Who in their right mind

[scott wurcer]

Liquid metal.
Mercury.
Or gallium, if it's a warm-ish day.
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Jeepers, I could feel my IQ dropping when I read that Teo Audio link.


Yes, and Hope is the thing with feathers.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314

In this case it's galinstan which is a room temperature liquid.

 

[Robin L]

Cheapest audio upgrade? Good weed.

 

[mhardy6647]

In this case it's galinstan which is a room temperature liquid.

tin-gallium alloy?
EDIT: "in"(dium) and tin and gallium. huh?!

Cheapest audio upgrade? Good weed.

Or a bottle of Ripple.
Or a tube of old-school Testor's model airplane glue, if the audio's an AC/DC record.

 

[Robin L]

tin-gallium alloy?
EDIT: "in"(dium) and tin and gallium. huh?!


Or a bottle of Ripple.
Or a tube of old-school Testor's model airplane glue, if the audio's an AC/DC record.

Oh yes, recall making model cars 1966/1967. Seemed to "rhyme" with the sounds of KRLA back then. Worked well with Monkees tunes as well.

 

[scott wurcer]

Yes, at least it really is liquid. The rewrite of the physics of conduction and EM theory OTOH is not real. IIRC galinstan has a relatively poor conductivity vs copper.

 

[GeorgeWalk]

What the hell have they stuffed inside those poor fuses? We've all heard of beeswax-filled fuses, but that looks like something else. Anyway, here are some more ideas for fuse fillings:

• Coffee powder
• Cocoa powder
• Cocaine
• Gunpowder
• Nitroglycerin
• Potassium cyanide
• Rattlesnake venom
• Hydrogen disulphide
• Crushed diamonds
• Crushed ivory (illegal)

Unobtainium?
Illudium Pu-36

 

[RayDunzl]

Penultimate in this case because the wax does not smell like famous actress lady garden candle wax.

Saw that in the news yesterday.

 

[Soniclife]

you mean the material mentioned here ?

Yep.

 

[Canuck57]

Saw that in the news yesterday.

 

[tomtoo]

Read this reviews!
https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/accessories-reviews/bals-ht-iego-schukos-compared/

I want to be a reviewer. I'am absolutly shure they get the best grass on earth!
Come on, for such a review you have to be stoned like hell.
Hey no person with some sauber Brain can write like this or?

 

[mhardy6647]

Yes, at least it really is liquid. The rewrite of the physics of conduction and EM theory OTOH is not real. IIRC galinstan has a relatively poor conductivity vs copper.

[emphasis added]
I was wondering about that...

I should mention that this thread has been very instructive; I was not aware of galinstan before today (I am chagrined to admit)!

 

[Wes]

what makes Teo Audio’s Liquid Cable special is the toxic materials illegally sold to consumers

 

[Sal1950]

I remember way back in school when they used to pass around a tube of mercury and we'd all pour a little in our hands and play with it. That was a so cool science class!

 

[mhardy6647]

actually (and FWIW), it looks like the toxicity of galinstan is relatively low -- especially compared to quicksilver (mercury).

 

[Deleted member 9286]

The ultimate upgrade that always makes me smile is:

https://audiowise-canada.myshopify.com/products/rf-block

The guy managed to convince so many people on the Headfi M Scaler thread that his optical de-coupler device made a massive difference, he then went looking for what else they would buy from him, and came up with this.

 

[mhardy6647]

The ultimate upgrade that always makes me smile is:

https://audiowise-canada.myshopify.com/products/rf-block

The guy managed to convince so many people on the Headfi M Scaler thread that his optical de-coupler device made a massive difference, he then went looking for what else they would buy from him, and came up with this.

I just looked at the specifications and note that the shielding efficiency drops at higher frequencies. I guess there's still room on the market for a gamma ray block then.

 

[mansr]

actually (and FWIW), it looks like the toxicity of galinstan is relatively low -- especially compared to quicksilver (mercury).

It does have a similar destructive effect on aluminium. Those cables are probably illegal to bring on an airplane. Does the TSA know?

 

[restorer-john]

IIRC galinstan has a relatively poor conductivity

Sounds like a province in the Russian Federation. Galinstan.

 

[MattHooper]

Until I stopped wasting time on Audiogon he was rather active there.

Yeah, Teo has posted tons on audiogon. Seems as nutty as Geoff Kait, but seems to be serious.

 

[Vintage57]

This guys website is funny and honestly deserves its own discussion.

http://www.teoaudio.com/technical/

He should run for office