This ad is causing some amusement on Twitter, and I thought it might be appreciated.....

April the 1st already is it?

I didn't stop laughing until I got to:

Quote:

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Silent System Upgrade

If you want a deadly quiet system we have the perfect upgrade for you! We replace all washers with a viscoelastic polymer for isolating the system from vibration. The entire is then dampened with a multi-layer constrained material to eliminate chassis resonance. We then add another layer of shielding materials to further reduce noise. Combined with our advanced cooling the result is a system that is dead quiet in all facets of the term.

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At which point I choked on my lunch.

Seriously if your going to take the piss to that extent, at least have the decency to include all the options.

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Stop press!
It's a misprint. The comma is supposed to be a decimal point.

So...
I'll have two in case one breaks down

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It wasn't me!
(Well, actually, it probably was)

Yes it might be expensive but from the looks of it you do get a nice cabinet to put it in (my grans technics came with the same sort of thing though cost a lot less!!)
Also they claim it has the power of a 1000 core cpu Yeah Right!

Also the use of powercon connectors for DC seems a bit dodgy to me.

Also they make a lot of noise about using a special linear ATX Supply as they claim it's better yet sell/make digital amplifiers which are switch mode devices.

The cabinet is probably only needed to hold the phase change cooling... which unless you happen to be trying to break an overclocking record or two is absolutely pointless.

I had a quick look at their Linear PSU page. $2000 for one acturly seems good value almost seeing what else is on the market that does the same job but then for a dual Xeon rig you may even need a couple of those so that'll be bumping the price up.

(still can't work out why a dual Xeon would be prefered over a low power i3)

I suppose if you can afford one of these you can afford to build and isolate a whole listening from the electrics upwards to take advantage of the improvements to the signal flow. So on the balance I suppose if you were spending a half million on your next listening space it might be worth it...

The rest of us could probably get 97%ish of the way there for a few grand, or 90%ish of the way there for a few hundred.

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ScanProAudio & 3XS Audio Systems
ScanProAudio Blog

Cheaper to hire a band to be ready to play any cover of your choice

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Rain Computers UK - Creative Audio PC's

Hmmm... I now want to find a band that can handle Aphex Twin covers.

My favourite bit... "Buyer pays shipping."

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Second in a one horse race...

AudioGoN ? more like MoneyGoNe

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http://soundcloud.com/johnhopkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngl-6dFa9c

Here you go - http://youtu.be/2XlTjeNHv-8

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Rain Computers UK - Creative Audio PC's

Hahah... that's quality. Thanks

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ScanProAudio & 3XS Audio Systems
ScanProAudio Blog