Tweak your rig over the phone! Exciting new Machina Dynamica news!

eric the red · « **Reply #100 on:** 1 Jul 2007, 04:14 pm »

Quote from: TheChairGuy on 1 Jul 2007, 03:20 pm

That is rich, ETR

Quote from: eric the red on 1 Jul 2007, 10:29 am
TO: Ericthered

The winner for this item defaulted, so if you're still interested, you are the winner at your last bid.

Regards, Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica

hmmmmm....

I'm beyond skeptical about this guy now. He emailed me 2 hours after the auction ended saying that the winner defaulted, even though the winning bid happened 30 seconds before the auction ended, was .75 more than mine and was by an established Agone member with good feedback. End of discussion-thanks for playing.

Postscript: Geoff Kait emailed me with the winning bidder's response to Geoff:
"I WON'T PAY!
WHAT A JOKE!
IT'S A SCAM!"
Winning bidder is suspended from Agone for 30 days. Hmmmm...maybe I SHOULD take him up on that offer

rabpaul · « **Reply #101 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 05:47 am »

ETR,

You can't have second thoughts now.
We are all waiting for you to confirm that this is a scam.

Actually I am concerned for your safety, what if those telephone clicks reset the hair cells in your Organ of Corti? You might be singing praises of GK.

Tweaker · « **Reply #102 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 06:33 am »

Pay for it, record the tones and then post them onto the internet for anyone to download for free.

KCI-JohnP · « **Reply #103 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 12:42 pm »

ETR,
So what happened, are you going to go thru with it? I'm with Arthurs, I'm in for part of the $ just to hear the "results" and your review! Split it three ways and I'm in for my 33 1/3%, it will be worth the laugh!

John

macrojack · « **Reply #104 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 01:14 pm »

Nathan - It is with heavy heart that I confess to pure fabrication of my story about a research paper. G.K. is actually not his real name. He is not doing research and he doesn't even really have a magic tone to sell us.

What is going on here is more insidious than a simple scam.

If you would like to know the real story, you may subscribe to my blog when it is up for review in about 12 days. We're still working on our rates but you can be assured that they will be aligned with the normal pricing of high end audio must-haves.

There will be features on the Clever Little Cock and the real story behind the scenes at TAS. Yes, there is a tie-in between those two features.

If you subscribe to a year of this grounbreaking, earth-shattering info/exposee, ramrod journalism without asking too many questions, I'll include a copy of my jalapeno and pomegranate tuna salad recipe. Hold the mayo and slather the secret sauce. Yeehaw!!! What a tingle that stuff brings.

Wanna know more?

JohnR · « **Reply #105 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 01:26 pm »

Quote from: macrojack on 2 Jul 2007, 01:14 pm

Wanna know more?

Not really.

Look, having a little fun is one thing, but statements that are going to get lawyers after us is quite another. I'll ask once more (and for the last time) for folks to tone it down a little.

macrojack · « **Reply #106 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 03:57 pm »

After carefully considering all of the pros and cons associated with this tweak, I have determined that I don't need one at this time.

doug s. · « **Reply #107 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 08:09 pm »

Quote from: Psychicanimal on 24 Jun 2007, 01:41 am

Quote from: macrojack on 22 Jun 2007, 11:51 pm
Until I read this thread I had an open mind about Ridge Street Audio. But after reading the self-righteous posturings of this Robert Schult, my mind has slammed shut to RSAD and MD alike.

It raises the old question, "Is he that god-damned stupid.........or does he think we are?"

I don't think you have the money to buy a Ridge Street Audio System, so it doesn't matter what you say. If you had the money, you'd listened to it already and would have an opinion.

francisco, i know you like robert's cables. and, i know good things have been said by others, about both his cables, & his other gear. but, i am with macrojack on this one. i won't knowingly support any vendor that supports anything i find reprehensible. selling a fone call purported to tweak one's system is reprehensible, imho. so, i don't care what robert's stuff sounds like, or how good it is. there's other stuff as good, i am sure... robert attempts to make a case for not stringing up supposed charletans. but this product is the work of a charletan, not a "supposed" charletan. tesla & einstein would be insulted to be referred to, as representative examples of why we shouldn't condemn the fone call tweak as anything other than an outright sham - even if we have never tried it.

ymmv,

doug s.

mcullinan · « **Reply #108 on:** 2 Jul 2007, 08:53 pm »

ahh.... i remeber the dayz when this link was just a wee little 1 page long baby.... Those were the good days...
We had to walk a mile to school in blizzards...
Mike

rabpaul · « **Reply #109 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 08:37 am »

ETR,

Well someone took a leap of faith.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1182611235&openfrom&51&4#51
Some extracts.

06-25-07: Tbg
Guido, there is not much to tell about installing this tweak. You call and Geoff sets it up. I asked if the telephone needed to be close to the system, and he said no. I asked if my ear needed to be away from the telephone, and he said it did not matter. He said that I would hear some clicks. I held the phone away and did hear the clicks. He said good-bye, and I said that if I heard anything, I would call back. I did, and I did. He asked if I had called on a cell phone, and I said yes. He asked if we had a land-line; I said yes. He then suggested that it also should be treated. I called back on it; he treated it; and I listened another time. It also improved. It was about that time that I realized that what is being treated is the telephone itself.
What I get with both phones treated is great immediacy to the soundstage, a cleaner top end, and a great bass. The strength of my system has been a very realistic sound stage. This has taken me further in this direction. I have listened to many of my cds and records and find them quite different from how they had sounded. Both types of telephones seem to be vile devices anywhere near a stereo system. I am beginning to think I understated the benefits of this tweak. Unfortunately, Geoff does not know how long the effects might last. They may be permanent, however.

