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"Silver plated plugs" Can someone remind me of the electric properties of Silveroxide? ( Or do I need to hire someone who polishes the plugs before each track?)
That stuck out like a sore thumb for me - it's a £6000 cable and the connectors aren't gold plated? Perhaps that's reserved for a model up..
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.
This kind of thing is extreme, but it's no different to any other positional good.
And it is full of crooks.
I know someone who made a fortune from 'special' cables.
Did they know they were scamming people? Of course they did.
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.
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.
Asking otherwise would be like saying, "Oh, I don't mind all that water; it's the wetness that often comes with it that I mind..."
Why, in the world of Digital Audio with ones and zeros, would any cable, be it silver or gold or what ever super conducting cores make any difference to sound quality?
Yes it would properly make 0.0001% ( Wild Guess Only ) speed difference due to better conductivity and less Error correction. But if everything gets decoded at the Chip level, then the cable should in theory makes absolutely NO difference in sound quality what so ever.
Please correct me if i am wrong.
I have always wanted to ask this but never found the right place to do so. Why, in the world of Digital Audio with ones and zeros, would any cable, be it silver or gold or what ever super conducting cores make any difference to sound quality? Yes it would properly make 0.0001% ( Wild Guess Only ) speed difference due to better conductivity and less Error correction. But if everything gets decoded at the Chip level, t…
Same here, I guess. There are rich people who believe they have a very special taste and can afford it :)
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I think buying one of these things would surely reduce the availability of fiancé(e)s.
It will reduce the availability of certain type of fiancé(e)s, but attract the other type.
To be fair, that price is for the 12 meter (40 ft) cable. The 75cm (2 ft) cable is much more affordable at just £600. The best part about that cable is that someone took the time to determine which direction it sounds best, and the cable is marked to make it straightforward to attach it in the best direction!
Nope, they just marked an arrow on it and said they took the time to determine which direction is best.
I have always wanted to ask this but never found the right place to do so. Why, in the world of Digital Audio with ones and zeros, would any cable, be it silver or gold or what ever super conducting cores make any difference to sound quality? Yes it would properly make 0.0001% ( Wild Guess Only ) speed difference due to better conductivity and less Error correction. But if everything gets decoded at the Chip level, t…
Its just a hangover from the old days - the big electronics stores still get to sell mom & dad a £20-30 cable when in reality could pick up one, just as good, for £2 on amazon!
"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."
Ideally one should have a separate cable flowing the other way, too, so that ACKs aren't unduly delayed.