Stuff for idiots

Diddums · 29 May 2020 at 10:22

We've all seen that magic USB stick which blocks 5G or whatever and probably also has a few gigs of storage for free, but this has raised an interesting topic on another forum I frequent and wanted to bring it here.

Here for example is a review of a certain audiophile product:

I have pretty much every mains device Russ sells, about £6000 worth of boxes and cables...and I still heard an improvement!! I fitted one internally to my CD player as well as the plug. My impressions: Music is much more listenable, clear, spacious and bass has serious heft, volume can go LOUD without distortion, so live albums are intoxicating, especially through headphones. I also spared a thought for the passion and integrity that goes into the products...Thank you most sincerely Russ.

Let's see who can guess what the product is

No? No one? It's a £25 plug top fuse.

https://www.russandrews.com/13a-superfuse-mains-plug-fuse-single/

And in that spirit, what else can you lot find?

I once spent £85 on a Monster HDMI cable fagedaboudit

Diddums · 29 May 2020 at 13:00

Raymond Lin said:
I know what it is when I saw the link, Russ Andrews has been around for decades, it’s not new at all.

Weird flex, but ok :confused:

(tbh they probably only need to sucker in one customer a month to keep the lights on)

Diddums · 31 May 2020 at 03:46

Audiophiles make me laugh. We have one at work, he recently spent £200 on some little 3D printed cones to put his speakers on to "reduce the amount of sonic energy going in to the floor".

Erm, when I worked for Stage Company in Holland, we set up loads of acoustic systems for various halls and whatnot, the pinnacle being the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam which likes to boast about having the best acoustics in the world, not once did we hear about these amazing things.

I do remember them however, a load of the staff bought old speakers from the company which they then installed in their homes for lols / bragging rights and they used these little cones to reduce the amount of bass going through to the neighbours. That's it.

Diddums · 31 May 2020 at 15:01

arknor said:
do they really stop much? bass travels through the air anyway? like when your at a concert and you feel the bass in your chest

I doubt it tbh, but when we could buy a pack of four for 1 euro it was worth a shot. Nobody really measured anything and asking your neighbours if your irritating 2am music was improved wasn't exactly the most sensible approach to finding out