Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity?

Audioaril, I heard a improvement after those 8 buds, do I get $10,000? Oh hell I will settle for a chill pack.

Audioaril, I am a bit confused. After following this thread for some time, I thought you were an advocate of the differences the CLC would make. Then, you seem to switch camps and say that most tweeks don't work or can't be heard? It seems to me that the evidence/explanation for power cords making a difference makes more sense than the CLC.

On the issue of challenges, I wouldn't take one that compares RCA connectors, but I'm pretty confident about the power cord challenge. Were do you live as I may very well take you up on the $10,000/$1000 challenge.

Tgun5,

My intention is to show that a lot of what we believe to be actual upgrades are quite imaginary. This does not, however, mean that the upgrade was not effective. Whether you are imagining it or not, the sound quality is improved. "I think therefore I am". If you discovered that your entire life is just a figment of your imagination, would it make it any less important?

So my examples are used to demostrate that the imaginary imporvement of a power cord is not any different then the imaginary improvement that occurs with the use of the CLC. In fact, the CLC may be quite a bit better then a good power cord upgrade.

Also, the explanation for the way the CLC works makes a lot of sense, a lot more sense then the explanation for power cords. The problem here is that the manufacturer will not provide this explanation on his website. But he did explain it to me on the phone. As I said, the CLC is a type of time travel device.

Finally, I live in NY. I know you will fail the test. This will be the easiest $1000 I ever made. I suggest that before you embarass yourself, that you try a few double-blind listening tests at home with the help of a friend.

Faziod,

You have heard nothing yet. My girlfriend and I popped an ecstacy on New Years Eve. The music on my friends CreativeLabs computer speakers gave me orgasmic sensations all over my body, it was going though me, in waves. I have never been so emotionally connected to music in my life. And the bass! Man it was shaking my world. I can honestly say that this little upgrade made this system sound better then any other system I heard at the CES, regardless of price. So if this upgrade made $50 speakers connected to a PC sound better then a $500,000 systems at CES, this is like a $500K upgrade for $20 - street price!

Actually, come to think of it, I am going to bring some audiophile grade MDMA form Amsterdam and start selling it on Audiogon. Guaranteed the best upgrade anyone has ever heard - or your money back, no questions asked.

Also, Faziod, the improvement heard after 8 Buds is also completely imaginary. "The Buweiser does not plug into the wall and has no direct or indirect influence on the audio signal -- not on house wiring, audio components, cables, interconnects, power cords or acoustic waves. Yet the Budweiser has a pronounced affect on the sound of digital and analog playback systems."