[R-390] Re: "Special" wall plugs for R-390x recvrs

[Ken Kaplan]

I remember seeing something like this back in 1999 or 2000 at the CES (Consumer 
Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. At the Alexis Hotel, they present high-end audio products 
and I'm talking very high-end. Audiophooles are all over the place oogling the class A tube 
gear and solid silver power cables. There was a vendor selling Leviton duplex power outlets 
for $250! I learned that he had disassembled them and gold plated all of the metal parts. I 
tried to learn from him what advantage this was (other than corrosion protection) but got a lot 
of slippery sales talk. He assumed he was talking to an audiophoole instead of an engineer. It 
has been my experience that most audiophooles have a limited understanding of physics and 
are willing to suspend skepticism in search of perfect sound - what ever that is. I'm kind of 
sorry to see this kind of crap at Parts Express as they are a good source of stuff for those 
who like to build their own good audio systems, me included.

73 Ken kb7rgg

> Anything good for the over-the-top audiophools is good for the
> "certifiable" radio fanatics too, eh?
>
> This particular item takes the entire audiophile insanity to a
> whole new level. This concept is so preposterous that I'm
> thinking that there may be a possibility that PE has done this
> as a joke, just to see how far this phenomenon can be taken, and
> how many fish will actually jump, and take the bait. 
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> I'm still shaking my head in disbelief....
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