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turkey

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« Reply #20 on: 15 Jun 2009, 03:37 pm »
The turntable in question certainly looks as representated, a piece of junk.  I cannot believe how it got covered in mud.  Avoid it.

Frank

That's "Audiophile Mud." It's a new product from the guy who sells the Intelligent Potato Chips, the Teletubby Tweak, and the Brilliant Cocoa Pebbles.


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« Reply #21 on: 15 Jun 2009, 08:42 pm »
The reason this ended up here is because it's audio related, and it may start up some conversation. As far as breaking ebay rule, I guess it's borderline in question, sort of like paying $1000.00 for a piece of cornflake that looked like a state (I forgot which state). But Ebay does not allow things like charging $750.00 shipping for a $2.00 item.

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« Reply #22 on: 16 Jun 2009, 03:42 am »
I can't decide if I should bid on it (since they are only 2 days left) or buy some of these to recap my amp (since they are on sale for a "special price").
http://www.electrumaudio.com/magento/capacitors/signal-capacitors/duelund-cast-pio-silver-foil-capacitors

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« Reply #23 on: 16 Jun 2009, 11:26 am »
I can't decide if I should bid on it (since they are only 2 days left) or buy some of these to recap my amp (since they are on sale for a "special price").
http://www.electrumaudio.com/magento/capacitors/signal-capacitors/duelund-cast-pio-silver-foil-capacitors

 :o but these don't include the magic mud! :duh:

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« Reply #24 on: 16 Jun 2009, 02:14 pm »
Those $1000 each capacitors are hand made with such wonderful workmanship and materials that the are marked plus or minus 20 percent tolerance!  Temp range of operation? life span? vibration resistance? peak overload capacity? series inductance?  Hummm not a single worthwhile engineering spec provided.  All we know is that the workmanship is so lousy that they can't come up with a rational tolernance specification. 

Is the home base of operations in Nigera?

What a crock of (fill in this space as you fee sit).

Frank VA

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« Reply #25 on: 16 Jun 2009, 02:15 pm »
P.S.  In the spirit of David Letterman, I deeply regret if my comments have offended any honest hard working Nigerians.  That certainly was not my intent.

Frank

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« Reply #26 on: 16 Jun 2009, 02:42 pm »
Those $1000 each capacitors are hand made with such wonderful workmanship and materials that the are marked plus or minus 20 percent tolerance!  Temp range of operation? life span? vibration resistance? peak overload capacity? series inductance?  Hummm not a single worthwhile engineering spec provided.  All we know is that the workmanship is so lousy that they can't come up with a rational tolernance specification.

Boy are you out of touch with modern engineering!

Didn't you know that it's no longer necessary to have specs for parts? You just select them by price.

Then you test them. You throw them up in the air. If they fall back down, they're suitable.

Next, you use feng shui to determine how a specific part gets aligned on the circuit board.

Personally, I would never use these Duelund caps because they are the wrong color. That awful shade of dirty orange makes it certain that your stereo system will always sound terrible.

Blue is much nicer. A pretty sky blue that makes you think of warm spring days, birds tweeting, and your income tax return being due. What! How did that get in there?   :scratch:

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« Reply #27 on: 16 Jun 2009, 04:22 pm »
Those $1000 each capacitors are hand made with such wonderful workmanship and materials that the are marked plus or minus 20 percent tolerance! 

20% tolerance?

Unbelievably unacceptable. 

turkey

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« Reply #28 on: 16 Jun 2009, 04:35 pm »
Those $1000 each capacitors are hand made with such wonderful workmanship and materials that the are marked plus or minus 20 percent tolerance! 

20% tolerance?

Unbelievably unacceptable.

Aw, you're just intolerant. :)