Comments on: Timecube Audio, Inc.

Timecube Audio, Inc.

kickingtheground — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:01:42 -0800

For two decades, Peter Belt has been selling $75 pens, $750 alligator clips, "Quantum Cream" and "foil", and other somewhat pricey and *ahem* unconventional products to audiophiles, claiming these will improve the sound of their fancy hi-fi systems. Unsurprisingly, some are skeptical; however, others seem quite convinced.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:15:22 -0800

Blue Stone > LMAO

By: trondant

trondant — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:20:30 -0800

LMAO > Blue Stone

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:03:44 -0800

I already made my statutory Time Cube joke today.

By: soulhuntre

soulhuntre — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:21:03 -0800

"The P.W.B. Quantum Clip is capable of manipulating certain inanimate material into a condition that mimics the quantum state of our living senses. To understand the importance of such a technique, it is necessary to realise that the human senses evolved in a world long before most of the materials within the modern environment existed. The human senses evolved to interact with certain, specific, energy patterns - namely other relevant forms of life. " This man is, of course, screamingly ignorant or insane. Maybe he can make a hat out of his own "Quantum" foil.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:01:42 -0800

Why would you say he is insane? Maybe criminal. Certainly a charlatan. Question rather the silly folk who would buy his quantum gobbledegook.

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:48:43 -0800

I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist perversion and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids (... through our fancy hi-fi systems).

By: cnx

cnx — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:03:11 -0800

It's always ~~nice~~ interesting to hear that some element of audiophile kookery is being exploited for the purpose of making a lot of money. Let me get back to painting the edges of my CDs with a green felt-tip pen...

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:11:14 -0800

Do not taunt Happy ~~Fun Ball~~ audiophiles.

By: insomnia_lj

insomnia_lj — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:27:01 -0800

Admittedly, the claims of this product are incredible -- as in unbelievable and hard to believe as being credible -- but that said, they are offering a free sample of their foil for the asking. So, why the naysaying when you are being given the raw material needed to do proper testing? I'm tempted to email them and get a free sample of the foil so that I can run tests that are a good deal more scientific in nature than what they've suggested on their site, ideally having several of my friends listen to "treated" CDs in a double blind environment. If they're frauds, I can find out, and they will be out the cost of the foil, plus S&H... and I could even write a negative review of them for my weblog.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:12:32 -0800

The man suggests drawing on the edges of floppy disks with a 'specially treated' bog-standard marker for goodness sake, insomnia. Perhaps you could do a double-blind test on my claims that pooing on your CDs will enhance their sound? Y'know, there might just be something in it. :)

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:49:43 -0800

the very act of reading metafilter alters metafilter. in order to fully and correctly perceive the information flowing from metafilter, i recommend that my product, a "quontum smock" be worn at all times while within the emanations of metafilter. further clarity can be attained by seating the CRT firmly in the "electrostatic quontum gondola" which molds itself automatically to your monitor base and adds a distinct harmonic energization to all information passing through it.