How gullible are we?

[Anonymous]

My girlfriend had a shockingly cheap and bad Sanyo micro-micro-micro 'system' where one of the speakers worked only occassionally. She then bought a long low TV cabinet from Next in which went the micro and speakers. It actually sounded half-decent when we pushed the sliding front door of the cabinet over to cover the speakers!

She now has my Denon DM30 micro which I donated to her - more for my benefit than hers.

 

[idc]

JoelSim:

All sorts of things impact on sound and many are circumstance/location related.

A while back there was a post asking what hifi you would buy with a lottery win. Mine was 'only' going to cost in the region of £10,000 and got some criticism for that, but they had failed to spot the £500,000 to be spent on getting the best listening environment possible. I would still want that setup, but with some of Jaxwired's magic music dust sprinkled about the room! Imagine getting caught receiving that through the post; 'but officer, its magical music dust'!

 

[Anonymous]

This "snake oil" post does require me to add that my own venerable system sounds inifinitely better, when I turn it on.

 

[Frank Harvey]

ChrisMM:The same Jimmy Hughes who's spent the last 20 years listening with his speakers facing away from him.Have you tried this?

 

[idc]

FrankHarveyHiFi:ChrisMM:The same Jimmy Hughes who's spent the last 20 years listening with his speakers facing away from him.Have you tried this?

Yes, but then I found my music sounded better when I sat in the garden.

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew Everard:
the_lhc:He's removed all fuses from his plugs and hardwired them.

Which we have to say is not something we'd advise doing, on safety grounds, and could make for interesting conversations with both fire investigators and insurance assessors were you to have, and survive, a house-fire.

That's not a problem Andrew as there is a 20A circuit breaker in the consumer unit which will trip in the event of a short in the wiring, also overload trip/surge protection in the BT Units which will also detect voltage on the Earth and Neutral lines, and fuses inside the equipment which will trip on internal component failures etc.

All bases are covered so smoldering wiring cannot occur, circuit breakers will trip instantly.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes, but the health warning is there for the people without the 20A circuitbreaker, who might be tempted to remove the fuses in their plugs and stick a piece of wire in, thinking it will make the system sound better.

Not everyone is as clued-up as you, after all...

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

trevor79:Andrew Everard:

the_lhc:He's removed all fuses from his plugs and hardwired them.

Which we have to say is not something we'd advise doing, on safety grounds, and could make for interesting conversations with both fire investigators and insurance assessors were you to have, and survive, a house-fire.

That's not a problem Andrew as there is a 20A circuit breaker in the consumer unit which will trip in the event of a short in the wiring, also overload trip/surge protection in the BT Units which will also detect voltage on the Earth and Neutral lines, and fuses inside the equipment which will trip on internal component failures etc. All bases are covered so smoldering wiring cannot occur, circuit breakers will trip instantly.

I think you would be amazed at the number of Victorian houses(and before) which still have no trips,and literally wire fuses where you do put a piece of wire in a fuse ,and as for BT units -well they do not cover the whole house do they.

 

[Anonymous]

Ravey Gravey Davy:trevor79:Andrew Everard:
the_lhc:He's removed all fuses from his plugs and hardwired them.

Which we have to say is not something we'd advise doing, on safety grounds, and could make for interesting conversations with both fire investigators and insurance assessors were you to have, and survive, a house-fire.

That's not a problem Andrew as there is a 20A circuit breaker in the consumer unit which will trip in the event of a short in the wiring, also overload trip/surge protection in the BT Units which will also detect voltage on the Earth and Neutral lines, and fuses inside the equipment which will trip on internal component failures etc. All bases are covered so smoldering wiring cannot occur, circuit breakers will trip instantly.

I think you would be amazed at the number of Victorian houses(and before) which still have no trips,and literally wire fuses where you do put a piece ofÿwire in a fuse ,and as for BT units -well they do not cover the whole house do they.ÿ

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Victorians ever done for us?

 

[chebby]

Nothing wrong with my house's wiring.....

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry Chebby, I can't offer any help. Trevor79 may be your man.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Octopo:Ravey Gravey Davy:trevor79:Andrew Everard:

the_lhc:He's removed all fuses from his plugs and hardwired them.

Which we have to say is not something we'd advise doing, on safety grounds, and could make for interesting conversations with both fire investigators and insurance assessors were you to have, and survive, a house-fire.

That's not a problem Andrew as there is a 20A circuit breaker in the consumer unit which will trip in the event of a short in the wiring, also overload trip/surge protection in the BT Units which will also detect voltage on the Earth and Neutral lines, and fuses inside the equipment which will trip on internal component failures etc. All bases are covered so smoldering wiring cannot occur, circuit breakers will trip instantly.

I think you would be amazed at the number of Victorian houses(and before) which still have no trips,and literally wire fuses where you do put a piece of wire in a fuse ,and as for BT units -well they do not cover the whole house do they.

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Victorians ever done for us?

Continued a male dominant,female subordinate society and perpetuated the capitalist society with no respite or sympathy or empathy for the lower classes,which still pervades modern society when they really did have the opportunity to change so much more. Oh- and no trip switches

 

[Anonymous]

I hereby await the judgement, your Honour. (What happened to all the clever ones?).

As in the extinguished British inventors who sporned everything?

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Octopo:

I hereby await the judgement, your Honour. (What happened to all the clever ones?).

As in the extinguished (male)British inventors who sporned everything?

That concludes the case for the defence M'lud.(night ,night- I am old you know)

 

[Anonymous]

Ravey Gravey Davy:ÿ(male)
That concludes the case for the defence M'lud.(night ,night- I am old you know)


The lady is of course more respected than any man. Prosecution refrains.ÿ