On 5/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Meatwad</b> <<a href="mailto:meatwad.get.the.honeys@gmail.com">meatwad.get.the.honeys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Cory Papenfuss wrote:<br>>>> Boy you have that one right, and it is worth pointing out to everyone<br>>>> on this list that the "snake oil purveyors" have a real racket going.<br>>> I can't find the URL of it now, but one company was selling a gold plated (or something)
<br>>> power cable to help get a better result out of your amp.<br>>><br>>> I dread to think if anyone's got a more extreme example :)<br>>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.harmonictech.com/products/magic_power.html">
http://www.harmonictech.com/products/magic_power.html</a><br>><br>> ... just as a case in point. That's right, folks... $1200 for a 1<br>> meter POWER CORD! You need 3 meters? That's $2800.<br><br>$2800 is entry level in some cases. There are a number of boutique
<br>power/interconnect manufacturers that tout their own particular flavor<br>of fairy dust. When attending trade shows, we snigger when these cables<br>are spotted in the luxury hotel suites showcasing the world's highest
<br>high-end gear. Truly amazing what marketing people will do in front of a<br> typically scientific audience.</blockquote><div><br>
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Because it's only the last meter that matters. The corroded blackened
copper wiring in the wall connected by twist-on caps inside
junction boxes and loosely attached to the outlet by a steel screw with
zink washer does not degrade power or gather noise in any way, because,
umm.... it's protected by the wall... yeah, that's it.<br>
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