
We wanted a monkey butler and bought one off eBay. Imagine our surprise when we found it was just an ordinary monkey with rabies. Worse: It had no butler training at all. Tell us about your duff technology purchases.
Thanks to Moonbadger for the suggestion
( , Thu 29 Sep 2011, 12:51)
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You were supposed to put them on your pickup arm, cartridge, amp and speakers. The 'inventor' claimed all sorts of wondrous bollocks would happen to the sound, he wanted a small fortune to come to your house to apply these magic bits of foil.
One magazine gave away a set on its front cover and asked readers to write in describing their hi-fi and what difference they noted in the sound.
Oddly enough, those who had spent many thousands on each component proclaimed greater clarity in the sound. The more their hi-fi cost, the greater the improvement.
Everyone else claimed it was utter bollocks and wondered how to get the adhesive off.
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( , Wed 5 Oct 2011, 21:56, 1 reply)

www.belt.demon.co.uk/index.html
No need to waste any money, though - they have some free tips! www.belt.demon.co.uk/Free_Techniques/Free_Techniques.html
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I took part in the trial, and heard no difference. I still have the triangles on my tonearm, cartridge and turntable body because I can't be arsed removing them.
I read a lot of that site, and chuckled out loud a few times. The piece about the gravitational effects of balloons was a cracker.
Still, I -must- spend £180 on a croc clip with a bit of wire soldered to it, a brass hex nut soldered to the other end of that so that I can clip it to my speaker cables ( Maplins bell wire ).
The £17 for a piece of self adhesive 'space blanket' seems an utter bargain in comparison.
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