Cardas Myrtle Wood Blocks

[vcoheda]

just like you tell yourself everyday that the Ed.9s are worth $1000+

[Sovkiller]

Originally Posted by vcoheda

just like you tell yourself everyday that the Ed.9s are worth $1000+

Well at least I bet you that I can get my $1,000.00 back any time, any day, just listing them here...and in less than 24 hours I will sell them, wanna bet??? Now try to sell those stupid blocks for the half of the price you paid, to see how many are willing to get them...

Sorry but I'm not alone on the enjoyment the Edition 9 provide, see how many have gotten them before, and after, I got mine, and are still enjoying them, the are not a FOM headphones, they are very serious headphones, and sound very good. BTW it is not $1,000.00 they cost actually close to $1,500.00, and there are still many many happy owners that believe they are worth and had paid for them with no remorse...

Now as a side note, I'm very happy with them, those made the most noticeable improvement that I have heard ever in audio, as you can expect while you replace headphones or speakers, those changes can be for good or bad, fortunately for me, this time was for good, in other occasions have been for bad...but the transducers always made the most noticeable changes in any audio chain, and I'm not alone on that, just ask around...

Now it is curious on how you compare a transducer that usually are the most important part in any audio chain, and the part that make the most dramatic change, to some stupid blocks of wood, are you really serious???

Even if they are not worth the price, you can find tons of guys that will like them, as preference is all about, I do not think that you can say the same about those wood blocks, and I do not think that you will find too many guys around that will believe that four blocks of wood will change anything in audio, unless the height of the gear you place on top, and of course the balance in your wallet...

[vcoheda]

relax.

i'm just playing with you. but the blocks are so cheap. 3 blocks cost $15. in audio land, that is virtually free. buy one set and try them under every component you own. i bet they will make a pleasant difference under at least one of them.

[Sovkiller]

Originally Posted by vcoheda

relax.

i'm just playing with you. but the blocks are so cheap. 3 blocks cost $15. in audio land, that is virtually free. buy one set and try them under every component you own. i bet they will make a pleasant difference under at least one of them.

I'm not upset, where do you get that idea, it takes a lot more to upset me...

Sorry but this time I think I would pass, for close to nothing that it could be, just think that $15.00 is the price of virtually any new CD, and I rather prefer to get the new CD instead of woodwork...

I could see other stuff that even while dubious to me, they may or not work, power cables, power conditiones, IC's, cones, piramids, spikes, wall treatments, fluids, etc....but these wood blocks are as close as snake oil as a tweak can be...

[monolith]

Even if you do believe that those things make a difference, what really bugs me is that you'd buy them from Cardas. It'd be cheaper and more efficient just to get a board of the stuff and cut it up into blocks. You could even cut it into shapes that actually have a chance of dissipating vibration while you're at it, combining the *mystical effects of myrtle wood* with *things that make sense*.

This isn't like other audio components where you're paying for research or labour costs or something. This is literally only paying for a brand name. It's as bad as Nike charging $50 for a plain white t-shirt with a little swoosh over the breast. It boggles the mind.

Hell, how do you know that myrtle wood is the best for dissipating vibration? I mean, we already have ample reason to believe it's specifically a bad material for doing that. Why not buy all kinds of exotic hardwoods and put them under your audio components. Don't know until you try, right? I have a feeling that your CD player would really benefit from some mahogany under the front left corner.

The best part is that if someone vulnerable to such scams did that, they'd probably find a correlation between the improvement in sound and the rarity of the woods, or something to that effect.

Another possible test is to take identical wood blocks emblazoned with the logos of a variety of different brands and see which one sounds better. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that Nordost knows how to cut a block of wood better than Cardas does.

[LawnGnome]

People are far too willing to spend money on products from these companies. There is no way these companies don't know they are scamming people.

[vcoheda]

the blocks aren't a scam.

It seems that just about everything has an impact on the sound you hear - racks, feet, shelves and other devices used in conjunction. to me it seems very logical that wood blocks in some way and just like other isolation/dampening devices impact the sound as well.

