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Wall outlets. Myles?

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Posted on October 30, 2009 at 13:47:45
samtellig
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 Word in the industry is now circulating that a certain "manufacturer" has offered re-branded Hubbell hospital-grade wall outlets (which I recommend) as something different and somehow "enhanced" ...

(yes, by marketing)

and then has had the efforntery (allegedly) to have had knock-off wall outlets made in China and offered as similar grade and at or about the same prices.

Suckers, anyone?

Never heard of Myles receptacles.(nt), posted on October 30, 2009 at 19:19:11
cdb
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I wouldn't recommend you using a wall outlet, Sam. It requires you to put a hole in your wall, posted on October 30, 2009 at 19:06:43
1973shovel
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 Oh, wait, that was an outdoor FM antenna wasn't it? Still, no sense pursuing better performance at the expense of a hole, now is there?

RE: Wall outlets. Myles?, posted on October 30, 2009 at 16:15:31
Myles B. Astor
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 Great Tom,

Wow do you have a real scoop! What don't you open your next column -or better yet put this news up on the Stereophile web site, with an expose on this manufacturer. Probably will get you a Pulitzer.

Other than that, has nothing to do with the price of tea in China.
Myles B. Astor
I'll write it up for Ultimate Audio.(nt), posted on October 31, 2009 at 09:01:18
samtellig
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 (nt)

Right after Armor All .(nt), posted on November 1, 2009 at 17:00:20
Myles B. Astor
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 nt
Myles B. Astor
RE: Right after Armor All .(nt), posted on November 2, 2009 at 03:45:00
pt109
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 Is there some kind of sexual tension between you two?:@)

:) nt, posted on October 31, 2009 at 05:38:16
Jack Seaton
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Yeah, but its cryogenically treated., posted on October 30, 2009 at 15:52:53
Chris O
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 Or was that a GMO (Genetically Modified Outlet).

People buy perceived happieness.

I think that this is why DIY is so alluring. Imagine, actually knowing how your stuff works.

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Long Live Dr.Gizmo
It's amazing technology ...., posted on October 31, 2009 at 18:04:51
samtellig
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 ... that can take what looks like a hospital grade wall outlet that sells for between $28 and $33...

and turn it into a $147 cryogenically-treated marvel.

Nothing beats the Tice Clock, though -- a $29.00 Radio Shack alarm clock that was magically transformed into -- what? -- something for ten times the price. And it wasn't clear exactly what it was supposed to do.

Now THAT's profit. A lot of audiophiles went for that one. Was the Myles among them? I don't remember. I have the Radio Shack look-alike. It is a very nice alarm clock and I know it improves the sound of my hospital-grade wall outlets and power cords.

Long live Mpingo discs. Texas water cables. Peter W. Belt.

This is highly relevant to the price of tea in China. The general gist (stench?) of this stuff helps explain why so many hi-fi rags went out of business. And why the hobby, once vibrant, has become so febrile, marginalized and righly ridiculed.

Kudos to Gene Pitts, the late Julian Hirsch and the departed Len Feldman for not even writing about this stuff.
Careful, Sam!, posted on November 1, 2009 at 18:18:27
caspian@peak.org
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 Remember that this is the ASYLUM, and rational viewpoints are not particularly welcome.

If you persist in calling BS on the subjectivists' unproveable delusions, or the shysters' blatant frauds, you may find yourself subjected to the same sort of Stalinist purge recently inflicted on a couple of other doubters, with all your previous posts and all memory of your existence obliterated. (Though apparently, you can still pop in and say "boo" once in awhile, before the thought police detect and annihilate your post).

PS: I have a windup Baby Ben alarm clock, and it improves the sound of my system immeasurably by NOT putting a lot of RFI garbage into the house wiring. It isn't even cryogenically treated!

RE: "Nothing beats the Tice Clock -- a $29.00 Radio Shack alarm clock that magically transformed into what?", posted on November 1, 2009 at 04:57:54
geoffkait
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 Nice to see Controversial Tweak angst alive and well. IIRC your own magazine wrote a positive review of the Tice Clock. What's not to like?

Yeah DIY is good, posted on October 30, 2009 at 16:15:17
Scott Woebcke
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 I don't understand why more people aren't building tube amps and making franken amps...The transformers/guts are abundant in old hifi radios. As the scarecrow said in the wizard of oz "if I only had a brain" I'd love to build an amp.

I've seen some pretty goddamn impressive hifi amps built from organs/consoles etc...Stereophile should feature a 15 page spread on "Junkyard amps" Get a pile of components and have each team compete with equal resources to build an amp.

Perhaps some of these audiophile capacitor manufactures could donate a few for the cause. It'd be a hoot to see what the basement geniuses could do.

RE: Yeah DIY is good, posted on November 2, 2009 at 01:46:38
audioAl
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 Great Idea. I'd love to learn to build my own Amp.
Vista Ultimate 32bit/Diamond XS Dac/ Sterovox coaxial line in to Insignia Amp/Cambridge SoundWorks& Infinity RS 1001 Speakers

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