A while back someone slipped me this flyer for an innovative new piece of DJ gear, and I can’t decide whether these people are for real:

(Apologies for the folding, it’s been at the bottom of my desk for weeks.)

The Rake is a two-cartridge headshell for your turntable. Basically it means that you can play two separate parts of the same record simultaneously. But it’s designed so you don’t really get to choose which part the second needle will play. You get the part you want, then the part a couple minutes after that on top of it.

Allow me to demonstrate.

Without The Rake, your hot traxx would sound like this.

With The Rake, your hot traxx would sound like this.

How fuckin’ cool is that??!?!?! (OK, some of you might actually find that cool.)

I checked out their Web site and the only way I can find out if this is indeed for real is to buy one. Which makes me think they’re not for real. Or are they?