Most ridiculous Hi Fi upgrade

[lifeson]

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

 

[Jack]

£30 for 4!!

 

[Keith Oates]

Somebody is extracting the Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tim Bennet.]

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.

 

[Chuffy]

I don't know what your problem is, it clearly says "Screws included" which makes them a bargain.

 

[Chuffy]

How about this? Only £967 for a metre of connecting cable.

 

[lifeson]

What about this bargain
Here

£4200 for 8ft of speaker cable

 

[Chuffy]

What about this bargain
Here

£4200 for 8ft of speaker cable

And all they're going to do is slap Oasis on the cd player...

 

[Keith Oates]

What about this bargain
Here

£4200 for 8ft of speaker cable

and it doesn't even work the brakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MartDavis]

I heard of some directional HiFi cable once. Bit daft as the signal is AC!

 

[SamNichols]

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.

 

[Aperitif]

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...

 

[Kirstie]

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!

 

[TimO]

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...

 

[fuzzy29]

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.