| There
are 418 links on this page ! |
|
THINGS
absolutely IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES,
FROM AUDIO SNAKES to SNAKE OIL...
from scientific principles to personal opinions
transmogrified into comic book science,
it's your money... (78
!) |
|
The
Holiday
2019
award
goes
to...
Perfect
Path "technologies"
(a) Nod nod wink wink
(b) wear your hip boots
(PS: the holiday award is valid sort of forever.) |
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|
Just
to be helpful,
here's an educated list of the "Good Guys" and
the "Bad Guys". It's on 2 pages.
www.biline.ca/audio_critic/critic2.htm |
| A fabulous and TRUE
article about debunking myths
SoundGuys.com |
Here's a page of British
spoof psuedoscientific wank comments.
wathifi.com
enjoy!
(in case you didn't get it it's spoofing the real site WhatHiFi) |
| Alienshore.com
Here's a nice article
about snake oil and magic result issues in audio. |
| Allen
Maher Designs |
| Here's your Morning
Bacon. You've been warmed... |
| AudioDharma
Cable Cooker |
| Audio
Snakes by Whirlwind (yes,
this is a REAL audio snake. This is NOT snake 'oil') |
| Acoustic
Revive (YIKES!
How'd I miss this???!!!) (Note google translate each page
in real time) |
| Audiophile.rocks
Yes, they really are
rocks. |
| Ayre HERE
and HERE
(links corrected 2019)
|
| Bedini |
| Black
Discus from Mad Scientist Audio |
an absurd "break-in"
page - (actually 6 pages
of complete comic book science)
You should read my REAL page on break-in, HERE |
| ByBee
Technologies |
| Aesthetix
Cartridge Demagnetizer 2
3
|
| CAD
Ground Control (...to
Major Tom...) |
| Crystal
healing your listening room sound previous
insane honorable mention award |
Since exoticaudio
is now closed, that makes
Higher-Fi.com
the new, most over-the-top audio website! |
| Dakiom
Feedback Stabilizer... |
| eloquencecables
|
| Entreq |
| Final
Cable |
| Ground
Zero Device by Granite Audio |
| Harmonic
Resolution Systems / AV Isolation |
Harmonictech "Amplicable"
wha???
gone with the wind. |
| Herbies
Audio Lab |
| highend-electronics.com
(you're
on your own) ... but
you could start HERE
|
| High
End Novum |
| High
Fidelity Cables (you're
on your own) |
| Hi
Fi Tuning (Germany) |
| Jaguar
Audio Design |
| Kemp
Elektroniks Maximus |
| LessLoss
Blackbody Ambient Field Conditioner |
Low
Freq Generator
If your dogma ran off with your karma this might be
useful, otherwise wha?
...and besides, this PROVES you shouldn't trust ANYTHING
done in Comic Sans. |
| MachinaDynamica.com
This is NOT a real snake oil
site, but a spoof of all the OTHER snake oil sites and things.
KUDOS !!! |
| madscientist-audio.com |
| Magic
Brick |
| Mapleshade
(you're on your own) |
| Marigo
Tuning dots not to be confused with... |
| Mpingo
discs |
| MIT
Music Interface Technology Not
quite the weirdest / worst, but a good contender |
| Nordost |
| PranaWire
and here pranawire.com
|
| PuritanAudioLabs |
| PWB
Electronics |
Rane
PsuedoAcoustic Infector (PDF 
120k) OK, a
little comic relief thrown in here. |
| RedPurl
... stuff. Sigh. |
| www.remotecentral.com
Control The World. |
| Rev
33 |
| sap.or.id
"Active Fuse" and
everything else on the site. O.M.G. |
| Shakti
Innovations O. M. G. |
| Shunyata
|
| StillPoints
Universal Resonance Dampers |
| SOS Subwoofer
Optimizer System (link to come) |
| "Sugar
Cube" Noise filters review |
| Synergistic
Research |
| TAT
Technology |
| The
Upgrade Company |
| Tellurium
Q |
| Telos
Quantum Noise Resonator |
| Townsend
Audio |
| Triphazer
(OBVIOUSLY SET TO STUN...) |
| Tripoint
Audio |
| TunnelBridge
Distortionless Interconnect System |
| Tweek
Geek ...Oh boy... |
| van
den Hul "the Extender" and "Health
Ring" |
| more
bleeping stuff from van den Hul |
| still
more van den Hul |
| UIT
Unique Innovation Technology |
| USB
Disruptor |
| Vertex Quiescent Peak Cabling
Syetem Here
and Here |
| Walker
Audio UN
believable. (Relinked the page. They can't escape
me that easily.) |
| Wire
on Wire supposedly tunable wire
sets. |
| Zavfino
|
| Zero
Impedance Autoformers for speakers |
| And last but
hardly least,
both a FUN
PAGE and a SERIOUS
PAGE from Audioholics |
|
"AUDIOPHILE"
CABLES / INTERCONNECTS / WIRES (200)
Hey,
it's your money...
