On 15 Jun 2002 13:42:08 GMT, trotsky wrote:
>Neuman - Ruether wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:23:27 -0700, "James Takayama"
>> wrote:
>> >"Brian L. McCarty" wrote in message
>> >news:B8E5C097.12B7E%operations@worldjazz.com...
>> >> in article QfJv8.84660$%l3.7394638@bin8.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com, SsZERO at
>> >> SsZER0@hotmail.com wrote on 19/4/02 10:10:
>> >>
>> >> > If you are a hard core audiophile, then you understand how only the best
>> >> > quality audio cables will create a broad and deep soundstage with clear
>> >> > imaging.
>> >>
>> >> And if you are a thinking, human being with an IQ only slightly above that
>> >> of a loaf of bread, you know that all scientific evidence points to NO
>> >> audible difference with this nonsense.
>> >>
>> >> RIPOFF ALERT!
>>
>> >Dude, your an idiot. He was being funny (and doing it very well I might
>> >add). If you had an IQ you'd have figured that out. hehhehe

>> Actually, a lot of people *do* appear to believe in magic
>> when it comes to audio, and pay big bucks for nonsense,
>> believing it makes a difference... The original poster,
>> as I recall, was hawking "reduced-nonsense" "partial-magic"
>> cables, though, at "still-somewhat-exorbitant" prices...;-)

>Oh, please Mr. Neuman-Ruether (is that your married name?), do tell us
>how to separate the legitimate from the "nonsense" that people pay "big
>bucks" for.

Easy: if an audio cable costs a very moderate amount,
it is legitimate; if it costs more than a couple of
dollars a foot (even that's pushing it...;-), it is a rip-off.
Physics is physics, regardless of what some would believe
about the "magic" attributes of the 'spensive cables...