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Heat your house with this piece of audiophile stupidity...

#1 Post by Bob G »

Was $650,000 — now only $490,000. Instant financing available!

Electrical upgrades to your house and installation of a new transformer on your utility pole not included!

http://elitechoice.org/2010/06/06/pivet ... power-amp/

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#2 Post by Jon Barnhardt »

That's enough juice to run a BF rig big enough to do a medium sized concert. And they want to put it in your house?

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#3 Post by Patrick Mos »

"Dude! What is that in the corner of your livingroom? A nuclear power plant?"
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#4 Post by 88h88 »

Surely that thing will result in the most stupid of cable runs? What a horribly designed piece of shit. :slap:
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#5 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

That brings a whole new meaning to 'more money than brains'. :noob:

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#6 Post by el_ingeniero »

Maybe he can join forces with this snake oil salesman

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#7 Post by J_Dunavin »

In the picture with the guy standing next to... um that thing, The power cable and connector, spooled up at the bottom, looks just like the three phase building power for our Hyd. mule for our aircraft. :shock:
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#8 Post by jswingchun »

"Initially priced at $650,000, the Pivetta Opera One is now at sale price of only $490,000 from HigherFi, and can be paid for in installments."

Come on guys, it's ONLY $490,000, and you can set up an installment plan for payments! That sounds pretty reasonable to me. :mrgreen:
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#9 Post by wounded horse »

The Kipnis site - the snake oil link - I was losing the will to live. What a bunch of pretensious shite.

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#10 Post by CoronaOperator »

wounded horse wrote:The Kipnis site - the snake oil link - I was losing the will to live. What a bunch of pretensious shite.
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At least they did a good job isolating their power supply from their rca cables :clap:
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#11 Post by bassmonster »

That Pivetta Opera One goes past "arc welder", it's more like "Hadron Collider". That's insane.

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#12 Post by wounded horse »

jswingchun wrote:"Initially priced at $650,000, the Pivetta Opera One is now at sale price of only $490,000 from HigherFi, and can be paid for in installments."

Come on guys, it's ONLY $490,000, and you can set up an installment plan for payments! That sounds pretty reasonable to me. :mrgreen:
I love that, "Initially priced" Doublespeak for "whoa, no takers...."

I can't seem to find one on eBay.

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#13 Post by el_ingeniero »

wounded horse wrote:
jswingchun wrote:"Initially priced at $650,000, the Pivetta Opera One is now at sale price of only $490,000 from HigherFi, and can be paid for in installments."

Come on guys, it's ONLY $490,000, and you can set up an installment plan for payments! That sounds pretty reasonable to me. :mrgreen:
I love that, "Initially priced" Doublespeak for "whoa, no takers...."

I can't seem to find one on eBay.
In other words, there are cooler ways to make up for a perceived lack of organ size.

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#14 Post by Harley »

el_ingeniero wrote:In other words, there are cooler ways to make up for a perceived lack of organ size.
So getting a Hammond was a waste of time then? :mrgreen:
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#15 Post by Steve Regier »

Did I see a flux capaciter in there?

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