[sdiy] audiofoolery, was: Whatever next

[Graham Atkins]

I just liked the reference to the "golden section ratio"......20mm x  
26mm x 48mm

Graham

On 16 Jul 2010, at 01:07, Veronica Merryfield wrote:

> Genuine Organic Squirrel Fed Port Alberni Cedar, much better than  
> that Port Orchard stuff, from Merryfield acres, yours for $606 a  
> board foot.
>
> Vrnc
>
> PS, see, see, I got a mandatory SDIY reference in :)
>
> On 2010-07-15, at 4:46 PM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>
>> Unless the trees have been fed on squirrels like you suggested I'm  
>> not interested, Veronica.
>>
>> T.
>>
>> On 16 Jul 2010, at 00:20, Veronica Merryfield wrote:
>>
>>> I wrote recently, elsewhere, on the subject of guitar pickups (has  
>>> a similar mind set to audiophilia - pickuphilia perhaps :) ) that  
>>> most of the odd things that happen in both worlds are  based on  
>>> sensible physics but that a little understanding is taken way too  
>>> far and soon takes on voodoo like status hyped by a number of  
>>> practitioners who possess an equally small understanding, if any.  
>>> For instance, guitar leads and speaker leads can make a  
>>> difference, but if you do not understand what is going on or why,  
>>> simply paying exorbitant prices for something is not going to be  
>>> the universal panacea that you think it is, other than perhaps for  
>>> the vendor!
>>>
>>> Myrtle is a pretty good choice for this application given it's use  
>>> in electric guitar and bass making. There other similar choices  
>>> but Myrtle is relatively cheap.
>>>
>