High fidelity Accessries=Rip Off?
Posted by: Km on 26 July 2002
Hi Everyone,
Just looking through Audiophile Candy brochure and couldn't beleive the price of some of the products.
Here are the examples:
(1) Clearaudio Magix mk2 isolation syst.@£180 each(which you need 3 or 4 under an equipment)
(2) Audio desk cd sound improver(it claimed that not all the cds are round enough hence we are losing infos & this makes cd perfectly round)£450
(3) Audio Desk cd cleaner(which looks like a meat mincer that my granny use to have)you put the cd in this and it wash, clean and dry it for you all with a touch of a button.£740
I could go on forever.I mean forgive me for being naive as I am still relatively new to hi-fi world, But if we own a system that cost say in a region of £3000-£6000 surely that system should produce high quality sound without having to spend additional say £1000 on tweaking.
This is same story with that Russ Andrew guy, I mean give me a break. Some of his claims seems as though he can perform miracles.This brings a new point, if all these claims are true then why the hell hi-fi manufacturer charge us arm & leg for their equipments and not make them perfect,after all £2000-£3000 for a cd player or amp isn't exactly cheap, is it?
Just looking through Audiophile Candy brochure and couldn't beleive the price of some of the products.
Here are the examples:
(1) Clearaudio Magix mk2 isolation syst.@£180 each(which you need 3 or 4 under an equipment)
(2) Audio desk cd sound improver(it claimed that not all the cds are round enough hence we are losing infos & this makes cd perfectly round)£450
(3) Audio Desk cd cleaner(which looks like a meat mincer that my granny use to have)you put the cd in this and it wash, clean and dry it for you all with a touch of a button.£740
I could go on forever.I mean forgive me for being naive as I am still relatively new to hi-fi world, But if we own a system that cost say in a region of £3000-£6000 surely that system should produce high quality sound without having to spend additional say £1000 on tweaking.
This is same story with that Russ Andrew guy, I mean give me a break. Some of his claims seems as though he can perform miracles.This brings a new point, if all these claims are true then why the hell hi-fi manufacturer charge us arm & leg for their equipments and not make them perfect,after all £2000-£3000 for a cd player or amp isn't exactly cheap, is it?