06-25-07: Jeffreybowman2k
That's interesting. Why not just unplug the phone and save yourself $60?

06-25-07: Genesis168
Ah, I see...he is treating the phone lines. BTW, the LAN phone lines does give out a lot of airborne noise (RF/EM). For those who do not believe, here is a simple trick you can do.
Place a ferrite bead on the main tel line when it enters the house. Listen to your system with the bead on and off. IMO, there is a difference as I have heard it. Much more quiet with the bead on.

eric the red · « **Reply #110 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 09:57 am »

Sorry JohnR but I-must-comment-cannot-help-it...

"Geoff does not know how long the effects might last. They may be permanent, however. "

AS IF....
I wonder how long it will be until a monthly subscription of the TT will be offered in order to keep your audio system as finely tuned as possible? Or for even more dough, they could call your rig weekly or daily.

What's interesting about that thread is not that one of the Agone forum knobheads took the bait but that criticism of the product was even allowed in the first place considering all the business that MD gives Audiogon and the propensity of Agone moderators to heavily censor the forums there in my own experience posting there-YOUR MMV of course...
JohnP-my rig is finally where I want it to be after years of rolling on the Audiogon buy and sell equipment merrygoround. I'm afraid that if I DO try the TT that something will go drastically wrong with the sound and I'll be back to square 1 that and I am on the road once again for awhile and my stereo is not listening for the answering machine in case GK calls.
There just HAS to be a few mainstream audio reviewers just DYING to try the TT if they haven't already and are too embarrassed to say so...

"You call and Geoff sets it up. I asked if the telephone needed to be close to the system, and he said no. I asked if my ear needed to be away from the telephone, and he said it did not matter"
Of course it doesn't matter-C'MON!!!

Here's the part of the post that the Agone moderators deleted:
Geoff then told me to strip naked and jump up and down in my front yard holding one leg and screaming the Michigan State school song at the top of my lungs while holding a 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' banner.."

You know what? Tvad was right. This is all nothing but free publicity for the PT Barnum of our strange little world. There is a huge thread on this on AA, one here and one on Agone without one comment from GK (although he might be too busy making phone calls

) and you gotta think that GK lurks at at least one or more of the audio sites. I certainly would if I were him. For some reason ,this all reminds me of the electric ab buster...

eric the red · « **Reply #111 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 10:32 am »

Quote from: mcullinan on 2 Jul 2007, 08:53 pm

ahh.... i remeber the dayz when this link was just a wee little 1 page long baby.... Those were the good days...
We had to walk a mile to school in blizzards...
Mike

And we had CAPTIVE POWER CABLES and LIKED IT!

JohnR · « **Reply #112 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 10:38 am »

ETR, I can't see how anyone can take this tweak seriously either. OTOH when comments go to unsupportable allegations about a specific person (so-and-so is a crook) or even descend to what could be interpreted as threats of physical violence, then the Admin gears start kicking in. In the end I'll do what I feel is necessary to protect this forum.

eric the red · « **Reply #113 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 10:47 am »

Quote from: JohnR on 3 Jul 2007, 10:38 am

ETR, I can't see how anyone can take this tweak seriously either. OTOH when comments go to unsupportable allegations about a specific person (so-and-so is a crook) or even descend to what could be interpreted as threats of physical violence, then the Admin gears start kicking in. In the end I'll do what I feel is necessary to protect this forum.

I understand John thanks. There's a fine line between poking fun at something and attacking the messenger.

rabpaul · « **Reply #114 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 11:54 am »

Quote from: eric the red on 3 Jul 2007, 09:57 am

"Geoff does not know how long the effects might last. They may be permanent, however. " AS IF....
I wonder how long it will be until a monthly subscription of the TT will be offered in order to keep your audio system as finely tuned as possible? Or for even more dough, they could call your rig weekly or daily.
...
I'm afraid that if I DO try the TT that something will go drastically wrong with the sound.

So now its not a scam?

eric the red · « **Reply #115 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 12:08 pm »

Quote from: rabpaul on 3 Jul 2007, 11:54 am

So now its not a scam?

I've never said it wasn't nor anywhere in this post do I even hint at defending this ridiculous scam. This hobby is filled with scammers; some less obvious than others but yet the reviewers keep on reviewing it and people keep handing over their dough to people like GK and BELIEVING. Be on the look out for the improved TT MK2 somewhere down the line. I thought it would be funny to win the auction and let someone with a nicer rig than mine review it but changed my mind.

"What I get with both phones treated is great immediacy to the soundstage, a cleaner top end, and a great bass. The strength of my system has been a very realistic sound stage. This has taken me further in this direction. I have listened to many of my cds and records and find them quite different from how they had sounded. Both types of telephones seem to be vile devices anywhere near a stereo system. I am beginning to think I understated the benefits of this tweak."
What a load of absolute horse shit. Time to move on here.

mcullinan · « **Reply #116 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 01:05 pm »

This topic is freaking me out. Did someone drop the brown acid in the punchbowl?
Mike

KCI-JohnP · « **Reply #117 on:** 3 Jul 2007, 09:35 pm »

ETR,
So what I'm wondering is; if this tweak really works do you think he could fix that annoying squeal my wifes washing machine makes? I mean really, wouldn't everything in our homes start to "sound better"? Shoot man, the TV picture would clear up and the sound would improve, the toaster would work better and faster, the microwave would cook faster, toliets flushing like a SOB!!! I gotta get me some of that tweak!!

John

rollo · « **Reply #118 on:** 5 Jul 2007, 08:16 pm »

ENOUGH ALREADY PLEASE !

rollo

KCI-JohnP · « **Reply #119 on:** 5 Jul 2007, 08:28 pm »

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ENOUGH ALREADY PLEASE !

If it's buggin you just don't read it would be my advice.