Stuff for idiots

Diddums · 29 May 2020 at 10:22

We've all seen that magic USB stick which blocks 5G or whatever and probably also has a few gigs of storage for free, but this has raised an interesting topic on another forum I frequent and wanted to bring it here.

Here for example is a review of a certain audiophile product:

I have pretty much every mains device Russ sells, about £6000 worth of boxes and cables...and I still heard an improvement!! I fitted one internally to my CD player as well as the plug. My impressions: Music is much more listenable, clear, spacious and bass has serious heft, volume can go LOUD without distortion, so live albums are intoxicating, especially through headphones. I also spared a thought for the passion and integrity that goes into the products...Thank you most sincerely Russ.

Let's see who can guess what the product is

No? No one? It's a £25 plug top fuse.

https://www.russandrews.com/13a-superfuse-mains-plug-fuse-single/

And in that spirit, what else can you lot find?

I once spent £85 on a Monster HDMI cable fagedaboudit

chroniclard · 29 May 2020 at 10:28

https://www.conservatives.com/

MikeTheNative · 29 May 2020 at 10:37

£25 fuse? That's nothing to their £1250 USB cable.

http://russandrews.com/kimber-select-usb-ag/

.Lethal · 29 May 2020 at 10:40

MikeTheNative said:
£25 fuse? That's nothing to their £1250 USB cable.

http://russandrews.com/kimber-select-usb-ag/

thanks, just ordered 2

arknor · 29 May 2020 at 10:50

https://www.russandrews.com/13a-superfuse-mains-plug-fuse-pack-of-5/
pack of 5 only £112

https://www.russandrews.com/supersocket-single-with-earth-terminal/

is this actually a thing? I thought all plug sockets in the uk have 3 pins because one is neutral, live, earth? whats the deal with the extra weird earth terminal thing? some stupidly high end audio equipment have an extra earth that for some reason goes in to your plug where it probably joins the normal earth wire anyway

peterwalkley · 29 May 2020 at 11:05

There is an optician in Barnard Castle who caters exclusively for TOP revenue earners and VIP's only. We mere plebs must stay alert instead.

MookJong · 29 May 2020 at 11:06

These things are advertised on YouTube, how is this legal?

https://www.energydots.com/products/smartdot/

Theophany · 29 May 2020 at 11:23

MikeTheNative said:
£25 fuse? That's nothing to their £1250 USB cable.

http://russandrews.com/kimber-select-usb-ag/

And it's only USB2.0???

gjrc · 29 May 2020 at 11:38

MookJong said:
These things are advertised on YouTube, how is this legal?

https://www.energydots.com/products/smartdot/

wtf are these? surely people dont buy them??

Kenai · 29 May 2020 at 11:43

gjrc said:
wtf are these? surely people dont buy them??

I particularly like how they remind you that you should put a SmartDOT on all your devices, for example your laptop and your router, in case you were stupid enough to think just the one £25 SmartDOT on your laptop would be enough to alter your electro-stress levels.

Scania · 29 May 2020 at 12:40

https://www.russandrews.com @Diddums , thanks for this thread, I always knew high-end audiophile stuff was full of £LOL but this place takes the biscuit!

Surprised nobody has posted anything from OC/UK, yet...

dowie · 29 May 2020 at 12:43

Given how sensitive some "audiophiles" claim to be to minor changes to electronics I'm surprised they're not all going around dressed like this:

Raymond Lin · 29 May 2020 at 12:48

I know what it is when I saw the link, Russ Andrews has been around for decades, it’s not new at all.

robj20 · 29 May 2020 at 12:50

Theophany said:
And it's only USB2.0???

Spec it to 3M and check the price.

Edinho · 29 May 2020 at 12:58

The anti-5G USB stick though :confused:

anyone who bought that needs to be sectioned.

And these people that buy £25 fuses do they realise that their houses and mains supply are not wired with 99.999999% pure copper infused with enchanted unicorn crap? But what ever floats your boat I guess these people are throwing money at an obsession rather than doing it with any logic - we all do it to some degree.

Diddums · 29 May 2020 at 13:00

Raymond Lin said:
I know what it is when I saw the link, Russ Andrews has been around for decades, it’s not new at all.

Weird flex, but ok :confused:

(tbh they probably only need to sucker in one customer a month to keep the lights on)

Skidder · 29 May 2020 at 13:10

The reviews on the fuses are great. Amazing people can be so 'into' audio while not learning enough about it to undestand how it works. Same with all the people with the snazzy hdmi cables.

Gray2233 · 29 May 2020 at 13:19

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plasmahal · 29 May 2020 at 13:27

MikeTheNative said:
£25 fuse? That's nothing to their £1250 USB cable.

http://russandrews.com/kimber-select-usb-ag/

The 3m one is £4,750.00.

Raymond Lin · 29 May 2020 at 13:47

Diddums said:
Weird flex, but ok

(tbh they probably only need to sucker in one customer a month to keep the lights on)

It's not a flex but I thought they are well known, well, if you ever step foot inside any HiFi Audi forums, there are 2 camps about them, there are people who swear they work!