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In the Thread: The CES 2005
Post Subject: Re: the biggest joke at the showPosted by Romy the Cat on: 1/11/2005
The reply posted on behave of Clark Johnsen and with his permission: (Received by email on 1-1-05)
My attention was riveted: And I shall add a few comments:
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Unquestionably it was Clark Johnson |
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-- Johnsen
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with his ultimate cure for CD misery. |
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-- Who said that? No one.
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Clark is balanced mentally and psychologically (as far as a person who professionally spent tens years in the audio industry could be balanced) but when he showed me his new discovery I was kind of afraid. |
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-- No need to be... unless you're neo-phobic.
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Clark took form his pocket a small piece (.5 sq inch) |
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-- 1.5, off by a factor of three.
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of metal imbedded into plastic |
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-- I don't know where you get this stuff. You are not a capable reporter.
Romy the Cat wrote: |
and told the if you place this gismo for a second atop of a CD player/transport then it permanently change sound (of course improves it) of a currently played disc. |
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-- At last you got something right!
Romy the Cat wrote: |
The most interesting part the this .5 sq inch of metal that cost ~$15 is active only for 20 applications |
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--- Wrong, wrong, and wrong again. We're beginning to doubt anything you say...
Romy the Cat wrote: |
and if I want the same gismo that would be available for 35 application the it will cost two or tree times more. (I do not remember the exact numbers). Of course that all was accompanied by some king of explanation that this piece of metal consist form the particles that existed at the first nanoseconds of the Big Bang and those particles are capable to convert the Second Law of Thermodynamics directly onto the Newton's Second Law. (It was not exactly what he told but I came up with something equally ridicules) |
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-- Regrettably or not, Romy is no physicist and therefore feels free to sneer at those who are. The technology on which the chip is based, exists in "the literature" but of course if some self-absorbed MORON hasn't heard about it, then it may as well not exist and therefore become a topic for lampooning.
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After seeing this gismo and Clark treating it very seriously I did not know if to cry or to laugh. Clark is perfectly fine but he constantly brings some absolutely absurd things on the table with absolutely ridicules proclamations. |
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-- Yeah, like ERS sheets and fibreglass cables. "Constantly".
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I sincerely feel that in his ultimate wisdom he very much know what he is doing and he deeply under his hood treats all his “improvement” as the ultimate mentality test of Audio Moronit. What scares me is that he plays his role of “believer” too naturally. |
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-- Be scared. Be VERY scared.
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Anyhow, the Clark’s “CD charger” was the funniest joke at CES. |
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-- Nothing compared to what I heard about Romy!
Romy the Cat wrote: |
His joke even suppressed the former biggest joke that a friend of my just invented a few days before CES: “Lamm Industries sent to all their customers the holyday congratulation cards and next day they sent invoices for the post stamps”. |
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-- One would gather from the post that Romy hasn't heard the phenomenon that sent dozens of astute listeners scurrying to buy the things. That's as it should be: We all know that Romy fires blanks.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site