James Randi vs. the golden ears

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On 18 Aug 2004 14:34:54 GMT, Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com> wrote:

>I'm glad it finally happened. Now, will any of the golden ears
>and snake-oil-makers step up and take the challenge?

I was given a Shakti Stone some years ago. When I removed the
screws that secure the cover on my SF Line-3 to do some tube swapping,
I used the stone on the cover to keep it from buzzing when I play at
high levels. I would be happy to do a DBT- A/B/X test in my system to
see if I can hear the buzzing when the stone is removed. BTW, the
replacement of the original screws works just as well. Who says the
Shakti Stone isn't effective? :-)

Kal

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On 9 Dec 2004 03:24:32 GMT, "scott and barb" <crowley9@gate.net>
wrote:

>How about a bigger stone,or maybe a petosky stone?

The 'stock' stone was entirely adequate for the purpose and a larger
one would not have fit. No reason to spend more. ;-)

Kal


>"Kalman Rubinson" <kr4@nyu.edu> wrote in message
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>> On 18 Aug 2004 14:34:54 GMT, Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm glad it finally happened. Now, will any of the golden ears
>> >and snake-oil-makers step up and take the challenge?
>>
>> I was given a Shakti Stone some years ago. When I removed the
>> screws that secure the cover on my SF Line-3 to do some tube swapping,
>> I used the stone on the cover to keep it from buzzing when I play at
>> high levels. I would be happy to do a DBT- A/B/X test in my system to
>> see if I can hear the buzzing when the stone is removed. BTW, the
>> replacement of the original screws works just as well. Who says the
>> Shakti Stone isn't effective? :-)
>>
>> Kal

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"scott and barb" crowley9@gate.net wrote:

In the high-end a worry-stone would seem to have the more useful function.

>How about a bigger stone,or maybe a petosky stone?

>"Kalman Rubinson" <kr4@nyu.edu> wrote in message
>news:cg00u007bj@news4.newsguy.com...
>> On 18 Aug 2004 14:34:54 GMT, Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm glad it finally happened. Now, will any of the golden ears
>> >and snake-oil-makers step up and take the challenge?
>>
>> I was given a Shakti Stone some years ago. When I removed the
>> screws that secure the cover on my SF Line-3 to do some tube swapping,
>> I used the stone on the cover to keep it from buzzing when I play at
>> high levels. I would be happy to do a DBT- A/B/X test in my system to
>> see if I can hear the buzzing when the stone is removed. BTW, the
>> replacement of the original screws works just as well. Who says the
>> Shakti Stone isn't effective? :-)
>>
>> Kal