Choo choo choo it's a prison of sound.

[reddragdiva]

I have often thought that, should I suffer some terrible accident removing all my ethics, audiophile equipment would be a fabulous business to go into.

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[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

yeah, the Bose soundsystems i've heard all make me think that the accident removing ethics is an essential first step.

[reddragdiva]

Remembering that I'm the sorta guy who's spent enough money on records to buy a house, then plays them on a $2 turntable.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Do we get free 24 carat gold cables?

[reddragdiva]

For oxygen-free brains! With a circle with a line through it on their heads in green marker!

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

You still have to pay for the mecury-cored ones.

"Isn't the sound just SO much more fluid and dynamic? You'll want fourteen of course: two for each main channel sending and return, plus four for the dual-channel subwoofer I'm about to sell you in the next room."

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Don't mercury cored cables run?

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

They come in runs of 1 to 5 meters, starting at £500.

Leakage? None measurable! The combination of amorphous conductor and ground-braid shielding virtually eliminate all cable-related crosstalk.

Oh, does the mercury ever come out? Well, repeated tight bends MAY weaken the housing material, and we specifically recommend having the cables installed by our technicians to ensure proper installation, and ensure all warranty terms are complied with. Improper installation will void the warranty.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you mean (http://www.shakti-innovations.com/hallograph.htm).

[reddragdiva]

What the fucking fuck. That's prizewinning.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

The Hallograph contours the frequency, amplitude and time coefficients of the first reflections you hear...generat(ing) a musically complimentary reflective energy...

Only $1000 a pair!

[vatine]

'S OK, as long as you include actually, these 450 $/ft cables cost me 0.10 $/ft and the markup goes to funding a life of exquisite food and exhilirating sex somewhere on the packaging (though you should go for a SMALL (erm, SMALL) font) you're probably morally OK.

Possibly include booklets including the methods of double-blind testing and confirmation bias, for future education.

[reddragdiva]

"It's just a sceptic's exercise to test human gullibility and educate people. The buckets of cash are merely an unfortunate side-effect."

[vatine]

So, shoudl I go shop for an Ltd? We can rainstorm sales-pitches and educational leaflets over a pint at some point. I'm sure there's a cable manufacturer that can do us a decent 2-cord cable in psychedelic-colour sheeting for not very much.

"'Elemental Copper' technology cable acts to minimise the disruptions caused in the transmission of the sound from your amplification units to your amplifier/air interface in a most secret manner. We have scoured the planet for the best copper possible as raw material for our trade-secret 'Elemental Copper' technology. Many test-listeners can't tell the difference between 'Elementa Copper' technology-enhanced speaker cables and the best oxygen-free speaker cables ion the market, at ONLY 80% of the price! Some educational literature enclosed."

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Cheap isn't a selling point. You want very expensive for those fucks.

Maplin is a good source of cheap wire fwiw.

[vatine]

Ah, no, JUST cheaper than the most expensive option is a selling-point. IIRC, the oxygen-free has been priced at about 450 dollars per metre, so selling at (say) 400 dollars per metre is, well, Still Not Cheap.

[bramsmits.livejournal.com]

Be careful with your marketing there. It's very hard to convince people that your $400/yard cable can sound better than their previously bought $450/yard. Now at $600/yard, it's GOT to be better...

Hmm, 2 LTD's, one selling at just below the pricepoint of your competitors, the other selling way above it. Get oodles of cash AND a PhD in Economics. "A practical demonstration of price elasticity in the pricing of high end consumer goods."

[reddragdiva]

If I don't get my next contract soon I may be tempted by this.

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

What music do these people listen to? Is there a certain band/genre/person who buys all that kind of things? I bet they like early Genesis and King Crimson.

[reddragdiva]

Windham Hill, classical they don't actually like, Dire Straits, test tones, etc.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

I think Q magazine - but that may be my prejudice against Q readers.