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Magnetic RCA adaptors: Latest snake oil?

Every time I open an audiophile rag ( Back pages.) Have a  Live artist in your living room

Gizmo is now ready to BLOW OFF your wig!!

Now it's MAGNETIC couplers (RCA adaptors)  FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL to

align eddy currents carrying RED BOOK CD or Vinyl pure notes to your speakers.

And let's not forget ending at our EARS.

Anyone tried these. Only those who have lost there WIG PLEASE!!

Tubes444

tubes444
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MAG Connectors

Thanks' for all of the feed back Guy's.

I decided to run my own evaluation. As a former SCCA sports car racer

years back.  Raced  a BMW M-3  in Modified class.

 We used ceramic ( Donut shaped1-1/4" Dia magnetics. Placed on the engine pan to attract metal filings before they could go back through the motor. Still having some. I attached one ea on the +/- speaker terminals of my Wilsons  Sasha 2's ( R channel only.) via Clear tape. Them I dug out a very old Mono but V-G  condition of  Vivaldi Four  Seasons record.

Through my VAC pre-amp.

Results: Played L/C 1st 15 Sec of 1 cut X4 Times in a row.

             Played R/C  "    "        "       "      " "           "       "  "

The Violins the Cello's moved forward a foot or two and became there to touch almost. " Well almost." Strings became more airy. than without. Brass: Miles Davis horn bloomed.

Cost on these Donut Mag's about $ 2.50 ea.

Tubes 444



lak's avatar
lak
3,516 posts
 
@jmcgrogan2,
I think your last paragraph is spot on!

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mapman
15,679 posts
 
I have musicians in my room.  Was not inexpensive but no esoteric gadgets needed.    Lots of ways to make tasty soup. 
mreddy
4 posts
 
unless you are referencing a different Art Dudley article, he noted that the poorer sound was due to his so called friend magnetizing his phono amp with a meter. He was annoyed by  that and couldn't objectively listen to the snake oil devices any longer.
rcprince
2,830 posts
 
Mreddy--re-read the article.  The incident you're referring to is stated in the article to have taken place 7 or 8 years earlier.  Dudley was raising the possibility that something similar was in play in this case, that his system might not be optimal for this type of product.
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