Mouth]

Or maybe it was this grindhouse trailer directed by Eli Roth.

Edgar Wright, surely.

 

[tomtoo]

This needs to be a sticky for any of the High End Audio extrme BS threads ... triple WOW!

Went to their website and ... wait ... there had more
I thought , I had seen it all in High End Audio. This has to be one of the ... <words are failing me... I can't find any superlative or expletive for this > concept I have ever seen. Defintely top 5.

http://www.mother-of-tone.com/byob.htm

From marketing point of view it's genious.
Sell less and make the people feel they have more!!

 

[Soniclife]

I won 2nd prize in 1980 in a junior science competition with some PCBs screwed to a piece of wood. I think Iwas 12 or 13yo.

With the technical side sorted if you then focused on creative writing you would be rich by now.

 

[mononoaware]

Edgar Wright, surely.

You are correct.
I wrongly assumed all the fake trailers were directed by Eli Roth since they were in one of his movies.

 

[Yorkshire Mouth]

You are correct.
I wrongly assumed all the fake trailers were directed by Eli Roth since they were in one of his movies.

No worries.

Great point made about the trailer and the deck, by the way.

 

[mononoaware]

No worries.

Great point made about the trailer and the deck, by the way.

Just attempting to be jovial. . .

 

[Dialectic]

Everything that was made by Blue Circle Audio.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Yes. Here's another example of Gilbert's sense of style:

 

[Valhalla]

This Shanling has to up there in the ugly stakes.

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Shanling makes some of the worse-sounding gears of the market. Shanling DAC50 is the worst DAC I've ever heard.

 

[mansr]

Man this has to be a joke??

No joke. I have seen one of those. Somehow I doubt those fancy crystals will make the TDA1543 perform any better.

 

[tomtoo]

No joke. I have seen one of those. Somehow I doubt those fancy crystals will make the TDA1543 perform any better.

Which crystals?

 

[tomtoo]

This company is realy amazing!!!
3000 euro for this 10w/8ohm amp.

Dont know what to say??

@restorer-john What would you say?