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Randi closes 2004 on audio note
Changing the knob on a device is said to provide better sound. The
scientific explanation is that it supresses vibrations that color the sound. It is wood with a special paint job that does the trick, and for a mere $400 plus it is your's. Every element in this sad example is present in each issue of many audio mags as standard food for consumption,ie. claims for subjective changes in sound and "scientific" explanations offered by which they are supported. The wood knob reminds me why I allowed my subscription to a well known mag to lapse. A wire came in two versions, one had standard metal finger pieces by which to plug them in and the more expensive version had wooden finger pieces. The "review" of the wire said the difference in sound was clear, if only a small improvement over the metal version. Despite a flood of postcards and ever smaller subscription prices to lure me back, never again has that mag passed my threshold, it was the wooden handle that broke the camel's back in what was a monthly flood of such nonsense claimed for wire and stands and spikes and cd treatments and all manner of such. . http://www.randi.org/jr/123104my.html#8 |
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