[time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Maggie Leber
Golleee. http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M.html I'm trying to decide if there's even the slightest chance that this actually has any justification, or if it's just the latest successor to the $500 wooden knobs and Tube-o-lator chip lacquer. ...

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Magg ie Leber writes: http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M.html Somebody will buy it, you can sell anything to hifi-nuts. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Thanks for making my day, Maggie! While there's some value, I guess, in an accurate, stable, and low jitter clock source for audio work, I suspect the fancy panel and pretentious title add a nice multiplier to the price of a low-end Rb! By the way -- the $500 knob is one of my favorites. If you

[time-nuts] Global warming to shorten day by 0.12msec

2007-04-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
According to the local engineering paper, Felix Landerer from Max Planck in Hamburg has run the IPCC numbers through the math and found that in 2200 Earth will rotate .12 msec faster due to mass redistributions. The Moon's tidal friction slows it down by 0.23 msec/century it says. --

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: and $30K speaker cables! The most amazing thing about this, is that the magnetic field in a coil is proportional to the current through it, not the voltage across it, yet all loudspeakers and amplifiers are designed to control the voltage

Re: [time-nuts] Global warming to shorten day by 0.12msec

2007-04-19 Thread Chuck Harris
Are you sure this isn't due to McDonalds of Hamburger, and Global Widening... of Girth? -Chuck Harris Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: According to the local engineering paper, Felix Landerer from Max Planck in Hamburg has run the IPCC numbers through the math and found that in 2200 Earth will rotate

Re: [time-nuts] Global warming to shorten day by 0.12msec

2007-04-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chuck Harris writes: You mean when all the overweight pensioners move to Florida ? Yeah, I guess that would be measurable... Are you sure this isn't due to McDonalds of Hamburger, and Global Widening... of Girth? -Chuck Harris Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: According

Re: [time-nuts] Global warming to shorten day by 0.12msec

2007-04-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [time-nuts] Global warming to shorten day by 0.12msec Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:04:22 + Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to the local engineering paper, Felix Landerer from Max Planck in Hamburg has run the IPCC numbers through

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:10:24 + Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: and $30K speaker

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10MAffordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Scott Newell
At 09:10 AM 4/19/2007 , Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: and $30K speaker cables! The most amazing thing about this, is that the magnetic field in a coil is proportional to the current through it, not the voltage across it, yet all loudspeakers

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10MAffordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Scott Newell w rites: At 09:10 AM 4/19/2007 , Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: and $30K speaker cables! The most amazing thing about this, is that the magnetic field in a coil is proportional to the current through

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread David Forbes
At 9:35 AM -0400 4/19/07, Maggie Leber wrote: Golleee. http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M.html I'm trying to decide if there's even the slightest chance that this actually has any justification, or if it's just the latest successor to the $500 wooden knobs

Re: [time-nuts] Most accurate clock on your wrist

2007-04-19 Thread Neon John
I've been waiting with baited breath for a GPS watch. NOT a NAVAID on the wrist but a simple GPS-synced watch. It would seem to me that making a miniature GPS receiver would be much easier than making a WWVB receiver. Unfortunately that watch ain't it. Gad, they need a good industrial

Re: [time-nuts] Most accurate clock on your wrist

2007-04-19 Thread Tom Van Baak
I've been waiting with baited breath for a GPS watch. NOT a NAVAID on the wrist but a simple GPS-synced watch. It would seem to me that making a miniature GPS receiver would be much easier than making a WWVB receiver. Unfortunately that watch ain't it. Gad, they need a good industrial

[time-nuts] Fwd: Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Maggie Leber
-- Forwarded message -- From: Margaret Leber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Apr 19, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic Clocking Device To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com On 4/19/07,

Re: [time-nuts] Most accurate clock on your wrist

2007-04-19 Thread David Forbes
Neon John wrote: I've been waiting with baited breath for a GPS watch. NOT a NAVAID on the wrist but a simple GPS-synced watch. It would seem to me that making a miniature GPS receiver would be much easier than making a WWVB receiver. Unfortunately that watch ain't it. Gad, they need a

Re: [time-nuts] Most accurate clock on your wrist

2007-04-19 Thread Neon John
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:53:42 -0700, Tom Van Baak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been waiting with baited breath for a GPS watch. NOT a NAVAID on the wrist but a simple GPS-synced watch. It would seem to me that making a miniature GPS receiver would be much easier than making a WWVB receiver.

Re: [time-nuts] Most accurate clock on your wrist

2007-04-19 Thread Neon John
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:58:06 -0700, David Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Casio watch is rechargeable, since the GPS function drains the battery in two hours. Amusingly, it takes three hours to charge it, so the GPS drain current is higher than the charger's output! Recharging a wristwatch

[time-nuts] FA OCXO

2007-04-19 Thread Bill Janssen
I just put an Isotemp OCXO on Ebay. I have two of these and the second one may end up there as well. I have to decide if I need it or not :-) The item number is 190105099278. Thanks Bill K7NOM ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10MAffordable Atomic Clocking Device

2007-04-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10MAffordable Atomic Clocking Device Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:02:02 + Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Scott Newell w rites: At 09:10 AM 4/19/2007 ,

Re: [time-nuts] Antelope Audio Launches The Isochrone 10M Affordable Atomic ...

2007-04-19 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 4/19/2007 09:36:35 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, if you want the best for your mastering studio, a $100 ebay surplus ovenized crystal will get you to .1% accuracy easily, with lower jitter than a phase-locked rubidium oscillator. Hi

[time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Bruce Lane
Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and atomic references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me. With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I feel compelled to point out a link which, I

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Neon John
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:21:28 -0700, Bruce Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.monstercable.com/productDisplay.asp?pin=195 I invite all to have a good chuckle over this one. ;-) That's absurd but if you want to delve into the tin-foil hat areas, google for speaker cable ager.

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Neon John wrote: At that same altitude of looniness - waay out there - is the $50K turntable where the works float on a pool of mercury contained in a hollowed out lake on the top of about 2 tons of solid marble block. I used to have the URL to this thing but I can't seem to find it.

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote: Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and atomic references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me. With that in mind, and given the current thread about Antelope Audio, I

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Bruce Lane
Thanks, Dave. Archived and stored. ;-) *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 20-Apr-07 at 03:32 Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote: Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and atomic references

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread John Pettitt
Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 02:21, Bruce Lane wrote: Discussions involving audiphoolery, particularly where silly things like $500 knobs and atomic references for CD writing are involved, never fail to amuse me. With that in mind, and given the current

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Audiophoolery

2007-04-19 Thread Thomas A . Frank
Take a look at this Aromatherapy and Audiophools which appeared in Electronics World and Wireless World, October 1999. I thought it was so funny I scanned it and stuck it on my web site. Wonderful! Many thanks for that. My favorite story in this department involved a visit to a friend who