John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
> Lux, James P wrote:
>
>   
>> I was amused when the guy at the stereo store tried to sell me on RF 
>> shielded TOSlink cables, claiming it would provide more clarity and 
>> definition in the sound.  Uh-huh..   Sort of like the green marking pen for 
>> the edges of your CDs to reduce internal reflections, etc. (I, of course, 
>> would only use the finest brush made from selected hairs of Tibetan mountain 
>> goats to apply a dye made from chlorophyll molecules selected using an 
>> electron microscope by trained technicians, etc..  A "marking pen"? My 
>> $14000 speaker cables supported on carefully oriented pure fused silica 
>> supports would wither in shame.)
>>     
>
> We have a rule here -- no discussion of audiophile insanity!  You'll 
> thank me in the end if we avoid a few hundred anecdotes about speaker 
> cable and $500 knobs. :-)
>
> John
>
>   

Good, John. I was just about to suggest the same voluntary prohibition.

-Rex


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