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AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by yottah »

I refuse to ever pay more than $300 for speakers or headphones or anything sound related, I think it's a healthy principle to go by. My theory is that being an audiophile serves as a psychological vehicle for yuppies to feel even more superior to everyone else.

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by Sharlin »

bsaul wrote: post #28

I onced interviewed for a job at a software company developping virtual instruments plug-ins. At some point in the interview, the guy told me this great story : "We made some test once, and we changed the skin of the software, to a new color. Every people said the software sounded better with that new skin. Yet we changed absolutely nothing except the color." I'm still wondering if some graphical configuration ( such…

Sensory experiences are incredibly subjective and different modalities interrelate in all kinds of complex ways. It could be said that everybody is synaesthetic to some extent, some just more so than others.

In many contexts outside science, whether some sensory difference exists objectively or not may not be relevant at all as long as there is a perceivable difference in subjective experience.

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by th0br0 »

buro9 wrote: post #11

Great, I've been looking for an ethernet cable, I recently purchased a subwoofer cable for only £9,049 ( http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/product/8401/audioquest-w... ) and I was worried that I wasn't getting the best out of the sound as the cables earlier in the system weren't at this quality. Edit: just found a £2,199 mp3 player: http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/product/8288/astell-amp-k...

Well, at least you got a 5yr warranty on it.

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by lookahead »

Retr0spectrum wrote: post #18

"All audio cables are directional. The correct direction is determined by listening to every batch of metal conductors used in every AudioQuest audio cable. Arrows are clearly marked on the connectors to ensure superior sound quality. For best results have the arrow pointing in the direction of the flow of music. For example, NAS to Router, Router to Network Player."

I'm surprised they didn't go all-out and feature-tick the racing stripes.

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by notahacker »

buro9 wrote: post #11

Great, I've been looking for an ethernet cable, I recently purchased a subwoofer cable for only £9,049 ( http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/product/8401/audioquest-w... ) and I was worried that I wasn't getting the best out of the sound as the cables earlier in the system weren't at this quality. Edit: just found a £2,199 mp3 player: http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/product/8288/astell-amp-k...

I wonder about the mentality of people that plug their £9049 cables into the highest end surround sound system at a comparably mere £6296?

Though the biggest gap in the market would appear to be in TV brackets, where the highest-end option, at a mere £599, doesn't even claim to have sound-augmenting properties

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by colinbartlett »

DanBC wrote: post #40
surreal wrote: post #6

Without commenting on whether the product is worth the price (I don't know enough about HiFi quality): There is a bell curve of purchasing mentality - from a minority who buy solely based on what's cheapest, through varying degrees of cost/benefit tradeoff, through to a minority who will tend toward whatever is most expensive. It often pays to offer something to that latter group.

I don't mindthat people make, sell, or buy these stupid cables. My problem is with the dishonesty that often comes with it. There are some companies that are not crooks but mostly it feels like an area full of scams.

That's the difference between this crap and high fashion, which leads a far more respectable existence. Lots of people pay huge prices for Louis Vuitton bags or Christian Louboutin shoes. Easily 100x times the price of comparable alternatives.

But those companies don't advertise their bags as having more "stuff holding power" as the average purse. Or "unparalleled foot retention and lifting capability".

Re: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable: £6899

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Post by q_no »

huhtenberg wrote: post #44

Earlier on - the classics of A/B testing in "Monster cables vs Coat hangers" http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/speakers-when-i... Scroll to the 2nd from the bottom paragraph staring with "We gathered up ...".

I'm not a native english speaker, what are "coat hangers"?
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