Most ridiculous tweak?
Aug 22, 2007 at 7:14 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 162
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There are a lot of tweaks out there that fall under the heading of "ridiculous." (Remember the green markers you were supposed to use on the edges of your CDs to stop the light from getting out?)

What's your favorite? I'll start the ball rolling with my nomination, a $485 wooden volume knob that:

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are custom made with beech wood and bronze where the bronze is used as the insert to mount to the stem of the volume pot. The beech wood is coated several times with C37 lacquer for best sound as pointed out by Dieter Ennemoser. How can this make a difference??? Well, hearing is believing as we always say. The sound becomes much more open and free flowing with a nice improvement in resolution. Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved.
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The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!!


 
Aug 22, 2007 at 8:35 PM Post #4 of 162
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Aug 22, 2007 at 8:42 PM Post #5 of 162
Wow, this is hilarious... I was just getting ready to make a new post on a similar subject, so it seems like great minds think alike!

So here comes my nomination... The Clever Clock.
http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina41.htm

I'm sorry, but you've got to be screwing kidding me! There is a mad bid going for one of these on Audiogon. Look, I'm more than willing to cross into "audio madness" territory and buy expensive power cords and isolation devices, but this is just frightening. Please send me your $199, I'll put it in the daughter's college education fund and have her do a voodoo dance in return... it's probably more likely to affect your sound.
 
Aug 22, 2007 at 8:44 PM Post #6 of 162
Ha! Soni-Crock is right!

EDIT: OMG, I just followed the link to The Clever Clock, which appears to be a $5 Timex travel alarm with a day-glo sticker on its face, and their sister product, "Brilliant pebbles" which is a jar of small rocks that claims to make your stereo sound better when placed in the same room.

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

This is a joke right?

Right??
 
Aug 22, 2007 at 9:09 PM Post #7 of 162
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Originally Posted by sugarinthegourd /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Ha! Soni-Crock is right!

EDIT: OMG, I just followed the link to The Clever Clock, which appears to be a $5 Timex travel alarm with a day-glo sticker on its face, and their sister product, "Brilliant pebbles" which is a jar of small rocks that claims to make your stereo sound better when placed in the same room.

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

This is a joke right?

Right??


Unfortunately, no. Check out the Audiogon bidding... http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc....845&1187816849
 
Aug 22, 2007 at 9:21 PM Post #8 of 162
They also have $30 outlet covers and the best, the Teleportation Tweak. For $60, they'll send a signal over the phone lines that Quote:

excels in layering, texture, inner detail, air and that you-are-there presence of real music. Bonus: The picture quality of any video system in the house will also be improved!


And you don't even have to have your equipment turned on
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Aug 22, 2007 at 9:26 PM Post #9 of 162
EnOYiN - you realize the SonicRock was created and posted as a parody of Machina Dynamica, right? One of the guys on AudioCircle did it. Unfortunately, AudioGon pulled his listing. Apparently you can only sell crazy tweaks if you do a good job pretending you believe in them (or actually believing in them).
 
Aug 22, 2007 at 10:05 PM Post #10 of 162
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EnOYiN - you realize the SonicRock was created and posted as a parody of Machina Dynamica, right? One of the guys on AudioCircle did it. Unfortunately, AudioGon pulled his listing. Apparently you can only sell crazy tweaks if you do a good job pretending you believe in them (or actually believing in them).


I find it very hard to believe that they believe they can send a tweak over the telephone. Kind of reminds me of the old faith healer Earnest Angley who would have the TV audience at home touch the TV screen so he could heal them over the broadcast signal
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Aug 22, 2007 at 11:11 PM Post #12 of 162
Most Rediculous Tweak has to be tied to Most Rediculous Review of a Rediculous Tweak.

This wins: http://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews...esonators.html

Tiny blocks of wood with even tinier metal cups on top.
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By far the greatest moment of 6Moons already incedibly awesome review was this picture, and the accompanying text.

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But the strangest -- and for the likes of James Randi & Co. most nonsensical -- places to put a resonator was still to come. Franck asked where the refrigerator was. He placed a resonator inside on the bottom ledge. It took a few minutes and then the sound of the refrigerator was gone. No more buzzing. But another effect of the little resonator inside the closed fridge kicked in later. Thinking about air as the medium we breathe and listen to. The air inside a fridge is cold and thus has a different pressure potential. Cold air sinks to the bottom because it's heavier and denser. It appears that we notice the extra pressure emanating from the fridge. Call us crazy, all you naysayers, but until you experience it, keep your comments to yourselves.


Umm, free country, and my comments are that this is the stupidest thing I've ever read. "The sound of the fridge was gone." Umm, maybe perhaps the compressor shut off?

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The car is tuned..... not kidding, that what he calls placing them under the hood.
 
Aug 23, 2007 at 1:15 AM Post #13 of 162
I know that this is a common one--
http://www.shakti-innovations.com/hallograph.htm

Here's my unscientific opinion on this one... this may actually work.

Now I don't have these (don't need 'em, I'm headphone only) but I have had experience with something similar at work. I work for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which plays most of their season at the recently built Walt Disney Concert Hall. Anyone into classical knows that this place has become famous for it's accoustics... you can literally hear someone wiggle in their seats from the opposite side of the hall. How does this relate to the above-mentioned product? Well, the inside of the hall has many obviously "accoustic areas" that look somewhat similar to these. This could just be a coincidence, but it does seem that the VERY highly paid accousticians who did a VERY good job seem to be thinking along the same lines.

Just my uninformed two cents
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Aug 25, 2007 at 7:40 AM Post #14 of 162
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Originally Posted by sugarinthegourd /img/forum/go_quote.gif
What's your favorite? I'll start the ball rolling with my nomination, a $485 wooden volume knob



Whilst the pricing is rediculous and the claims equally dubious, I am aware of at least a couple of headphone amps that might actually sound better with this knob - but only whilst the volume control is actually being turned. I know, for instance, that my Cute Beyond can have a tiny bit of static noise when the volume control is turned, however if I wear rubber gloves (which I don't as a matter of course
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Aug 25, 2007 at 8:38 AM Post #15 of 162
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Originally Posted by NightWoundsTime /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Most Rediculous Tweak has to be tied to Most Rediculous Review of a Rediculous Tweak.

This wins: http://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews...esonators.html

Tiny blocks of wood with even tinier metal cups on top.
quintet.jpg


By far the greatest moment of 6Moons already incedibly awesome review was this picture, and the accompanying text.



Umm, free country, and my comments are that this is the stupidest thing I've ever read. "The sound of the fridge was gone." Umm, maybe perhaps the compressor shut off?

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The car is tuned..... not kidding, that what he calls placing them under the hood.


read about them too on other sites as well. They are for room accoustics but very expensive. But for some they seem to work.

For that kind of money, i'd rather use tapestry etc.
 
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