would you pay 4 dollars for 1 knob to go on your mic pre?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:56 pm

treble king wrote:I'm still looking for a replacement slider for my blackface 7 band Radio Shack eq. Last slider I saw went for 110 bucks.

I should have dove on it. This thing just isn't the same without it.

i have a bag of them, check your PM.

willowhaus · Post by **willowhaus** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:49 am

TV Lenny wrote:I have been purchasing Soar Knobs for most of my gear. Their great if you want a big fat honkin' knob to grab.

...naah, too easy.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:54 am

Now y'all got me thinkin' of knob jobs...

Mradyfist · Post by **Mradyfist** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:57 am

Speaking of knobs, I just finished putting together a stepped attenuator to use as a control room volume, and I'm looking for a really nice 6.3mm shaft knob to put on it. Does anybody have any links? I think I'd prefer metal to bakelite/plastic, and it can't be bigger than 1RU in height.

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:57 am

I'm surprised noone brought up the infamous Four hundred dollar audio knob. It is made of a special wood and lacquer of course...

....ain't it pretty

Amazing wooden knob

Ryan Silva · Post by **Ryan Silva** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:02 am

centurymantra wrote:I'm surprised noone brought up the infamous Four hundred dollar audio knob. It is made of a special wood and lacquer of course...

....ain't it pretty

[http://web.archive.org/web/200501222047 ... gory_Code=]Amazing wooden knob[/url]

This is just nuts, I have never heard of anything like this. Tell me it's a joke.

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:21 am

Ryan Silva wrote:
centurymantra wrote:I'm surprised noone brought up the infamous Four hundred dollar audio knob. It is made of a special wood and lacquer of course...

....ain't it pretty

[http://web.archive.org/web/200501222047 ... gory_Code=]Amazing wooden knob[/url]
This is just nuts, I have never heard of anything like this. Tell me it's a joke.

I'm afraid that this is quite serious. FWIW, they do market it to folks buying their $7000 passive attenuator, so I guess it's just a drop in the bucket for those types. I can ALMOST imagine someone with a money-is-no-object attitude spending that kind of money on piece of engineering like the Silver Rock attenuator they sell, as the thing is at least a pretty insanely intricate hand crafted mechanism - if you look at the pictures. There's some similar stuff like that in the pro audio world too. A $485 dollar volume knob though...that's pushing the envelope.
I've gone through my audiophile phases in the past, and have dabbled in a couple of things so I can cut some slack on certain items, but this is pretty laughable to say the least.

I noticed my titled link didn't work, but you should be able to cut and paste the following addres if you want to read their description for some good comedic entertainment. I noticed they don't sell it anymore (guess the 'demand' didn't quite meet expectations

) but the Wayback Machine pulled up a link.

http://web.archive.org/web/200501222047 ... gory_Code=

japmn · Post by **japmn** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:33 pm

Just go to Salvation Army and buy an old sliver/wood panel stereo for $10 and get a handfull of cool sliver metal knobs.

KungFuLio · Post by **KungFuLio** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:02 pm

Pay the money! It's the difference of the client perceiving if you actually take care of your business and maintain your gear. Four dollars is nothing in terms of repair in this business.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:04 pm

i bet this person wouldn't bat an eye at paying $400 for a knob:

http://blog.audiovideointeriors.com/208great/

what a disgusting misuse of money.

madtho · Post by **madtho** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:29 pm

RefD wrote:i bet this person wouldn't bat an eye at paying $400 for a knob:

http://blog.audiovideointeriors.com/208great/

what a disgusting misuse of money.

I bet that person sits on that couch with no one but that little dog.

-mad

calaverasgrandes · Post by **calaverasgrandes** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:41 pm

Hey! What are you guys doing in my house and WHY pray tell are all the lights on?! Thats it, I'm firing teh cleaning lady again.

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:43 pm

RefD wrote:i bet this person wouldn't bat an eye at paying $400 for a knob:

http://blog.audiovideointeriors.com/208great/

what a disgusting misuse of money.

wooooahhhh

There's a WTF moment for you. I was sure that had to be an audio retail showroom of some sort, then I checked out the link, saw this picture

and realized it's his home theatre....totally decadent in a sick fashion.

I read the guy's interview/write up on the system and he does seem passionate in an oddly sincere fashion and almost kind of down to earth...well, as down to earth as you can be surrounded by $6million dollars of audio gear anyway

I would enjoy watching a film at his house I must say.

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:45 pm

madtho wrote:

I bet that person sits on that couch with no one but that little dog.

-mad

Actually...that's not the case...

japmn · Post by **japmn** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:49 pm

I saw that shit on Gizmodo today.

I'll say it one time people.

PHANTOM CHANEL! You do not need more than 4 speakers for surround sound unless you want vertical placement (in which you need 8, 4 on the floor and 4 on the ceiling)

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