Reid's Links (www.rawsound.com):
… Audiophile ALL VINYLRECORDS Audio Emporium Audio Odyssey Audio WebAudiophile @ ILikeJamAvalon Audio Video Blaupunkt/USA Bose Corporation Classic Records Esoteric Sound Audio Products Glass Ware Audio Design Software Hi-Fi Heaven Lehmann audio Maddocks Mapleshade Records Nauck's Vintage Records …
Slack Aliss's Dump (slackaliss.blogspot.com):
… link …
Solipsistic Blogdrivel (arsenut.blogspot.com):
… I love the presupposition 'before you dismiss them' - I would add 'Why not just cut out the fannying around and dismiss the theories?' The apposite H.L. Mencken quote here is, of course, 'One belly laugh is worth a thousand syllogisms.'Audiophiles get, as the youth of today say, 'pwned'. Mr. Jam, I like the cut of your jib, sir. …
wongaBlog (wongablog.co.uk):
… increases depth of imaging, lushness, range and soundstage’ on a ferret and you’ll find an audiophile to buy it. This works well with gold-plated, oxygen-free, black, lifted-above-the-carpet cables, but also formagic pens and $1000 wooden knobs. This is because people are rubbish at judging sound quality without a double-blind test. Believe me, I’ve been there - I once told my parents to spend £25 on posh banana plugs. However, I like to think that not even the richest, most scientifically …
things magazine (www.thingsmagazine.net):
… The most random piece of simulacra ever? 'Is this Pope John Paul II waving from beyond the grave? Vatican TV director says yes' / Machina Dynamica, a sophisticated way of removing money from your wallet (viaaudiophile, via me-fi). Our favourite is the 'Teleportation Tweak', an 'an advanced communications technique discovered and developed by Machina Dynamica for upgrading audio systems remotely -- even over very long distances... The Teleportation Tweak is performed …
FresHDV (www.freshdv.com):
… This is sort of offtopic…it’s a very interesting and funny list of themost outrageous ripoff “audiophile” products. Things like the $417 Furutech RD-2 Optical Media Demagnitizer, Cable Elevators Plus which protect your speaker wires from the horrors of carpet, and of course a nice set of OPUS MM Speaker Cables to the tune of $30,750.00. This is also a good time to …
The Red Ferret Journal (redferret.net):
… 20 Ridiculous Audiophile Products. David Stark has compiled a list of audiophile products which claim to improve your Hi-Fidelity listening experience beyond the bounds of normal credibility. The sad thing is he’s received hate mail because of it. Tsk. I think my favourite is the …
The Red Ferret Journal (enorgis.com):
… 20 Ridiculous Audiophile Products. David Stark has compiled a list of audiophile products which claim to improve your Hi-Fidelity listening experience beyond the bounds of normal credibility. The sad thing is he’s received hate mail because of it. Tsk. I think my favourite is the …
Museum of Hoaxes (www.museumofhoaxes.com):
… information explaining the differences between speaker cables, the offer is not a valid one (and James Randi knows it). I've posted about ridiculous over-priced products sold to gullible audiophiles in the past. And ILikeJam has an amusing list ofReally Stupid Audiophile Products, such as the Audioprism CD Stop Light Pen. (It's a magic marker that you're supposed to use to color in the edges of your CDs, because this will somehow make them sound better.) Of course, because expectation and suggestion play such a huge role in …
Museum of Hoaxes (museumofhoaxes.com):
… information explaining the differences between speaker cables, the offer is not a valid one (and James Randi knows it). I've posted about ridiculous over-priced products sold to gullible audiophiles in the past. And ILikeJam has an amusing list ofReally Stupid Audiophile Products, such as the Audioprism CD Stop Light Pen. (It's a magic marker that you're supposed to use to color in the edges of your CDs, because this will somehow make them sound better.) Of course, because expectation and suggestion play such a huge role in …
Pete Bevin (petebevin.com):
… October 06, 2007 Lanolin-free Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones October 05, 2007Audiophile productsDon't tase me, bro October 04, 2007 Quack Miranda Statement Gold digger analyzed If academic journals were game publishers The future of malware 'Howl' too hot to hear Wikipedia:Unusual articles …
Peeve Farm (www.grotto11.com):
… ( 20 comments ) 14:51 - A fool and his too much moneyhttp://www.ilikejam.dsl.pipex.com/audiophile.htmVia BrianD: AUDIOPRISM CD STOP LIGHT PEN The most requested tweak of them all. A certain Jesse Morris emailed me with the name of the thing, so I no longer have an excuse for not putting it in. …
Ampliozone (amplioaudio.blogspot.com):
… I first discovered Mr. Randi's offer on Slashdot. I don't know if I've ever made this clear, but I'm not a big fan of some "audiophile" tweaks. Especially since I think a lot of them are just snake oil. Here's alistof some pretty humorous products. James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Randi has …
Daniel Brasic’s Blog (www.danielbrasic.com):
… this page …
The Story So Far… (brucegarrett.com):
… The Amazing Randi's challenge to the golden ear cult made Slashdot today, and in the comments there is a link toa list of the worst audiophile products ever. If you remember what high end audio used to look like before The Absolute Sound and it's spawn completely destroyed it, take a look now and weep. Here's what it's come to: A pen you color the edges of your CDs with to, I kid you not, …
The Story So Far… (www.brucegarrett.com):
… The Amazing Randi's challenge to the golden ear cult made Slashdot today, and in the comments there is a link toa list of the worst audiophile products ever. If you remember what high end audio used to look like before The Absolute Sound and it's spawn completely destroyed it, take a look now and weep. Here's what it's come to: A pen you color the edges of your CDs with to, I kid you not, …
Silicon Valley Redneck (siliconvalleyredneck.typepad.com):
… this wonderful page …
Auf ein neues... (uliuli.twoday.net):
… Audiophile …