New ultrasonic vinyl cleaner in the works: Humminguru

[folsom_lives]

The thought occurred to me to look into what ever happened to that scammy looking Humminguru knockoff on kickstarter?

Ope...



Sounds like they took the money and ran...

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

The thought occurred to me to look into what ever happened to that scammy looking Humminguru knockoff on kickstarter?

Ope...



Sounds like they took the money and ran...

Oh wow. *grabs coffee*

If you need me, I'll be reading the comments.

 

[folsom_lives]

Oh wow. *grabs coffee*

If you need me, I'll be reading the comments.

It's a lot of the same, but there are some gems here and there.

Glad we got in early with the Guru, but seeing the way Kickstarter has handled this I'm leery to ever back anything there again.

 

[kvetcha]

Truly wild that people didn’t recognize a scam when it was staring them in the face.

 

[folsom_lives]

Truly wild that people didn’t recognize a scam when it was staring them in the face.

To be fair the Guru looked kind of scammy too.

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

Truly wild that people didn’t recognize a scam when it was staring them in the face.

Yeah I was reading one of their updates and it said Matt Black Unlocked! As in, they just randomly released the option to opt into a matte (misspelling should have been first red flag) black color after they had already collected everyone's money and shipping info.

 

[Joe Mac]

To be fair the Guru looked kind of scammy too.

Totally but when it wasn’t someone else releasing an almost identical machine with a turntable at half the price was screaming scam in your face loudly and obnoxiously.

 

[Mather]

I totally forgot about that thing. My first thought was, "I wonder what NIGHTMather thought about it..." So I looked back through the thread.

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Ah, yes. Good, he didn't buy one.

 

[kvetcha]

To be fair the Guru looked kind of scammy too.

The Guru Kickstarter had waaaaaaay more information. They had a manufacturing facility! They had detailed CAD designs of the machine and all its parts! They had specs! They had functional prototypes! Their price point was realistic!

 

[Hemotep]

There was another one even after the vinyl sonic scam that looked as much of a scam and still took in a bunch of money.

 

[folsom_lives]

There was another one even after the vinyl sonic scam that looked as much of a scam and still took in a bunch of money.

Was that the Lucidwave? I read they shut that one down and refunded money.

 

[Hemotep]

Was that the Lucidwave? I read they shut that one down and refunded money.

Could be, I don't remember the name, just that some folks who got scammed were about to get scammed again...

 

[Mather]

I wonder what ever happened to that one "audiophile" player that floated in mid air and was wobbly as fuck.

 

[folsom_lives]

The Guru Kickstarter had waaaaaaay more information. They had a manufacturing facility! They had detailed CAD designs of the machine and all its parts! They had specs! They had functional prototypes! Their price point was realistic!

True, true.

Maybe I was just being too harsh in judging the company name as HappyWell.

 

[Joe Mac]

I wonder what ever happened to that one "audiophile" player that floated in mid air and was wobbly as fuck.

It exists. They sell for like nearly 5k a with a low end project tone arm and an OM10 cart….

 

[folsom_lives]

I wonder what ever happened to that one "audiophile" player that floated in mid air and was wobbly as fuck.

This?

The World's First Levitating Turntable - MAG-LEV Audio

MAG-LEV Audio’s ML1 Turntable visually enhances the experience of listening to vinyl records by levitating the platter. By joining our love for music with careful integration of technology and high-range audio components, we’ve created a turntable of the future for the medium of the past.

maglevaudio.com

 

[Joe Mac]

This?

The World's First Levitating Turntable - MAG-LEV Audio

MAG-LEV Audio’s ML1 Turntable visually enhances the experience of listening to vinyl records by levitating the platter. By joining our love for music with careful integration of technology and high-range audio components, we’ve created a turntable of the future for the medium of the past.

maglevaudio.com

That’s the fella

 

[Mather]

This?

The World's First Levitating Turntable - MAG-LEV Audio

MAG-LEV Audio’s ML1 Turntable visually enhances the experience of listening to vinyl records by levitating the platter. By joining our love for music with careful integration of technology and high-range audio components, we’ve created a turntable of the future for the medium of the past.

maglevaudio.com

Yep, captain wobbly pants. That's the one.

 

[folsom_lives]

That’s the fella

So they just induce a shit ton of electromagnetic interference just for the aesthetics?

I can just imagine the hum that would come from this thing.

 

[tvham]

Yep, captain wobbly pants. That's the one.

Captain wobbly pants was my nickname in high school