In message , David Looser
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"Jason" wrote in message
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David Looser wrote:

. As a safety technique it has it's
value, but what is the advantage when feeding audio equipment?

One big benefit: it sounds good,

Does it? who says it "sounds good?, and why should it sound any different?
Frankly if it actually made a hap'th of difference to the sound people would
have been doing it decades ago.

so more can be charged.

Well that's the point isn't it? persuade the gullible that it sounds better,
then rip them off.

Last time I looked at that site, they were charging £76 or something for
a "low noise" mains flex (apparently it's magically perfect when it
comes out of the socket)

So, the last time was, and is, the last time

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geoff

On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:09:37 +0000, geoff wrote:

Last time I looked at that site, they were charging £76 or something for
a "low noise" mains flex (apparently it's magically perfect when it
comes out of the socket)

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

http://tinyurl.com/y8tp3uq




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Bob Eager wrote:

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

Nearly £4,000 for a 3m cable. Seems a bit costly.

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Visit the Amazing Online Fleamarket at http://www.fleamarket.org.uk

Always lots of amateur radio gear!

"Richard G3CWI" wrote in message
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Bob Eager wrote:

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

Nearly £4,000 for a 3m cable. Seems a bit costly.

Not if you are an MP ;-)

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73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net

In message , Brian Reay
writes
"Richard G3CWI" wrote in message
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Bob Eager wrote:

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is
to be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

Nearly £4,000 for a 3m cable. Seems a bit costly.

Not if you are an MP ;-)

I forgot 'MPs'.
As I SHOULD HAVE said before.....
"I have often wondered who actually buys this sort of stuff. All I can
think of is that it's rich people such as stockbrokers, bankers, TV
personalities, pop stars AND MPs - people who are essentially
non-technical, but simply 'want the best equipment than money can buy."
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Ian

Ian Jackson wrote:

I forgot 'MPs'.
As I SHOULD HAVE said before.....
"I have often wondered who actually buys this sort of stuff. All I can
think of is that it's rich people such as stockbrokers, bankers, TV
personalities, pop stars AND MPs - people who are essentially
non-technical, but simply 'want the best equipment than money can buy."

And there I have a problem, because indirectly, WE are all paying for
this ...

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Adrian C

Richard G3CWI wrote:
Bob Eager wrote:

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is
to be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

Nearly £4,000 for a 3m cable. Seems a bit costly.


Indeed. For 4 grand, I'd want a 3m long penis.

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:09:37 +0000, geoff wrote:

Last time I looked at that site, they were charging £76 or something for
a "low noise" mains flex (apparently it's magically perfect when it
comes out of the socket)

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

http://tinyurl.com/y8tp3uq

How do they get away with horse-**** like this....

"All WATTGATE plugs fitted to our cables (and also the ones available loose
from us) are now cryogenically treated. Cryogenic treatment involves extreme
cooling of the metal parts of the plug and the theory is that it de-stresses
them. In terms of sound quality, we’ve found that the PowerKords fitted with
treated plugs sound smoother, more three-dimensional and less ‘closed in’
than ones fitted with untreated plugs."


....for a MAINS plug, not even an audio connection!

"Toby" wrote in message
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"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:09:37 +0000, geoff wrote:

Last time I looked at that site, they were charging £76 or something for
a "low noise" mains flex (apparently it's magically perfect when it
comes out of the socket)

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

http://tinyurl.com/y8tp3uq

How do they get away with horse-**** like this....

"All WATTGATE plugs fitted to our cables (and also the ones available
loose from us) are now cryogenically treated. Cryogenic treatment involves
extreme cooling of the metal parts of the plug and the theory is that it
de-stresses them. In terms of sound quality, we’ve found that the
PowerKords fitted with treated plugs sound smoother, more
three-dimensional and less ‘closed in’ than ones fitted with untreated
plugs."


I thought the normal way to destress metals was to anneal them- heating them
to relieve Gibson Free energy rings a bell (some years since I did material
science at Uni.)

I note the magical Big K has appeared!

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73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net

In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:09:37 +0000, geoff wrote:

Last time I looked at that site, they were charging £76 or something for
a "low noise" mains flex (apparently it's magically perfect when it
comes out of the socket)

You were looking at the cheap ones, geoff. The real entertainment is to
be had with more expensive items...please do look...!

http://tinyurl.com/y8tp3uq

Ah - I must have been looking at the classic

Out of stock ?

Show me these people with SO much more money than sense

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geoff