E: 31/10 Win 1 of 10 E-Z CD openers

grannybiker

Details at RussAndrews

The Hi-Fi industry has often talked about the '10%rule' in relation to hardware and cables / infrastructure. Russ has his own version of this 'rule' but what is it?

A) Spend 90% on cables/supports and 10% on hardware
Spend 90% on hardware and 10% on cables/supports
C) Give up and buy a Supermarket own brand system

Off to search..
The last date for entries will be 31st October 2010.

You can either email your answer, A, B or C, to us at: [EMAIL="competition@russandrews.com"]competition@russandrews.com[/EMAIL] with the subject line '10% rule', or send your entry by post to:
Russ Andrews Accessories Ltd, 2b Moreland Court, Westmorland Business Park, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NS

Good luck all

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grannybiker

Russ' 10% rule...
Hi-Fi magazines and Dealers will tell you that you should not spend more than 10% of the hardware budget on cables or you are wasting money. They believe in the Rule of Diminishing Returns! I have discovered a Rule of Increasing Returns that comes into play when you upgrade the right things in the right order. To achieve this you need to apply my 10% Rule. Spend 10% of your budget on the hardware and 90% getting the best out of it! (Okay, I may be exaggerating a little but not by as much as you might think.)

The standard ‘10% Rule’ might sound fine, but it vastly underrates the fundamental importance of the cabling in a Hi-Fi system. There’s no point spending money on your hardware and then never hearing it’s full potential because the cables you use add distortion and lose information. Think about it in terms of the size of improvement you’ll gain rather than what you might ‘expect’ to pay eg. if a £100 cable makes your £200 CD player sound better than a £500 CD player then that’s excellent value for money by anyone’s standards.

I make the answer A) from this blurb, but I am very tired....
Please correct if I'm wrong & I'll edit the OP

maddocks2379

Russ' 10% rule... Hi-Fi magazines and Dealers will tell you that you should not spend more than 10% of the hardware budget on cables or you are wasting money. They believe in the Rule of Diminishing Returns! I have discovered a Rule of Increasing Returns that comes into play when you upgrade the right things in the right order. To achieve this you need to apply my 10% Rule. Spend 10% of your budget on the hardware and 90% getting the best out of it! (Okay, I may be exaggerating a little but not by as much as you might think.)

lol beaten to it

grannybiker

Many thanks to all of you who entered our recent competition to win one of ten E-Z CD/DVD openers. The correct answer to the question 'What is Russ's 10% rule?' was A) Spend 90% on cables / supports and 10% on hardware.

The 10 winners picked at random from the 100's of entries were:
Frances Heaton
Shaun Rosindale
Madelaine McLaughlin
Rev Mark Madeley
Elizabeth Smith
Solange Thomas
Shane Weir
Kirsty Richards
Kevin Honey
and Mr H. Ho