Re: THX and other matters

[Jerome O'Donohoe <jerome@xxxxxxx>]

Just make sure your scart is well screened, and that should do ya.

Jerome


On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 09:29  pm, Paul Gale wrote:

> All joking aside - I'm just about to but a load of different cables - =
> scart, component etc. Any recommendations as to good quality ones
> without stupid prices (like =A395 per meter ones Sevenoaks do)?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 2002 21:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] THX and other matters
>
>
>
>
>> To illustrate your cable bit - I dropped into my local dealer
>> to pick up an Arcam DV88P to try against the Onkyo player I
>> bought the other day (and am having loads of problems with
>> synch issues). He lent me a power lead from the manufacturer
>> (Precious Metals), a simple 'kettle' type lead but made from
>> silver wire. He claimed it made a huge difference, I was VERY
>> suspicious but thought I'd see if there was the slightest
>> difference (it was also meant to have magical noise reducing
>> properties). It wasn't till I got home that I saw the price
>> sticker on the front - =A3160, yes ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS !!= !
>
> Yeah ... I loaned a mate a few "digital" cables for him to t= ry not too
> long ago - one was a "freebie" 75 ohm composite video cable,= one was a
> "freebie" analogue audio cable and one was rather a tasty lo= oking cable
> that I didn't specify what it was.
>
> That cable was assumed by my mate to be a very expensive cable simply<= BR> > because the wire itself was really nice, thick and flexible - felt > great
> - and the connectors were locking units but were WBT clones. Actual > cost
> of cable - =A311.99 from Maplin! (And I'm sure that even that price wa= s
> excessive...)
>
> I just wish I could still find the URL for the ultimate digital cable<= BR> > that I found a couple of years ago ... Some guy was ranting about the<= BR> > cost of digital cables and to prove the point of how silly it had
> become
> took a freebie analogue audio interconnect, cut it in half, soldered > each half to the ends of an untwisted wire coathanger and then ran the=
> signal from a Sony 7000 DVD player into a professional Dolby Digital > Decoder and produced a printout of the bit error rates over the
> duration
> of a movie (there were none). Given that this was therefore the
> "perfect" digital cable he then offered to sell it on the we= b for
> $1,300
> (or $1,500 with the printout)...
>
>> Of course, it's going back with the loan kit on Monday!
>
> God I'm glad to hear that!
>
> Phil
>
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