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Pear Cable Calls James Randi’s $1 Million Offer a Hoax

10:16PM Charlie White | Last week, magician and paranormal debunker James Randi (pictured above left) offered the makers of Pear speaker cables $1 million if they could prove in double-blind testing there was a difference between their $7,250 cables and ordinary Monster Cables. Now, Adam Blake (pictured above right), CEO and co-founder of Pear Cable, has called Randi’s offer “a fake” and a “joke”. We’ve contacted James Randi, asking if he’d like to get together with these Pear dudes for some double-blind testing. We’ve also contacted Adam Blake, asking if Pear planned to participate in Randi’s double-blind test. After the jump, see the full text of Pear Cable’s accusations that Randi’s million-dollar offer is a hoax. We’ll keep you posted if anyone responds. More »

James Randi Offers $1 Million If Audiophiles Can Prove $7250 Speaker Cables Are Better

11:45PM Charlie White | Our rant about those $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables found its way to the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), and Randi offered $1 million to anyone who can prove those cables are any better than ordinary (and also overpriced) Monster Cables. Pointing out the absurd review by audiophile Dave Clark, who called the cables “danceable,” Randi called it “hilarious and preposterous.” He added that if the cables could do what their makers claimed, “they would be paranormal.” More »