[sdiy] audiofoolery, was: Whatever next

[cheater cheater]

well, according to Da Vinci, the golden ratio makes it nicer to look at!

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:35, Graham Atkins <gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I just liked the reference to the "golden section ratio"......20mm x 26mm x
> 48mm
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> Graham
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> On 16 Jul 2010, at 01:07, Veronica Merryfield wrote:
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>> Genuine Organic Squirrel Fed Port Alberni Cedar, much better than that
>> Port Orchard stuff, from Merryfield acres, yours for $606 a board foot.
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>> Vrnc
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>> PS, see, see, I got a mandatory SDIY reference in :)
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>> On 2010-07-15, at 4:46 PM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
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>>> Unless the trees have been fed on squirrels like you suggested I'm not
>>> interested, Veronica.
>>>
>>> T.
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>>> 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.
>>>>
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