|
|
| Accusound |
| Acoustic
Zen |
| AffordHiFi |
| Albedo |
| Analysis-Plus |
| Ansuz
|
| Anti-Cables |
| Apature |
| Argento
Denmark |
| Artisan
Silver Cables |
| Atlas
cables Scotland |
| Audience |
| Audio
Art Cable |
| Audio
Cables R US from the UK side of the pond |
| Audio
Envy |
| AudioMagic |
| Audio
Metallurgy |
| Audiomica |
| Audio
Note (UK) |
| Audioquest |
| Aural
Thrills |
| Aural
Symphonics |
| Aurum |
| sorry, avic
cable and their sense of humor is gone... |
| Axiom
Audio |
| Basis
Audio |
| Better
Cables |
| Black
Cat Cable |
| Black
Mountain Cable |
| Black
Rhodium (UK) |
| Black
Sand Cable |
| Blue
Jeans Cable |
| BlueRigger
Absolutely beautiful HDMI and
about the nicest THIN CONNECTOR 3.5mm series. |
| Bogdan |
Bolder BIT
THE DUST. |
| The
Cable Company / FatWyre |
| Cabledyne |
| Cable
Pro |
| Cable
Research Lab |
| Calabrine |
| Canare |
| Cardas |
Cat Cables BIT
THE DUST. |
| Cerious
Technologies (might be approved by R.U.
Sirius ) |
| Chris
VenHaus DIY cables (very nice site!) |
| Chord
(U.K.) (in the US at Naim
Audio) |
| Clarity
Cable (formerly ZCable) |
| Clarus
from Gordon Gow Technologies |
| Coincident
|
| Crystal
Cable (not to be confused
with...) |
| CrystalClearAudio
|
| Danacables
|
| Daxx |
DeCorp FLAT wire BIT
THE DUST. |
| DH
Labs / SilverSonic |
Discovery BIT
THE DUST. |
| DiMarzio |
| Double
Helix Cables |
| Douglas
Connection |
| Dual-Connect |
| Dynamic
Design AV |
| Ear
to Ear cables |
| Ecosse
(U.K.) |
| Effect
Audio (Singapore) |
| Element
Cable |
| Elrod
Power Systems |
| Empirical
Audio not to be confused
with... |
| Empirical
Design |
| Enklein |
| Esoteric
Audio |
| Essential
Sound Products power
cords |
| Ethereal
Home Theater |
| FCUK
Labs (yes, really...
not related to the French clothing company) |
| FIBBR
well they are,
but they do look nice. And the real question; why would
someone be so dumb as to name a company that? Oh wait...
Schitt, Shinola... |
| FuruTech
(Japan) |
| Gekko |
Goerz / Alphacore another
one bites the dust |
| Golden
Sound |
| Gotham
Audio USA GothamCables.com
|
| Granite
Audio |
| Grimm
|
| Groneberg
available through Odyssey Audio |
| GutWire |
| Hammertone
Audio |
| Harmonic
Technology |
| Hedonist
Audio Serbia |
| High
Fidelity Cables |
| ikigai-audio.com |
| Infinite
Cables and Phantom
Cables |
| Inner
Sound |
| Jena
Labs (you're on yer own here...) |
| JPS
Labs |
| KenKraft
Labs |
| Kimber
Kable |
| Klotz |
| Kordz
|
| KrautWire
(sweet, not sour) (Czech) |
| Kubala-Sosna |
| LA
Sound (Italy - with english version
flag button) |
| LAT
International |
| LessLoss,
from Lithuania. |
| Luminous
Audio |
| MasterBuilt
|
| Marigo |
| Melodika
(Poland) |
| Merlin
Cables (UK) |
| Merrill
Audio |
| MIT
Music Interface Technology |
| Mogami
also connectors |
| Monster Cable is apparently
out of business. That took long enough. |
| Moon-Audio |
| Morrow
Audio |
| Music
Metre |
| NBS
|
| NeoTech
|
| Nirvana |
| Nordost |
| Norne
Audio unusual
Litz wire. |
| Oehlbach
(Germany) |
| Outlaw
Audio |
| Oyaide |
| Paradox
Cables (Norway) |
| Pear
Cable Boston's own! DON'T
MISS THE TECH PAGES! |
| Percune
ah yes. yet another... |
|
Periapt
|
| Phoenix
Gold |
| Phy-Hp
(France) |
| PNF
Audio |
| Prisma
Cable from Switzerland |
