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THis dielectric bias system uses extra conductors in the cable, charged by small batteries.... So how do they know when the batteries need replacement? Is there a low battery alarm light, or do they leave it until they notice an audible difference?
Must be good, it's patented! David
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Cadmium mining tailings also got in on the act. Cadmium just has a terrible history of pollution from beginning to end.
Chromium doesn't get off easily, a proportion always turns into the valency-6 form which is also banned. As there is a small amount of residual chromium in cement, they add an agent to oppose this. The agent has a limited life and so bags of cement now have use-by dates printed on them. David
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Far from it.
It was just when I bought a few bags of cement a couple of years ago, I got cautioned to watch out for the use-by date, as there wasn't long to run. Use-by date? What the hell goes off in a sack of cement, other than water getting in? Curious, I looked into it and asked around and found out about the Chromium 6 issue. Bizarre. David
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Concrete's occasionally had thread relevance in horn speakers, too!
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I built a pair of concrete lined, asymmetric speakers when I was 16. I was not my parent's favorite at that point...
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Post No.1584- Yes indeedy, the product remains usable but the conversion to hexavalent chromium can start. After this point one avoids breathing the dust and getting it on your skin. Another one of those things that is worth knowing. It's off-topic i suppose, but safety is never off-topic...in my opinion.
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From memory, the 4th edition if the STC/ITT Reference Data for Radio Engineers mentions that Cadmium plate on screws provides good anti-sieze properties.
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It's quite remarkable how today's demon materials were once yesterday's wonder materials. No doubt there are films made by producers of the wonder that is asbestos and how there are so many uses around the home. Probably consigned to the same place as those on the health-giving properties of smoking tobacco.
Audiophoolery is an innocent pastime, if somewhat wasteful of money, but these materials can result in ill-health and death, which is far more serious. But is audiophoolery quite that wasteful? Certainly we see high prices paid for PX4s and ECC83s with just the right shape of anode and getter, but if I'm being honest, then I have a silly car that is a far worse sink of money. Yes, we can have a good laugh at £20,000 for 1 metre of speaker cable. Yes, there are people trying it on by offering/advertising such things, but have they ever found anyone daft enough to buy them? Sure, samples turn up for review at esoteric publications and honeyed prose gets poured all over them, but did any money change hands? That is the crucial step, getting someone to pay that much. But there are people with lifestyles utterly alien to the vast majority of us. There are videos on youtube about a chap going by the moniker of 'Producer Michael' who lives and works in Hollywood. He comes over as a really nice chap and he can laugh at himself. He's into very expensive watches and very expensive cars. One video shows him going to buy a brand new car, I think it was a Rolls-Royce of a newer model than the one he already had. On his wrist was a watch with a higher valuation than the car. He's obviously having great fun, and not suffering any hardship. He could easily spend a fortune on a hifi setup with ludicrously expensive cables, just for the hell of it, if it took his fancy... but as a professional record producer he's probably quite used to what things sound like in the studio before things get distributed. Besides, I expect that when he throws a party, he gets a band to come round and play live We aren't the target market for £20,000 cables, new Rolls-Royces or wrist-mounted ororaries. Interesting to watch from a distance, but not things I'd exert myself to get. The things about audiophools which get me laughing is when the claims and pseudoscience get rolled out. Why not just stick with the unassailable statement "I have one because I just happen to like it". Producer Michael pulls this off perfectly. Why have pseudoscience when you can have the real thing? David
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I'm put in mind of the trade test colour film "Prospect for Plastics" - the tone more than the content, which was of the "The Millenium is here" variety.
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The new radium-enhanced breakfast cereal looks so futuristic and sparkly in our new asbestos bowls! Bet the Jetsons wished they had these.
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If you like that you'll just love this:
Radon therapy or here is the Google translation: English translation Scientifically proven to be good for you.
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That was certainly a thing of its time. Back in the day I was a trade test junkie, and I well remember Prospect for Plastics. An advert for Shell of course.
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On a cheaper level I find beauty in some of the old electronic devices I have here. And in expensive tools. I do not _need_ to spend £20 each on watchmakers screwdrivers, but they feel nice to use and will last. Yes some such tools use exotic alloys, but for good technical reasons (hardness, non-magnetic, etc). But however much money I had I don't think I would ever buy some of these audiophile products. Like many of us here we can't see what the benefit could possibly be. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_(watch) And on Breuget's website (so yes - still in business!) https://www.breguet.com/en/timepiece...te-n%C2%B01160 And for anyone liking this sort of thing, at least in principle, the tourbillon is a thing to behold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jr-3pgeRfc yet another Breuguet invention Craig Last edited by Craig Sawyers; 3rd Jun 2020 at 4:11 pm. |
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