Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity?

Wow! Very interesting thread. What started out as a thread regarding the Cute Lil' Clock turned into a power cord contest. I haven't tried the clock, but I just might someday. With a money-back guarantee, there's nothing much to lose but a bit of shipping and the time for experimenting. If I didn't live way out in the boonies of Texas, I'd jump on the power cord challenge in a heartbeat. I'm curious where the cord will be placed,amp,preamp,CD player,etc.? I would agree about having no line conditioners, etc. in the system. Hopefully the system will have a dedicated line for power. I would have to give the odds to Wellfed on this bet. I eagerly look forward to this modern-day Gunfight at O.K. Corral. Looks like a clash between Wyatt Earp(Wellfed) and the Clayton brother(Audioari1)

Eldartford,

I enjoyed the short ditty
But find it a pity
That poets take such license with facts

I do suspect that Bose would rock with a couple Clever Little Clocks in the room now that you mention it.

Audioari1,

Chicago is roughly equidistant to each of us.

I am surprised that Wellfed has agreed to this. Who cares what others think?...

Norm,

I guess I'm simply a sucker for a good Challenge.

Regarding concern over what others think, the line for me is charges of fraud without substantiation. Picture a Geico caveman as I say, "That is NOT cool!"

Tgun5, I agree to all your conditions. Wellfed, I travel to Chicago quite often so lets schedule a time to meet there. Please email me directly at audioari1@yahoo.com to make arrangements and to schedule this listening session.

For this test, both of us should place money into an escrow account. You will put in $1,000 and I will put in $10,000 for each challenger.

Sherod, the powercords could be changed on all components. I don't care how you slice it or dice it, everyone fails the power cord test in a double-blind listening session.

All of my contentions here including this challenge are really my support for the Clever Little Clock. I believe that the Clever Little Clock upgrade is roughly equivalent or better then a good power cord upgrade.

It makes a very meaningful imporvement in sound quality but cannot be identified when tested scientifically, therefore, the improvement is completely imaginary.

It makes me sick here that people are mocking the CLC when they invest in other similar upgrades and consider them perfectly acceptable.

I am will be waiting for emails from Tgun & Wellfed. Any other challengers please go ahead and email me. Heck, I could make a living this way, challenging people to power cord tests and making $1000 each time!

By the way, I have done many such tests with friends and other audiophiles with very good systems, and none of them have ever been able to identify a change in power cords in a double-blind test.