[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Machine on auction site

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tony j. podrasky" <tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] [Bulk] Machine on auction site


> GA OM's;
>
> I remember the time I went into a high-end audiophile 
> store just
> to take a look around. I was pretty shocked at some of the 
> prices.
>
> When I saw "speaker cable" for $1,000 a foot [THAT'S 
> RIGHT: ONE
> THOUSAND DOLLARS A FOOT!] I almost wet my pants from 
> laughing so hard!
>
> I apologized to the saleman about that and asked him did 
> anyone ever
> actually buy some of that. He said there are some people 
> who do.
>
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNN
> ZCZC

      I wonder how many of these folks have ever had their 
hearing tested. I am hors de combat as far as high end audio 
these days because of hearing loss but I used to have 
"golden ears". A lot of what people ascribed to some voodoo 
was just plain old harmonic or intermodulation distortion, I 
mean lots of it. When I was selling the stuff I tested a 
high end wire called Kimber Kable against lamp wire. Well, I 
was astonished that it did make a difference. This was a 
long run, maybe 25 feet. The difference was plain old 
resistance, the No.18 lamp wire had much more resistance 
than the about No.12 Kimber Kable, it was enough to change 
the damping. Any large wire would have made the same 
difference as I proved to myself. Of course, the ideal is to 
have the amplifier at the speaker.
     Has anyone tested to see if a Teletype machine will 
print faster if supported on pyramids?


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com