Russ Andrews get slapped wrists ...

[dmills]

And anything called "pro" isn't

Thought that was a given (with a very few exceptions)!

Regards, Dan.

[gary shaw12]

How can these companies get away with it? Here's a speaker cable that's just so shockingly priced I had to wip my eyes and pinch myself to see if I was dreaming :

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?src=google&lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=3378&customer_id=PAA2092019611252XMYHLOFHJYUMEWJD

[Zukan]

Don't knock it man. It's on discount....

[The Elf]

"Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid." Richard and Kahlan frowned even more. "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

[gary shaw12]

My personal idea of this whole Russ Andrews thing is that the company bulsh*t and sell these nice looking cables in the hope that people believe their lies and spend their hard earned money on this crap, while Russ Andrews sit there in their office trying not to laugh at all the dumb idiots being fooled by them. That's what i'm pretty sure is going on. I wonder if they've ever sold any of those £14,201.10 speaker cables. It makes me laugh how the put .10 at the end, I mean 10p, but like Tesco say, "every littler helps". lol

I guess legally they're not doing anything wrong but morally they're thieves, cruel and selfish human beings taking advantage of people who don't know any better.

[RegressiveRock]

How can these companies get away with it? Here's a speaker cable that's just so shockingly priced I had to wip my eyes and pinch myself to see if I was dreaming :

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?src=google&lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=3378&customer_id=PAA2092019611252XMYHLOFHJYUMEWJD

This item is out of stock but should be despatched in 2-3 weeks of ordering.

Translation: even we do not want to tie up our working capital by holding a piece of wire that costs the same as a very usable family car in stock.

Reg

[gary shaw12]

It's rediculous isn't it, because £14,000 (what Russ Andrews is charging for 1 speaker cable) could actually buy you a very nice used Audi S4 saloon sports car.

[Kwaidan]

£14'000 for a speaker cable! The core must be made of 24k solid gold lol

Better off going to a Richer Sounds store for your cable.

[gary shaw12]

I buy all mine from Van Damme, i've had an account with them since I had my recording studio, they're great cable, very decent shielding too, and that's about as much as I wanna pay.

[The Elf]

My speaker cables are clipped from a drum of DIY store ‘cooker flex’!

[Hugh Robjohns]

I buy all mine from Van Damme,

I buy much of mine from the electrical wholesaler in town. Two core heavy duty (1.5mm^2 16 Amp) cable. £0.75/metre

Hugh

[Freuman]

Frankly this is just ridiculous. You don't need expensive components to make cables sound better.



As audio enthusiasts you should all know that sound travels better through the colour purple. Purple cables have adequate insulation but also allow sound to travel easier with less resistance due to the colour's wavelength.

As a side note, I've already worked out the best shade of purple and will sell you the perfect cables for just £500 per foot. (Just ignore the LYNXNET PJ1 written on the side)

[Folderol]

I use low voltage lighting cable - really illuminates the fine sound detail

[Richie Royale]

As audio enthusiasts you should all know that sound travels better through the colour purple. Purple cables have adequate insulation but also allow sound to travel easier with less resistance due to the colour's wavelength.

This is why Prince is so good.

[johnny h]

It's rediculous isn't it, because £14,000 (what Russ Andrews is charging for 1 speaker cable) could actually buy you a very nice used Audi S4 saloon sports car.

That's just so funny. Anyone stupid enough to pay £14,000 for a cable, frankly deserves to be charged £14,000 for a cable!

Surely nobody has ever actually bought this cable though. I bet the sales figures for all these ridiculous things are very, very low.

[Zukan]

That's true Johny but you only need one [ ****** ] to bite and he's done the year's turnover.

[Exalted Wombat]

It's rediculous isn't it, because £14,000 (what Russ Andrews is charging for 1 speaker cable) could actually buy you a very nice used Audi S4 saloon sports car.

That's just so funny. Anyone stupid enough to pay £14,000 for a cable, frankly deserves to be charged £14,000 for a cable!

Surely nobody has ever actually bought this cable though. I bet the sales figures for all these ridiculous things are very, very low.

But I do see magic speaker cables, magic equipment stands, the occasional magic power cable in domestic use. Not the real high-price stuff, but a hundred pounds here, a few hundred there. And I've seen LOTS of people who've fallen for the "interconnect" scam - often to connect basic consumer gear with rubbish speakers positioned carelessly.

[Dr Huge Longjohns]

Yes Dawkins is every bit as fanatical in his views on atheism as the religions he rants about

Except that, er, no he isn't. Fanatical religions attempt to force their views on others by murder, rape, mutilation, banning contraception, forbidding science and learning, pushing creationism and other nonsense into our schools, and all the rest of their abhorrent medieval practices too numerous to mention. Dawkins writes books. Sometimes about the above. Let's get things in perspective here chaps!

[ConcertinaChap]

Agree. Neither does he rant. He reasons.

CC

[Mike Stranks]

... I don't think Hitler's had a mention yet...

[A Non O Miss]

just saw this winner somewhere else...

cable elevators

significant improvement, significant...

[johnny h]

Yes Dawkins is every bit as fanatical in his views on atheism as the religions he rants about

Except that, er, no he isn't. Fanatical religions attempt to force their views on others by murder, rape, mutilation, banning contraception, forbidding science and learning, pushing creationism and other nonsense into our schools, and all the rest of their abhorrent medieval practices too numerous to mention.

This is a huge generalisation. Is all religion like this? Have atheists proved themselves incapable of rape, war and murder?

Dawkins writes books. Sometimes about the above. Let's get things in perspective here chaps!

People will do evil things in the name of religion, morality, justice, whatever the hell they want. Dawkins is just a career celebrity atheist who baits religious leaders - hardly the most challenging of tasks. He is vastly overrated.

[Steve Hill]

Nobody's ever fought a war to promote atheism. And Dawkins is reasonable, compared with a superpower where 40% of the population think the world is less than 10,000 years old.

But we're digressing a bit from supernatural speaker cables here guys...

[Frisonic]

I was under the impression that Dawkins is quite highly regarded by his peers in science for reasons quite unconnected with his faith in oblivion. However, to get back on topic.

I have been following this thread all week and even hijacked another thread about guitar leads in "guitar technology" because I'm finding it quite uncomfortable. I've never bought any of Russ Andrews products or paid a kings ransom for a cable. But I have spent say £100 on speaker cables for reasonably good hi fi (a knaves ransom, apparently). Should I now take the honorable way out and shoot myself?

Note: I don't have much space. I don't have a soldering iron. I don't enjoy DIY. And I don't need as many miles of cables as many other forum members do.

[Exalted Wombat]

I've never bought any of Russ Andrews products or paid a kings ransom for a cable. But I have spent say £100 on speaker cables for reasonably good hi fi (a knaves ransom, apparently). Should I now take the honorable way out and shoot myself?

Well, yes! As a warning to others, if nothing else. Good of you to offer.

BTW, how much space do you think a soldering iron takes? And would you reach your hand out to take a proffered £50 note, or would that be too much trouble?