looks like he has anticipated this market: http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-low-jitter-16-9344Mhz-Rubidium-Frequency-Clock-/300299812514?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45eb437ea2
-Eric On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/ 4/10 08:48 AM, Steve Rooke wrote: >> >> Maybe we are into the wrong sort of projects here, instead of knocking >> together $10 "testers" we should get some cheap Rb units off fluke.l >> and start turning out $15,000 audio equipment. Can you imagine how >> much you could get for your ageing tube Cs unit in this phools market! >> :) >> >> Steve > > Do the cheap fluke units allow locking to a 1 pps signal? If so, you could > sell a GPS locked version for even more! > > The point made in > > http://www.g8wrb.org/useful-stuff/pdf/audiophools.pdf > > is that the people that do this sort of thing must have pretty deep pockets, > which you don't associate with stupid people. (There are exceptions of > course). There was a guy I was at school with. His parents were richer than > most of us in the working class area of Walthamstow, East London. > > He did advanced level (A-level) in physics, chemistry and maths, just like > me. He used speaker cables that had arrows on them pointing in the direction > the music was supposed to flow. I asked him why. He could not offer any > explanation of any logic for this, but still bought them, as he could afford > to. > > Dave > >> >> On 4 July 2010 19:33, Rob Kimberley<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Maybe we've all been missing something in our timing projects. >>> Must get some of that high purity 6N copper wire....... >>> :-) >>> Rob K >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of J. Forster >>> Sent: 03 July 2010 10:51 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery >>> >>> >>> master_clocks/g-0rb/<http://esoteric.teac.com/master_clocks/g-0rb/> >>> >>> About $15,000. >>> >>> -John >>> >>> ================ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
