[Milsurplus] [Fwd: Re: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery]

[J. Forster]

In following some Audiophool stuff, I came across a Rubidium frequency
standard for audiophool use and could not resist posting it to the Time
Nuts list.

Here is one reply. Especially check out the link.

Best,

-Jhn

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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery
From:    "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby at onetel.net>
Date:    Sun, July 4, 2010 4:30 am
To:      "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<time-nuts at febo.com>
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On 07/ 4/10 08:48 AM, Steve Rooke wrote:
> Maybe we are into the wrong sort of projects here, instead of knocking
> together $10 "testers" we should get some cheap Rb units off fluke.l
> and start turning out $15,000 audio equipment. Can you imagine how
> much you could get for your ageing tube Cs unit in this phools market!
> :)
>
> Steve

Do the cheap fluke units allow locking to a 1 pps signal? If so, you could
sell
a GPS locked version for even more!

The point made in

http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/pdf/audiophools.pdf

is that the people that do this sort of thing must have pretty deep pockets,
which you don't associate with stupid people. (There are exceptions of
course).
There was a guy I was at school with. His parents were richer than most of
us in
the working class area of Walthamstow, East London.

He did advanced level (A-level) in physics, chemistry and maths, just like
me.
He used speaker cables that had arrows on them pointing in the direction the
music was supposed to flow. I asked him why. He could not offer any
explanation
of any logic for this, but still bought them, as he could afford to.

Dave

>
> On 4 July 2010 19:33, Rob Kimberley<rk at timing-consultants.com>  wrote:
>> Maybe we've all been missing something in our timing projects.
>> Must get some of that high purity 6N copper wire.......
>> :-)
>> Rob K
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
>> Behalf Of J. Forster
>> Sent: 03 July 2010 10:51 PM
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Subject: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery
>>
>>
>> master_clocks/g-0rb/<http://esoteric.teac.com/master_clocks/g-0rb/>
>>
>> About $15,000.
>>
>> -John
>>
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