| PS
Audio |
| Pure
Silver Connection not to be confused with... |
| Pure
Silver Sound |
| Purist
Audio Design |
| Q-Audio |
| QED
(UK) |
| ReDesigns
Audio |
| Revelation
Audio Labs |
| Ridge
Street Audio |
| River
Cable |
RS
Audio Cables another
one bites the dust |
| Schnerzinger www.schnerzinger.com
and audioarts.co/schnerzinger
You're
on your own here. |
| SewellDirect
(flat speaker wire, too !) |
| Shunyata |
| Signal
Cable |
| Silent
Source Audio Cables |
| Silnote
|
| Siltech |
| Silver
Audio |
| Silversmith
Audio |
| SilverSonic
(DH Labs) |
| Slinkylinks
(New Zealand) |
| Skogrand
from Norway |
| SkyWire
|
| SommerCable
Germany. A somewhat annoying
corporate website. Slow. Metric / € |
| Sonocable
(Canada) |
| Soundoctor
Please buy my cables. You will
love them. |
| SoundString
Cables |
| Stager
|
| Stealth
Audio Cables URL
fixed. |
| StereoVox |
| Straight
Wire |
| Studio
Connections UK NEW
10/16 |
| Sundial
gorgeous cloth covered
- make your own speaker cables |
| Supra
Sweden |
| Swiss
Cables |
| TaperWire
FLAT speaker and other
wire |
| Tara
Labs |
| TekLine |
| Tellurium
Q NEW 10/16 |
| Tel
Wire |
| Tempo
Electric |
| The
Cable Company |
| Townsend
Audio |
| Transparent
Cable |
| Tributaries
/ Gordon Gow Technologies |
| Triode
Wire Labs |
| Triphazer
(interconnects page) |
| True
Colors Industries (UK) |
| Twisted
Pair Designs (think about the
name...) |
| UIT
|
| Ultralink
Cables |
| Ursine.Audio |
| UsedCable.com |
| Vampire
Wire also connectors |
| Van
Damme |
| Van
Den Hul |
| VH
Audio |
| Viablue
(Germany) |
| Viking
Acoustics Cables (USA)
(Terrible database website linking. Maybe try this
instead ) |
| Vintage
Wire & Supply make
your own cool speaker cables! |
| VIVID
Audio |
| VooDoo
(at least they're honest about it) |
| VoVox
|
| Wire
On Wire very UK. |
| Wireworld |
| Wolff
Audio (power cords) |
| WyWires
(why indeed) |
| XLO |
| Xtreme
Cables |
| Zaolla |
| Zebra
Cables |
| ZenSati
|
| ZenWaveAudio |
| Do-it-yourself
CAT 5 Speaker cables... |
|
|
| Alpha |
| Belden |
| Gepco |
| Klotz |
| Mogami |
| Redco
a wonderful website - wire by
the foot |
| Sheer
Sound / Isotec |
| West
Penn |
| WireBarn
There's a calculator
for when you want to add wires together HERE
|
| PRO,
MI, SNAKES, STAGE BOXES (4) |
|
| HOSA |
| Rapco |
| Whirlwind
|
| WireWorks |
| THINGS
RELATED TO WIRE (4) |
|
| Cable
Organizing products |
| How
to wrap a cable |
| ...and if you're worried about
too many choices, read this REVIEW |
sundialwire.com
Not exactly speaker wire but
in the Boston area
and way too interesting to pass up! |
| Opinions
about wire, cable, interconnects... (4) |
|
| Rod
Elliot HERE
(He's also in the DIY section) |
| and HERE |
| Roger
Russell tells
all. You should read, listen, and learn. |
| Stereophile
article - another Roy Furchgott story... |
|
|
| ITT
Cannon (as in the original XLR's) and HERE |
| Fischer
(connectors) |
| Lemo
connectors |
| Neutrik
|
| Mogami |
| Switchcraft
mostly connectors |
| Vampire |
| WBT
(connectors) |
| CHEMICALS
+ CONTACT ENHANCERS (11) |
|
| Contact
Enhancers: CAIG
Labs |
| Furutech
Nano Liquid You're
on your own here. Read the page VERY carefully. |
| It's
available here: VH
Audio |
| Contact Enhancers: SST |
| Contact
