Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"

[Steven N. Hirsch]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> Tony Duell wrote:
> > > What kind of people believe in this crap?
> > 
> > 
> > Oh don't get me started on the audiophools :-)
> > 
> > 
> > > Do they replace the wiring in their house as well to prevent
> > > micro-movements of the wires?
> > 
> > 
> > One of my favourites is 'monocrystaline copper cable' Since any bending
> > of said cable is going to disrupt the crystal latice, presumably it has
> > to come pre-shaped to fit thr room, right? 
> 
> Well - I suppose if you can find someone to sell it to the audiophiles, I
> connect up their speakers with copper brake pipe mounted on ceramic
> insulators.  Just think of it - never mind 79-strand, this cable is *one big
> thick strand*!  None of that interference caused by the surfaces of the
> strands rubbing against each other!  And of course, it's a tube, to make the
> most of the "skin effect" to give you clearer high frequencies...

Gotta love it when the golden-eared folks apply RF transmission-line 
theory to speaker cabling.  My scepticism towards audiophile snake-oil 
comes via heredity (my late father spent 40+ years in the industry).

Steve