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smitty1110

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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #50 on: August 04, 2015, 01:12:25 PM »
Ah, gotta love the crystals. I sometimes place my mineralogical samples on my gear for shits and giggles. I should bring them to the next NoVA meet, to see people's reactions.
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #51 on: August 04, 2015, 10:42:25 PM »
Speaking of crystals...
http://www.redco.com/Neutrik-NC3MXX-B-CRYSTAL.html
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #52 on: August 05, 2015, 01:40:25 AM »
Quote from: Xen on August 04, 2015, 10:42:25 PM
Speaking of crystals...
http://www.redco.com/Neutrik-NC3MXX-B-CRYSTAL.html
(click to show/hide)

At least they don't make any claims to improving sound quality.
http://www.neutrik.com/en/xlr/crystalcon/nc3fxx-b-crystal
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Do you think there may be an acoustic leak from the jack hole? ~Tyll Hertsens

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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #53 on: August 05, 2015, 01:46:48 AM »
Quote from: Armaegis on August 05, 2015, 01:40:25 AM
At least they don't make any claims to improving sound quality.
http://www.neutrik.com/en/xlr/crystalcon/nc3fxx-b-crystal
But they got those fancy Swarovski crystals on them!   :-DD  Them's are LITERALLY Die-ah-mons!   :)p13
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #54 on: August 05, 2015, 02:54:23 AM »
The Shakti Hallograph Soundfield Optimizer
AKA The Devil's Pocky, Room Treatment of the Triffids

Tired of being married? Install a pair of these six-foot-tall class A wife repellers in your living room, and she'll be gone before you can say, "Prenuptial agreement." Yours for only the price of a brand new pair of Senn HD800s.

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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #55 on: August 05, 2015, 03:00:39 AM »
Quote from: SeaBupter on August 05, 2015, 02:54:23 AM
The Shakti Hallograph Soundfield Optimizer
AKA The Devil's Pocky, Room Treatment of the Triffids

Tired of being married? Install a pair of these six-foot-tall class A wife repellers in your living room, and she'll be gone before you can say, "Prenuptial agreement." Yours for only the price of a brand new pair of Senn HD800s.




You have to be on LSD for 10 days out of a month to write for 6moons, that's a definite requirement.  Or you can forego that if you have proven brain damage.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/shakti/hallograph.html
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #56 on: August 05, 2015, 03:12:08 AM »
Quote from: knerian on August 05, 2015, 03:00:39 AM

You have to be on LSD for 10 days out of a month to write for 6moons, that's a definite requirement.  Or you can forego that if you have proven brain damage.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/shakti/hallograph.html

I think that's a given. Some of the stuff on there.. I just don't know.
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #57 on: August 05, 2015, 05:00:08 AM »
Quote from: SeaBupter on August 05, 2015, 02:54:23 AM
The Shakti Hallograph Soundfield Optimizer
AKA The Devil's Pocky, Room Treatment of the Triffids

Tired of being married? Install a pair of these six-foot-tall class A wife repellers in your living room, and she'll be gone before you can say, "Prenuptial agreement." Yours for only the price of a brand new pair of Senn HD800s.



What's sad is that the $1100 or so that these things cost last I checked could buy you some REAL room treatment products, that actually, you know.. work.

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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #58 on: August 05, 2015, 05:31:06 AM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on August 05, 2015, 05:00:08 AM
What's sad is that the $1100 or so that these things cost last I checked could buy you some REAL room treatment products, that actually, you know.. work.

They're pricier now: $1495 at musicdirect, albeit with free shipping.
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Re: What's your favorite snake oil
« Reply #59 on: August 05, 2015, 07:12:16 AM »
I feel like that product was created when someone pulled half-melted pocky out of the box and thought "hey, I bet I can sell this at 100x the size for 1000x the cost..."
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Do you think there may be an acoustic leak from the jack hole? ~Tyll Hertsens

Not sure if I like stuffing one hole or both holes. Tending toward one hole since both holes seems kinda ghey ~Purrin
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