[gritzcolin]

Originally Posted by vcoheda

the blocks aren't a scam.

It seems that just about everything has an impact on the sound you hear - racks, feet, shelves and other devices used in conjunction. to me it seems very logical that wood blocks in some way and just like other isolation/dampening devices impact the sound as well.

Maybe so But the price tag on alot of this stuff is infact a scam.

[yotacowboy]

Originally Posted by gritzcolin

Maybe so But the price tag on alot of this stuff is infact a scam.

have you tried the cardas blocks?

[Sovkiller]

Originally Posted by yotacowboy

have you tried the cardas blocks?

Let's say that someone does, and indeed they make a difference, does that fact make them worth $45.00 bux....??? Does the use of an electric saw, and engraving the logo make them cost that much?

As posted above here is the price of the wood, enough ot make a bunch of those blocks of that size...that fact alone regardless of what kind of difference they make or not, is in my book an scam...period...

[yotacowboy]

Originally Posted by Sovkiller

Let's say that someone does, and indeed they make a difference, does that fact make them worth $45.00 bux....??? Does the use of an electric saw, and engraving the logo make them cost that much?

As posted above here is the price of the wood, enough ot make a bunch of those blocks of that size...that fact alone regardless of what kind of difference they make or not, is in my book an scam...period...

yes, but have you actually tried them (either by buying some myrtle wood and taking the time to make your own, or purchasing them from cardas)?

[Sovkiller]

Originally Posted by yotacowboy

yes, but have you actually tried them (either by buying some myrtle wood and taking the time to make your own, or purchasing them from cardas)?

See some posts above, at least one other member had, and he felt no effect at all in his systm...but even if 100 guys had, and love it, and the wood blocks make their system indeed sound a lot better, which part of the rip off pricewise fact that will change? An item that cost $2.00 to be made (and being conservative here) and is sold for $45.00 is a rip off regardless of the effect they produce, and regardless of how many people had tried it, and like it or not...

I'm not saying that the block is a rip off because it will not change or will have not have any impact on the sound (even while I'm 100% sure it does not) I'm saying they are outrageously expensive for being just 4 blocks of wood...period...Now my question is: what part of that statement needs to be proved to you, do you believe that 4 blocks of wood cost $45.00?

Sorry but I like the height my CD player is right now, and the day I do not like it, and want it to be higher, I promise you that I will not buy neither from Cardas, but will get some wood blocks in home depot....

[yotacowboy]

Originally Posted by Sovkiller

See some posts above, at least one other member had, and he felt no effect at all in his systm...but even if 100 guys had, and love it, and the wood blocks make their system indeed sound a lot better, which part of the rip off pricewise fact that will change? An item that cost $2.00 to be made (and being conservative here) and is sold for $45.00 is a rip off regardless of the effect they produce, and regardless of how many people had tried it, and like it or not...

I'm not saying that the block is a rip off because it will not change or will have not have any impact on the sound (even while I'm 100% sure it does not) I'm saying they are outrageously expensive for being just 4 blocks of wood...period...Now my question is: what part of that statement needs to be proved to you, do you believe that 4 blocks of wood cost $45.00?

Sorry but I like the height my CD player is right now, and the day I do not like it, and want it to be higher, I promise you that I will not buy neither from Cardas, but will get some wood blocks in home depot....

you seem to have a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't even tried the footers in question, or a facsimile thereof.

[LawnGnome]

Originally Posted by yotacowboy

you seem to have a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't even tried the footers in question, or a facsimile thereof.

It is a logical fallacy to beleive that you must use a product to come to a reasonable conclusion on it.

Quite stupid reasoning to be blunt.

[Sovkiller]

Originally Posted by yotacowboy

you seem to have a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't even tried the footers in question, or a facsimile thereof.

You are wrong, I have only one opinion regarding the blooks, not a lot of opinions as you said, the blocks are a rip off period...