I was discussing a fascinating article I read in the local paper about the wonders of nanotechnology with a friend of mine. How in the near future, they will be employed to build anything we need from the ground up. Literally starting at the atomic level. You just give the little guys the atoms and the instructions, and they will build anything. They will probably even repair living cells from within.

My friend, being a kind, compassionate person, said how it will help medically, while I ,of course, being a selfish vintage gear maniac, said "Wow, they could restore my Pioneer gear better than Echowars!" :thmbsp:

Hmmmmmm....Wonder if they could make an RCA CT-100...Or a 1933 Duesenberg Beverly Sedan...

I can see it now, buy a bottle of them, shake them in your wife's ear, give em some special instructions, and she wakes up a different person...instant Stepford wife..."I didn't know your wife loved electronics like you!"

I'd love to read that. What's the name of the paper? Maybe it's on line.

"You see, Audiokarma doesn't exist in the 24th century... After the incident with the Borg, the acquisition and repair of vintage audio equipment is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."

Sounds fine in principle. In practice, the "instructions" would be several billion pages long for even the simplest project... atom by atom.

"You see, Audiokarma doesn't exist in the 24th century... After the incident with the Borg, the acquisition and repair of vintage audio equipment is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."

Nonsense. The debate over tubes vs SS is eternal.

My friend, being a kind, compassionate person, said how it will help medically, while I ,of course, being a selfish vintage gear maniac, said "Wow, they could restore my Pioneer gear better than Echowars!" :thmbsp:But the blood, sweat, and tears that I leave adorning the innerds of all the gear I work on has been proven to contain specific enzymes that contribute to superior sonics. Can't nano-tech that. :no:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-nano_15bus.ART0.State.Edition1.365f81e.html

Here's a link. It's not the entire story they had on Sunday, just part of it. It may not last long. They remove stories pretty fast.

Echowars- maybe able to be substituted, but never, ever able to be replaced...

But the blood, sweat, and tears that I leave adorning the innerds of all the gear I work on has been proven to contain specific enzymes that contribute to superior sonics. Can't nano-tech that. :no:


hmmmm EW cooties and microbes have special sonic properties....makes sense to me..lol

But the blood, sweat, and tears that I leave adorning the innerds of all the gear I work on has been proven to contain specific enzymes that contribute to superior sonics. Can't nano-tech that. :no:


Just don't leave any other bodily fluids in there, and we should be OK....:yikes:

Just don't leave any other bodily fluids in there, and we should be OK....:yikes:

There was a visual I didn't need.

:yuck: :finger:

Sounds fine in principle. In practice, the "instructions" would be several billion pages long for even the simplest project... atom by atom.
What he said.

Building anything complex using nanotechnology is about as likely as Star Trek transporter technology ever coming to fruition.

Echowars- maybe able to be substituted, but never, ever able to be replaced...

And to think my day had finally come.

Don't worry Glen, the world's big enough for the two of us. :D

What he said.

Building anything complex using nanotechnology is about as likely as Star Trek transporter technology ever coming to fruition.

What does Star Trek technology have to do with fruit?

As you drive onto the campus of UC Santa Barbara, you pass the new Nano Technology center. I've often wondered why they needed such a big building.

- Pete

Sounds fine in principle. In practice, the "instructions" would be several billion pages long for even the simplest project... atom by atom.

Not a big problem if the instructions themselves are "nano" in scale and effeciently and effectively produced and re-produced. Think DNA!

Look, Mom, I've created a Monster!
...Cable, I mean! :D

What he said.

Building anything complex using nanotechnology is about as likely as Star Trek transporter technology ever coming to fruition.


What does Star Trek technology have to do with fruit?
You really don't know? :D

Hey EW I was thinking about marketing a new line of interconnects. And anyway I was wondering what would you want for say a pint of that Blood Sweat and Tears stuff about once a month? I mean if other manufactures can have their magic voodoo stuff I see no reason why a essence of EW should make my new cables the best around.

As you drive onto the campus of UC Santa Barbara, you pass the new Nano Technology center. I've often wondered why they needed such a big building.

- Pete

Very funny !:D

I'd like a nano-bug that can work its way around a spiral groove in vinyl and clean out dirt and repair damage.

Hey EW I was thinking about marketing a new line of interconnects. And anyway I was wondering what would you want for say a pint of that Blood Sweat and Tears stuff about once a month? I mean if other manufactures can have their magic voodoo stuff I see no reason why a essence of EW should make my new cables the best around.No sweat.

$2200 a gram. Just wave it over the gear, kinda like you'd do for vermouth when making a very dry martini.

No sweat.

$2200 a gram. Just wave it over the gear, kinda like you'd do for vermouth when making a very dry martini.

Aren't they one and the same?

I think that is giving machines to much power over us. I am not in favor.:no:

Aren't they one and the same?I taste better...or so she said before she took all my money and ran.

I can no longer sit back & allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion & the international communist conspiracy to sap & impurify all our precious bodily fluids...ESPECIALLY Echowars'....<grin>

"You see, Audiokarma doesn't exist in the 24th century... After the incident with the Borg, the acquisition and repair of vintage audio equipment is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."

Imagine the Borg interfacing with vintage Pioneer and Sansui decks...that would make for some interesting visuals.