Comments on: Media Demagnetizer for the Rich http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:28:01 -0500 hourly 1 By: nobody http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-127889 nobody Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:41:06 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/#comment-127889 and of course everything in the hi-fi world needs spike shaped legs to be taken seriously. to me that's always been shorthand for 'worthless crap for idiots with cash.' and of course everything in the hi-fi world needs spike shaped legs to be taken seriously. to me that’s always been shorthand for ‘worthless crap for idiots with cash.’

]]> By: mathew http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-127168 mathew Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:22:02 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/#comment-127168 This just falls in the same category as "unidirectional wire" for speakers, and special wooden knobs for amplifiers. It's crap sold to gullible hi-fi nuts. CDs are coated with aluminium. Aluminium isn't ferromagnetic. Records are vinyl. Vinyl is even less likely to hold a magnetic charge than aluminium. This just falls in the same category as “unidirectional wire” for speakers, and special wooden knobs for amplifiers. It’s crap sold to gullible hi-fi nuts.

CDs are coated with aluminium. Aluminium isn’t ferromagnetic.

Records are vinyl. Vinyl is even less likely to hold a magnetic charge than aluminium.

]]> By: Foo http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-127100 Foo Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:50:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/03/01/media-demagnetizer-for-the-rich/#comment-127100 Looks to me more like a groovy lazy susan coffee table. Where is the ubiquitous iPod dock? Yet another useless gizmo for people with more money than brains... --Tom Looks to me more like a groovy lazy susan coffee table. Where is the ubiquitous iPod dock?

Yet another useless gizmo for people with more money than brains…

–Tom

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