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It makes sense that creative license is taken in the engineering of electronics targeted at people who love the art of music. Wooden knobs are fun. People like

by cush 5y ago

It makes sense that creative license is taken in the engineering of electronics targeted at people who love the art of music. Wooden knobs are fun. People like things that are fun. Chill out.

rasz 5y ago
http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2012/05/485-volume-knob.html http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2012/05/485-volume-knob.ht... "Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved. Here is a test for all you Silver Rock owners. Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect…really amazing! The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!!"
- cush 5y ago
  A 2012 blogspot opinion piece? Alright bud. "Now to be fair, I couldn't find the actual website for the above as the link now provides an error message"
  - rasz 5y ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060110015507/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20060110015507/http://www.refere...
    - cush 5y ago
      I will only accept your rebuttal in the form of an e-postcard https://web.archive.org/web/20000511085018/http://www.askjeeves.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000511085018/http://www.askjee...
Forbo 5y ago
> Wooden knobs are fun. People like things that are fun. Chill out. When someone is selling snakeoil, that's not fun. That's just shitty.
- cush 5y ago
  What is snakeoil about wooden knobs?
  - DanBC 5y ago
    https://boingboing.net/2005/11/07/astronomically-overp.html https://boingboing.net/2005/11/07/astronomically-overp.html > Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved. Here is a test for all you Silver Rock owners. Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect…really amazing! The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!! Just about all of this is bollocks. Here's where Boing Boing got the link, https://web.archive.org/web/20051124101630/http://www.ilikejam.dsl.pipex.com/audiophile.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051124101630/http://www.ilikej... And here's the original site: https://web.archive.org/web/20051214132650/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C https://web.archive.org/web/20051214132650/http://www.refere...
    - cush 5y ago
      Yeah someone else also replied with this same set of knobs. So what? I fully understand you are very upset about this 15 year old unsubstantiated post about expensive knobs, but it will relieve you to know that you could easily take 10 seconds and Google "wooden audiophile mods" and see hundreds of kits for stereos, headphones and DACs for $20-50 depending on what you're modding.
      - 5y ago

by cush 5y ago

It makes sense that creative license is taken in the engineering of electronics targeted at people who love the art of music. Wooden knobs are fun. People like things that are fun. Chill out.

rasz 5y ago

http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2012/05/485-volume-knob.html http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2012/05/485-volume-knob.ht... "Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved. Here is a test for all you Silver Rock owners. Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect…really amazing! The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!!"

cush 5y ago
A 2012 blogspot opinion piece? Alright bud. "Now to be fair, I couldn't find the actual website for the above as the link now provides an error message"
- rasz 5y ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20060110015507/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20060110015507/http://www.refere...
  - cush 5y ago
    I will only accept your rebuttal in the form of an e-postcard https://web.archive.org/web/20000511085018/http://www.askjeeves.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000511085018/http://www.askjee...

Forbo 5y ago

> Wooden knobs are fun. People like things that are fun. Chill out. When someone is selling snakeoil, that's not fun. That's just shitty.

cush 5y ago
What is snakeoil about wooden knobs?
- DanBC 5y ago
  https://boingboing.net/2005/11/07/astronomically-overp.html https://boingboing.net/2005/11/07/astronomically-overp.html > Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved. Here is a test for all you Silver Rock owners. Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect…really amazing! The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!! Just about all of this is bollocks. Here's where Boing Boing got the link, https://web.archive.org/web/20051124101630/http://www.ilikejam.dsl.pipex.com/audiophile.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051124101630/http://www.ilikej... And here's the original site: https://web.archive.org/web/20051214132650/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C https://web.archive.org/web/20051214132650/http://www.refere...
  - cush 5y ago
    Yeah someone else also replied with this same set of knobs. So what? I fully understand you are very upset about this 15 year old unsubstantiated post about expensive knobs, but it will relieve you to know that you could easily take 10 seconds and Google "wooden audiophile mods" and see hundreds of kits for stereos, headphones and DACs for $20-50 depending on what you're modding.
    - 5y ago