What's the deal with the Machina Dynamica Clock?

Qdrone, please don't take this wrong, I had the Tice clock and the Radio Shack version (same basic clock that was used by Tice).

There was some tiny benefit (FROM BOTH, and varied by system), but not due in my opinion to what George Tice did to his version.

The positive results occurred from loading the AC line and scrubbing off a little noise. Both of these little clocks did that to some degree, although not through special treatment but by accident of their design.

Much easier to buy a handful of Audio Prism QuietLines that plug into any spare electrical socket. If you look inside QuietLines, there is no pixie dust or special parts, just capacitors and resistors that load your AC and knock out noise from your system. These work better than the Tice or RS clock.

Although these are no longer made, you could possibly score some here at Audiogon or build your own.

The do it yourself version is posted on the web somewhere, I would have to search and find it. A good friend told me the DIY version is more effective than Quiet Lines but I have not had the time to build and test for myself.

Albertporter, Thanks for taking the time to provide a translation of the review.
I love my two CLC's, but this translation made me laugh uncontrollably (no, my supply of medicine has not run out) and repeatedly. It can certainly qualify as the funniest "review" of any tweak ever offered from any vendor.
Imagine the unintended hilarity if we single-language Americans had to write down our thoughts in Italian?
If one simply listens in his/her best system to ten favorite recordings then a listener should reach a personal conclusion which is valid for that individual.
Isn't that how each of us ended up with a different playback system?
Happy Holidays to all of my fellow seekers after AUDIO TRUTH

Albertporter I'm just here to learn my friend. To be quite honest I really don't know if the clocks I have really work anymore but hey at my age I can see what time it is without my glasses! Happy Holidays!

In light of this lovely discussion, which I found after a search for the company's name...after seeing the $200 "highly modified" Timex clock, I just have to say here that I simply can't wait to unveil *my* new product. I call it "The Sound Idea." You're not so much buying a physical product as you are a representation of one - an idea, if you will, of a better sounding system. It can be yours for a mere $50 "an idea." Just shoot me an e-mail and I'll get you on the road to better sound.

You guys are right. This is the stuff that makes folks run [laughing] from hi-fi. Bags of sand - jars of rocks - "heavily modified" alarm clocks? C'mon.

Maybe some of you guys have soundproofed rooms, with dampening everywhere and can literally hear a pin drop, but I would think that most of us (and I may be wrong) are not so privelaged to have such a setup. I know that mine is in the living room, about two feet from a 60 year old wall (trying despirately to keep the noise outside in), five feet from a piano and ten feet from couches, differing-height ceilings, and all kinds of things that can alter the way the sound reverberates around the room. Is anyone in my situation truly going to be able to hear the difference a "heavily modified" alarm clock made on their setup?

Now, I guess I would try the clock out if someone would send me one for nothing...but boy would I feel like a fool doing so.

Just my smart-aleky response.

Cheers mates.

i've heard they work really good, if you install an aftermarket iec connector, and use a really expensive power cord.