This must be one of the daftest ideas for HiFi nerds to waste their money on Here This site has some of the most expensive tosh I have ever come across
Typical cynics! Of course they're expensive - they have a unique acoustic damping core made of X38R. How much X38R do you think you get to the pound? Muppets.
Hi-fi systems get up to prices that are unbelievable. It's perfectly possible to pay £3000 for a record player, and the real buffs do so without flinching. Once you get to a certain price range, then the 10% that one is supposed to pay for the interconnects and speaker cable comes to a lot of money. those riser things look like snake oil though. NB - I am not excusing these people's idiocy, but they probably think that paying over a grand for a bike is equally odd.
http://www.highendpalace.com/2006 CES show in Las Vegas.htm Hi- Fi bling! It is pretty - sometimes! There is even a mountain-like 'Galibier' to be seen...
And then consider how much you'd spend on a bike if you had the money...some of those hifi buffs would probably wet themselves laughing at what some cyclist spend per annum on kit!
The trouble with some of the Hi-Fi "enthusiasts", is the arguments they use. Gold plated mains plugs for example (and there are some £70 gold plated IEC plugs on that site), unless you've got a gold plated wall socket, and associated gold plating all the way to the power station, seems a bit pointless. Someone already mentioned directional cables, which you can pretty much prove must be non-linear if they actually are directional. Don't get me onto coloured markers around the edge of CDs to reduce light scatter... A fool and their money...
How many music buffs or musicians spend thousands on their hi-fi? These sort of things are for people with more money than sense, like people in Porsche Cayenne's! Still, I just wish I was the one making that stuff, the profit margin must be huge.