Enhancers: Stabilant
22 RECOMMENDED! |
(Used
to be sold as TWEEK from Grace/Sumiko)
Now available from POSTHORN |
| ChemTronics
worldwide |
| LPS
Labs |
| MG
Chemicals |
| TechSpray |
| Vinyl-Zyme
(New link) For
record cleaning. Just check it out! |
| AC
POWER and EVERYTHING ABOUT IT (27) |
|
| Audiophile
APS |
| APC
(root) or Audio-Video
section |
| AudioPower.com |
| Engineering
Harmonics tech papers (all open PDF's) |
| Balanced
Power ... some notes HERE |
| Balanced
Power Technologies review HERE
and HERE |
| Blue Circle Review HERE |
| Electronic
Specialists |
| Equi=Tech |
| Exact
Power |
| Furman |
| Art Kelm's Ground
One about power & grounding |
| Jensen
Transformers read every page. |
| Leveler |
| Middle
Atlantic has THE definitive paper on AC power
and grounding. (updated link) |
| Monster
Cable |
| Platinum Power review HERE |
| Quantum
Resonance Technology |
| Richard
Gray's Power Company |
| Surgex
educational + tech resource + highly
recommended products |
| Transcendent
Sound |
| Tripp
Lite |
| Velocitor
Sub atomic Cryogenic coolness |
| RACKS,
SPEAKER STANDS, BRACKETS, MOUNTS
(34) |
|
| Acoustic
Dreams |
| Allen
Products Warning - many
unnecessary + annoying PDF's |
| Aussie
stuff. |
| AV
Mounts |
| B-Tech
by Pinpoint |
| Block
Hi Fi Stands Lovely and
from the UK |
| Bolide
mount at BH Photo |
| Bud |
| Crutchfield
MOUNTS |
| Crutchfield
STANDS |
| Gear
Mounts |
| Hammond |
| Hangman
The easiest and best flush mounts |
| Haropa |
| Home
Theater Direct Wall Mounts |
| Home
Theater Market ( marketware-tech.com ) |
| Lashen.com |
| Lovan |
| Lucasey |
| Markertek
Speaker Mounts Markertek
home |
| Middle
Atlantic |
| Omnimount |
| PanaVise
Speaker mounts... |
| ...
available from On-Site
Wireless ... |
| ...and also matches up with
SMC
Superfit |
| pARTicular
designs |
| Parts
Express |
| Peerless |
| Premier
Mounts |
| www.RacksandStands.com
superb AND in Boston! |
Silent
Running (Maybe better than Bruce Dern,
but not as good as Laura Dern) |
| Sanus |
| Tyler
Acoustics |
| Vantage
Point |
| TYPICAL
ELECTRONIC PARTS ("DISTRIBUTORS") (28) |
|
| All
Electronics |
| Allied |
| Arrow |
| Avnet |
| Bi-Tronics |
| Brevan
Electronics (Merrimack NH) |
| Carleton-Bates |
| DigiKey |
| Elliot
Electronic Supply (Tucson, AZ) |
| Future
Electronics |
| Hawk
Electronics |
| HMC
Electronics (Canton, MA.) (mostly tools) |
| JACO |
| Jameco |
| Markertek |
| Master
Distributors |
| MCM
Electronics |
| Mouser |
| Newark |
| OnlineComponents.com
|
| Pacific
Radio Competent people, easy to deal with |
| Radio
Shack |
| Sager
(read their company Boston history HERE) |
| TTI |
| Waldom
(GCWaldom, for you old-timers) |
| Wes-Garde |
| You-Do-It
(Boston's
own since 1949 !) |
| A very nice links list HERE |
| AUDIOPHILE
and ESOTERIC PARTS (13) |
|
| Antique Electronic
Supply www.tubesandmore.com |
| Aqua
Blue You figure it
out. |
| Audio-Consulting
Very unusual parts.URL fixed. |
| audiotubes.com
- Brent Jessee Recording + Supply |
| Jensen-Transformers.com
fabulous info on grounding... |
| NorthCreek
URL fixed. |
| Octave
Electronics |
| Parts
Connexion |
| Parts
Express |
| Percy
Audio |
| US
Speaker |
| V-cap
Capacitors |
| Vishay
Group |
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