What is the Silliest Accessory You Have Ever Seen.


I was flipping through the accessory pages at the Cable Company and came up with this https://www.thecableco.com/hallograph.html You have to be kidding me. Of all the dumb, idiotic, profoundly stupid things I have ever seen. The marketing is even better! Have you seen anything worse! It is up to us to uncover these things for what they are, SCAMS.

Mike
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"Reactivation" occurs all the time. When you play music the compression waves which start from the shear motion of the speaker drivers becomes a compression wave to be heard. The sounds we hear are from all the objects and the room boundaries themselves. The motion in and on those objects move, that is shear. The shear motion in solid objects is what modulates the air. The air molecules lay on top of these objects that move and vibrate and that motion of air is how we hear.  (compression waves) ..Like the seismic energy of the Earth all the materials above ground have particles that can be and are in constant motion. The air that lays across those vastly different solid particles (lead vs steel vs wood)  is activated by the density and shape of those objects even when the air is at rest on them. Even if you think they are not moving they are. The walls the carpet the wood floors the Hallograph they are all always in motion and they always react in conjunction with all of the others. Glass and wool sound different because of their shear velocity and density. Wooly sound..glassy sound, tinny sound, leaden sound all describe the sound we hear when these and other materials are struck by shear waves and the resulting compression waves.  

Patent pending is a form designed to protect the inventors ideas before the actual patent is granted. I could not find a patent pending application. A problem with a patent or pending patent is full disclosure which means some or all parts of a patent can be copied or changed or litagated.  So you need deep pockets to protect yourself from both copies being made on shore as well as overseas. Shakti probably was conflicted as to keep or disclose materials and methods to build their product. 
I know the Argent Rooms Lens were copied and maybe never patented. Bud Purvine of the EnABL process gave up on trying to enforce his patent and just let the masses run with it and benefit themselves.
Everyone has their own method of reasoning on these matters.
Tom








@syntax ,

All Linn LP12 "upgrades"



Err yes.

After almost half a century’s worth of upgrades, it must be getting difficult to think of what next.

We’ve seen numerous sub chassis reinforcements, various arm boards, different (mainly rubbish) motors, and many speed improvements.

The most ridiculous one was the new arm board in the late 80s. A real piece of overpriced crap. So whatever next?

Could I perhaps suggest a direct drive motor?

Don’t thank me Linn, and don’t worry about all the things you’ve said about them previously.

It’s a different market now and most people won’t remember anyway.
Yes, you could introduce it with great fanfare as the final 50th anniversary solution.

Until the next one.
I missed the $2000 fuse. 
@cd318 1+++ You better hope none of the fan boys see this:-)
@jperry  there are plenty of things you don't have to hear, they are that STUPID, more likely to make things worse not better, and there are plenty of people watching this thread that feel exactly the same way they are just more polite than I am. Fine, I'll be that voice.
I'm sorry daveyf but I am under the opinion that your wife had better lock up your credit card. Next you'll be buying a camel to use as a live bass diffuser. 
Seems the OP is not the innovative type or intentionally curious. Perhaps not very opened minded also? Not sure about that one yet.  

He can have his opinion and those of us who have a different one should just be secure in ours and let others rattle on and on ....

Enjoy your music Agoners! 
Lets keep it simple, has any one placed 2 or more plants in the corners of their audio room and encountered a change in sound?  The pots could be clay or ceramic or brass or metal or plastic.
That describes 5 different materials with 5 different shear velocities and whose varied shapes are surrounded by the air that touches these vessels. Now how about the soil level and its density.. packed and dense or loosely filled with stones on top. All materials change the shear velocity and reflective angles. Oh and then there is the height and density of the plant.. tall and open with leaves hanging from the top. Could it be a small tree with branches and then a coarse trunk and bark or a dense hanging fern? Do you hang each from a chain screwed to the ceiling. Is the chain brass or aluminum? Do you hang them near the ceiling or somewhere in between..or do you place them directly on the floor or set on a stand. Is that stand closed on all sides or is it on a opened leg wire stand. Every material shape reacts to compression and shear they all speak back to us in our music..Tom