Category Archives: Mysticism

The Physics of the Spirit

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

In the dying moments of the First Cricket Test match for this season between Australia and New Zealand, one of the TV commentators remarked that the Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson was noted for being able to produce a ‘heavy’ ball. … Continue reading →

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HiFi funnies of the day

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

[Via Transterrestrial Musings] I have huge respect for the brand Denon. Its range encompasses decent, reasonably priced stuff (nothing really mass market) through to some seriously high end gear. But I do have to wonder how it can bring itself … Continue reading →

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Randi gets his teeth into audio mysticism

Posted on March 24, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

I am happy to report that James Randi, best known as the magician/skeptic/author who eviscerates prominent self-proclaimed mystics, also spends the odd moment on audio mystics. For example, here on Peter Belt. Follow some of the links from that post.

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‘S-video outputs are not necessarily better than composite’

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

So says high-end cable maker AudioQuest (go here, enter the site, choose ‘Cable Theory’ and then page through to ‘2/10’ — oh I hate sites that rely on Flash Media for their entire content, rather than easily linkable HTML). ‘Necessarily’ … Continue reading →

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Magical speaker cables

Posted on September 13, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Numbers Watch, which should be on the required reading list of anyone interested in the statistics constantly flung out by the media, draws attention to ‘a speaker cable with an integrated battery’ that apparently costs ‘just over ten thousand dollars’ … Continue reading →

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