Review: Mad Scientist White Magic Interconnects
Allowing the full burn in to complete with my new AC power cord, then I'll remove the previous Mad Scientist's Black magic and install the new Mad Scientist White Magic Interconnects. Could there be an improvement? Not holding my breath. But I read about the new super secret material being used and read a crazy impressed review so, I had to know! Tomorrow I'm putting them in no matter what. Just want to be settled on what this new power cable has done before I move on. Curious? me too
Are these things interconnects or power cables? Give me a break. Apart from electrical safety regulations, Australia has pretty strong consumer protection laws (the federal Australian Consumer Law) which protects against misleading and deceptive conduct, among other things. And what Australia does, New Zealand has probably already done - it does not have six states and two territories to beat into alignment. |
There's regulatory facts to do with wiring standards, and completely separately there's the operation of Consumer Law which is similar in Australia and New Zealand. I make fair use of the Australian Consumer Law and just had a quick look at New Zealand's equivalent.
It might come as a surprise, but the Australian Consumer Law is not normally fought between expensive lawyers through the Court System. Instead, each state operates a Fair Trading department which can mediate in disputes. If that does not work out, each state has a Tribunal which can make legally binding decisions. No lawyers are required for a Tribunal appearance, and the cost is notional. As an example, I had an expensive OLED TV which had a two year manufacturer's warranty. After 6 years, it developed a vertical yellow line down the middle. Without even going to Fair Trading or the Tribunal, I was able to convince the manufacturer that a reasonable consumer would expect a TV that expensive to last more than 6 years. In the end, I got the full purchase price back, bought the replacement model for about half the original cost and pocketed the change. The Australian Consumer Law has provisions about deceptive and misleading conduct. Often in a retail dispute, I find the words "well, actually, under the Australian Consumer Law you must ..." work wonders! |
