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Ben Jamin
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Just read up on La Bella's new Vapor Shield strings.
http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/11/05/la-bella-unveils-vapor-shield-treated-bass-strings/

[color=#000000][font=open-sans, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]“Using a highly sophisticated Ionic Vapor Process™ developed by Acoustic Science™, proprietary compounds are activated in a glow discharge electromagnetic plasma, modifying the string’s entire surface,”[/size][/font][/color]

[font="open-sans, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][color="#000000"][size=4]Beam me up Scotty.[/size][/color][/font]

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They could be using the tried and tested static painting method: [url="http://www.doityourself.com/stry/electrostatic-spray-painting-basics-explained"]http://www.doityourself.com/stry/electrostatic-spray-painting-basics-explained[/url]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhevHij2yTU

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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1415260348' post='2598424']
because idiot musicians tend to buy into crap like that in ways I've not seen in other sectors.
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Hi-Fi buffs! They'll buy any old expensive snake-oil! Like £10,000 mains leads made of oxygen-free unobtainium.
Despite the fact that all ALL the wiring from the power station to the house is 1p a metre from Wickes...

Edit: Hmm, looks like I seriously underestimated the gullibility of hi-fi buffs...
[url="http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm"]http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm[/url]

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415270686' post='2598542']
Edit: Hmm, looks like I seriously underestimated the gullibility of hi-fi buffs...
[url="http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm"]http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm[/url]
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Amazing. Some gold-standard marketing going on there...

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415270686' post='2598542']


Hi-Fi buffs! They'll buy any old expensive snake-oil! Like £10,000 mains leads made of oxygen-free unobtainium.
Despite the fact that all ALL the wiring from the power station to the house is 1p a metre from Wickes...

Edit: Hmm, looks like I seriously underestimated the gullibility of hi-fi buffs...
[url="http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm"]http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm[/url]
[/quote]

Unobtainium - like it!

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415270686' post='2598542']
Edit: Hmm, looks like I seriously underestimated the gullibility of hi-fi buffs...
[url="http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm"]http://eandt.theiet....power-cable.cfm[/url]
[/quote]

I'm surprised that there aren't any rave reviews for these on Amazon. They're clearly too cheap. Check out the price - and especially the reviews - on these babies:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AudioQuest-Signature-Terminated-Speaker-Cable/dp/B00DBY5TL2/ref=sr_1_5?s=receiver-speakers&ie=UTF8&qid=1415273628&sr=1-5

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