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[Stephen Swaffer]

I momentarily thought about using battery power for a recording console back in the 70's before realizing that was just a lazy approach to design engineering.

JR

Yes, but give the target market, what is the definition of good engineering?  Is it what makes sense physically/fiscally or what fattens the bottom line the most?

[John Roberts {JR}]

Yes, but give the target market, what is the definition of good engineering?  Is it what makes sense physically/fiscally or what fattens the bottom line the most?

This would amount to marketing engineering to exploit a favorable (shaky) perception... (DC batteries don't make hum). I dismissed this almost immediately back decades ago when I wasn't as smart as I (think I) am now. 

One mental exercise that I think is instructive in this case, is "what about the battery chargers" so the batteries don't go dead or sag during a long recording session? To never sag, the charger would need to replace the full console current draw. In effect the battery then becomes a large, heavy, chemical PS reservoir capacitor, that will be more expensive and need to replaced more frequently than capacitors.

I suspect a few phools would buy one (fool and his money are soon parted)... but I don't even like talking with such people, let alone being dependent on them to earn a living.

JR

[Dave Garoutte]

It turns out that Snake Oil is still a viable business.

[Nathan Riddle]

It turns out that Snake Oil is still a viable business.

Indeed.

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[Jonathan Johnson]

It turns out that Snake Oil is still a viable business.

I've got an idea for a new product: receptacle terminators. Basically, it would more or less be like those plastic baby-proofing plugs, but would "protect" the power from reflections (like the terminators on the end of an old 10Base-2 Ethernet coax run do) and who-knows-what-else we can think of.

So how should we design this (materials, etc.) and how can we describe it in our marketing materials directed toward audiophiles?

[Nathan Riddle]

I've got an idea for a new product: receptacle terminators. Basically, it would more or less be like those plastic baby-proofing plugs, but would "protect" the power from reflections (like the terminators on the end of an old 10Base-2 Ethernet coax run do) and who-knows-what-else we can think of.

So how should we design this (materials, etc.) and how can we describe it in our marketing materials directed toward audiophiles?

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[Stephen Kirby]

I've got an idea for a new product: receptacle terminators. Basically, it would more or less be like those plastic baby-proofing plugs, but would "protect" the power from reflections (like the terminators on the end of an old 10Base-2 Ethernet coax run do) and who-knows-what-else we can think of.

So how should we design this (materials, etc.) and how can we describe it in our marketing materials directed toward audiophiles?

Too late, I've actually seen these.  They're basically shunts meant to be at the ends of a house's wiring to keep all those bad noises from bouncing around the house.

http://www.elusivedisc.com/AudioPrism-Quiet-Line-MkIII-Power-Filter-1-Each/productinfo/AP-QUIETL1/

[Jonathan Johnson]

Too late, I've actually seen these.  They're basically shunts meant to be at the ends of a house's wiring to keep all those bad noises from bouncing around the house.

http://www.elusivedisc.com/AudioPrism-Quiet-Line-MkIII-Power-Filter-1-Each/productinfo/AP-QUIETL1/

But those are two prong devices. They don't protect from problems on the ground wire.

[Mike Caldwell]

Too late, I've actually seen these.  They're basically shunts meant to be at the ends of a house's wiring to keep all those bad noises from bouncing around the house.

http://www.elusivedisc.com/AudioPrism-Quiet-Line-MkIII-Power-Filter-1-Each/productinfo/AP-QUIETL1/

Nobody will buy them, they're only $40, add a couple of zeros to the price and everyone will think they really must work and buy them without question!

[Jerome Malsack]

Outlets and covers ?  Ok  how about unplugged ?

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