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ktesibios
SFN Regular
USA
505 Posts |
 Posted - 04/07/2002 : 16:13:04
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I ran across this while searching for info on electret condenser microphones. I think these guys are serious (at least about taking your money), else I had posted it in the Humor forum.
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/product/cream/cream.html
An excerpt:
"When applied to specific areas of audio and video equipment, this non toxic polarised cream has a profoundly beneficial effect on the perceived sound.
Whilst Cream-Electret can be beneficially applied to virtually any surface, it is difficult to manufacture and will therefore be expensive for the foreseeable future. We have therefore carefully selected optimum areas for its economic application. It will be found to be more economically effective to apply Cream-Electret to all the fuses within the mains plugs of all electrical appliances throughout a building than to apply Cream-Electret to the whole surface of a shelf assembly. Cream-Electret can be applied either by the tip of a finger or by a small piece of cloth. DO NOT use a paper handkerchief. Used judiciously, Cream-Electret is the most cost effective audio upgrade available.
The beneficial polarised pattern which can be obtained on a surface by applying Cream-Electret can be scattered and therefore neutralised by the application of most liquids, particularly furniture polishes. It is therefore advisable that Cream-Electret is only applied to surfaces where furniture creams and other liquids are not normally applied. If any liquid is inadvertently applied to any surface which has been treated with Cream-Electret, it is only necessary to dry the surface and re-apply a further coating of Cream-Electret."
I love the audio industry. Even here in the "professional" sector there's enough of this kind of stuff around that having an actual clue is like having the Hank Morgan experience. 
Boris Karloff died for your sins.
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Lars_H
SFN Regular
Germany
630 Posts |
 Posted - 04/07/2002 : 21:48:54 [Permalink]
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This is ofcourse an extreme example, but it is not atypical for professional high-end hi-fi systems.
They use all kinds of special components to improve soundquality. Maybee my ears are not good enough to tell the difference and those thousands spend actually improve the soundquality, but I think that all those perceived improvments are just that, perceived.
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2002 : 04:32:44 [Permalink]
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I'm no engineer, but I do work with electronic equipment on a daily basis, and we take great care to keep the goop off sensitive electrical and electronic connections. With the possible exception of heat sink grease, and special grease for load carrying moving parts, we use chemicals that remove foriegn substances, and that evaporate quickly--Even on audio equipment. The last thing we want is crap on "all the fuses within the mains plugs of all electrical appliances throughout a building." We call that a fire hazard, but we're just a bunch of old timers stuck in the dark ages, I reckon.
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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jec96
Skeptic Friend
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2002 : 14:43:29 [Permalink]
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Great, the old color the edges of your CD green to increase the sound quality gag has gone a giant step forward...
-It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
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