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  • James Randi Offers $1 Million If Audiophiles Can Prove $7250 Speaker Cables Are Better

    10/04/2007 9:32:58 AM PDT · by Notary Sojac · 137 replies · 2,722+ views
    Gizmodo.com ^ | Oct 1 2007 | Charlie White
    Our rant about those $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables found its way to the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), and Randi offered $1 million to anyone who can prove those cables are any better than ordinary (and also overpriced) Monster Cables. Pointing out the absurd review by audiophile Dave Clark, who called the cables "danceable," Randi called it "hilarious and preposterous." He added that if the cables could do what their makers claimed, "they would be paranormal." We see that the Pear Cable company is advertising a pair of 12-foot "Anjou" audio cables for $7,250; that's $302 a foot! And,...