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Tom

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Well, I was unimpressed until I saw that it's effective with tube amplifiers. I'm in!
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Those are key to make your amp "bloom". Easily the best spent money in your amp, right Bill? :idea:
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"Crystal structures"
Oh my god there's one born every minute.
And these days they have too much disposable income.
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Wouldn't they be more effective if you filled the chassis with them?

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The crystals and the cables prove there aARE suckers born every minute.
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That goes against Mr. Dumble

http://youtu.be/iVTj08qTwGw
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But what about the marshmallows?
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Structo wrote:But what about the marshmallows?
I prefer to pass my cables between 2 bags of marshmallows. The trick is making sure the bar codes on the bags are orientated correctly so the bags are in phase with each other.

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:shock:
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quote from their bullshit

"The original glass bottles for Brilliant Pebbles have been replaced by clear zip lock bags, which have a more linear response than glass."

subtext: glass packaging was too expensive so we switched to plastic, you cant tell the difference anyway

:lol: :lol:
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They claim that the crystals are carefully selected based on their effectiveness.

Damn! Why didn't I think of that technique! Sometimes it's just right there in front of you...and you can't see it...the solution always evades me for some reason.
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Are those pebbles genuine NOS or rebadged current production? :?
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Pebbles alone are only a half-measure towards good audio.

The other half of the equation is Bam Bam.
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Machina Dynamica has been around for years. It's a both a spoof on audiophile lunacy and a scam, in that they apparently actually sell to whoever is idiotic enough to send them money. Brilliant. The website is a hoot, especially this:

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm
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