Snake oil? AMR Audiophile Gold Hi-Fi Fuse 13A

[Leesparkykent]

AMR Audiophile Gold Hi-Fi Fuse 13A (UK Mains Plug) - http://www.analogueseduction.net/amr-fuses/amr-audiophile-gold-hi-fi-fuse-13a-uk-mains-plug.html

Must be mental IMO

 

[telectrix]

You lot are so cynical, well I'm buying one of those fuses for my kettle so it'll boil quicker!

You'll need the gold plated lead as well. then use only nescafe gold blend coffee.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Some of this nonsense really does make the mind boggle, but there's a silver lining due to the placebo effect. Expensive trinkets for your audio system can improve your subjective listening enjoyment without having any effect on the performance of the equipment, purely psychologically. It's such a pity we can't chop out all the pseudoscience and fraud in the middle and let the enthusiast enjoy his 'upgrades' in full knowledge of the fact that they only upgrade his pleasure, not his hardware.

Power leads and connectors are often touted as a quick and easy, almost foolproof upgrade. To anyone considering this, I point out that the mains lead carries only pure 50Hz hum. If you can't hear any mains hum from your equipment, the upgrade won't have any effect. If you can hear hum, you need to get the equipment repaired first, before considering the upgrade.

 

[PEG]

I agree,that if a person believes an expenditure enhances their experience,then it can be so...
A while ago,i was sat in the barbers,with my two lads,and an animated fellow,in his late twenties,was engaged in conversation with the follicle engineer,enthusing about the "outdoor-life" and all things adventurous.

One of the many things he had purchased online,in his voracious quest for gadgets,was a quantity of "powdered water"

No amount of discourse,either scientific,or banter,could persuade him,of his suckerdom.

My 14 year old asked if he had heard of tartan paint,glass hammers or 3 speed walking sticks...no joy...

By the time he came to leave,he was quite peeved,and he turned to the gent next to me,who had tore into him,Rumpole-style,and said " look pal,if it wasn't a thing,it wouldn't be for sale..."

 

[Wilko]

I love it - 3 speed walking sticks !
Goodness me, the UK must be a bit behind the times, I was in the US recently (total fabrication) and hired a fully automatic one

 

[dmxtothemax]

my bang will be bigger than your bang !
" A fool and his money are soon parted " !

 

[Specialist]

AMR Audiophile Gold Hi-Fi Fuse 13A (UK Mains Plug) - http://www.analogueseduction.net/amr-fuses/amr-audiophile-gold-hi-fi-fuse-13a-uk-mains-plug.html

Must be mental IMO

Sad thing is Lee, there are people actually dumb enough to buy & fit them. Then they'll sit there thinking they can hear an improvement in sound quality, end of the day a s**t system will still be a s**t system. Anyway since when do you fit a 13a fuse to your hifi ?.

 

[Specialist]

yeah it's a bit sad really. poor gullible posers. i'd be genuinely interested to have a physics debate with anyone who buys that.

i might end up with a rewire contract for my "gold plated twin and earth"

Don't forget you need Gold plated sockets, CU etc as well.

 

[Specialist]

Talk about fools errand, I bet the seller is laughing his head off whilst scoffing his truffles and moet. Are people that gullible?

When did you start selling this stuff mate ? you kept that quiet

 

[Squid]

Talk about fools errand, I bet the seller is laughing his head off whilst scoffing his truffles and moet. Are people that gullible?

The HiFi High End lot are an odd bunch and to be honest it isn't worth getting into a discussion with them, just don't mention speaker cables...........

I wonder if on www.highendhifianalysts.co.uk they are discussing who the hell buys a Megger MFT1735 for £1000 when a bit of cable and a lamp would do?

 

[DPG]

I take it no-one is using directional cables then?

I've had an interest in hifi (especially vintage stuff) for years now and some of the stuff you read is amazing to be honest. I remember reading a hifi magazine (from the80s or 90s not sure which) where the guy spent a full page explaining why you turntable sounded better depending which way up you had the drive belt! No word of a lie. I've still got it in the loft somewhere - I may dig it out at some point.

If you want a REALLY good laugh I suggest you have a look at PWB Electronics' products. Honestly - it's worth a look. Anyone fancy a sticker that you put on your door frame to make your hifi sound better? No? And it gets even worse than that!

You'll all be rubbing 'cream electret' into your Megger (ooh err) before you know it!

 

[SparkyChick]

If you want a REALLY good laugh I suggest you have a look at PWB Electronics' products. Honestly - it's worth a look. Anyone fancy a sticker that you put on your door frame to make your hifi sound better? No? And it gets even worse than that!

You'll all be rubbing 'cream electret' into your Megger (ooh err) before you know it!

All I can say is OMG! Are those guys for real????

£500 for a 'Quantum Clip'... and I quote....

"The PWB Quantum Clip is capable of manipulating certain inanimate material into a
condition that mimics the quantum state of our living senses. To understand the
importance of such a technique, it is necessary to realise that the human senses
evolved in a world long before most of the materials within the modern environment
existed. The human senses evolved to interact with certain, specific, energy patterns
- namely other relevant forms of life"

That clip of Harry Enfields 'I saw you coming' springs to mind... they definitely saw audiophiles coming, all the way to the bank!

 

[DPG]

I knew you'd like that.

I did get some free samples from them once. I wrote back to them but they never replied to me - I think I offended them

 

[SparkyChick]

Just looked at their 'treated' plugs. I'm going to start sticking black cable ties on all the audio connections of my synths it improves the sound... don't know what the black ones do versus the green and blue ones they had in the pics, but it's got to be worth a try.... maybe if I wrap myself in a cable tie it will improve my ability to play them

 

[Wilko]

The power of suggestion is, well, it's powerful. I recall reading up on the FDA approval for a drug I had to take ... they found in testing the drug when it was dispensed in a green tablet it was most effective. Who knows why, but guess what ... the pills I'd got from Chemist all those years later were in fact green. I felt better too, much better than those red pills, surely

 

[Specialist]

All I can say is OMG! Are those guys for real????

£500 for a 'Quantum Clip'... and I quote....

"The PWB Quantum Clip is capable of manipulating certain inanimate material into a
condition that mimics the quantum state of our living senses. To understand the
importance of such a technique, it is necessary to realise that the human senses
evolved in a world long before most of the materials within the modern environment
existed. The human senses evolved to interact with certain, specific, energy patterns
- namely other relevant forms of life"

That clip of Harry Enfields 'I saw you coming' springs to mind... they definitely saw audiophiles coming, all the way to the bank!

What springs to mind for me, is they need to leave the China White alone & stop with the transcendental meditation