Vincent Audio offers C-60 CD player for nearly $5K |
Audiophiles have been known to spend large amounts of money on headphones, PMPs, and amplifiers to get the best sound they can. A new CD player from Vincent Audio has been announced called the C-60 that is seriously expensive.
The CD player sells for $4,695. Nearly $5K gets you a CD player with a top loading mechanism. That CD playing mechanism is a Philips unit using no-bits-left behind tech. Digital processing uses a PCN1792 DAC with 14-bit/192kHz and 8x oversampling.





This just may be the most awesome and nerdiest chess set ever. You’re looking at Paul Fryer’s Vacuum Tube Chess set. It’s one of only seven made. The pieces actually light up when they’re plugged in to the board.
If today’s beautiful weather was any indication, spring is finally here. Sadly, the bugs have arrived with it. The fly-goodbye will keep their population down and keep your magazines insect-gut free. Just insert the front tube that has some glue at the bottom, give it some pump action and fire.
RockridgeSound recently released the somewhat retro looking ISR-VT02 iPod dock. The unit boasts an integrated AM/FM tuner, vacuum tube amplifier, two-stage 12AX7 (ECC83) amplifier, two 3.15 inch speakers, 12W of power, S-Video out, mini stereo input and RCA analog inputs.
Swearing has lost it’s luster, let’s face it. Words that used to have an impact just don’t do it anymore. We’ve become de-sensitized. We need a new way to sling profanity. Like with a clock. The Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine will generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per second. The machine was constructed from fluorescent vacuum tubes, and also tells time. We just love clocks that use
Check out this sweet Steampunk ray gun. It sports a pretty nice, not so over-the-top Steampunk look but still manages to have lots of nice detail. The “Power supply” consists of a vacuum tube and “brass bits” installed inside the gun. The smoky look of the vacuum tube makes it look as if it has just been fired.
Nothing sucks more then getting off of a plane and realizing that your ears are taking their own sweet time to pop. Sometimes yawning or swallowing will work, but often their is no relief. And it really drives you crazy. Now there’s a simple solution. The ear pressure equalizer is nothing more then a small pump that creates a vacuum in the outer ear canal and gently pushes the eardrum back into its original position.
Scotch tape is pretty damn versatile. Right up there with duct tape. But I bet you never thought about scotch tape creating X-rays. . Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have discovered that peeling Scotch tape in a vacuum tube generates X-rays. How they came up with the idea of putting scotch tape in a vacuum in the first place is anyone’s guess.
For audiophiles that want the very best, Navison has merged digital technology with vacuum tube design with the Reference 228 Tube Compact Disc Player. It has a refreshing retro look that makes you stop and stare, complete with signature Barian Kingwood, gold plating and textured black finish.