I have heard about this from mr. James Randi.If you do, please stay in the audio snake oil business where people don't get hurt (except in feelings and wallets). Unlike, say, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
I have heard about this from mr. James Randi.If you do, please stay in the audio snake oil business where people don't get hurt (except in feelings and wallets). Unlike, say, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
I thought I'd already seen it all...
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I consider low priced AQ cables to be good value - they are well built, last forever, have nice connectors and are low capacitance.I have a friend who is the owner of a high end store (30+ years) bow wows and big macs etc. and he has to stock and offer expensive branded cables and the rest because he learnt that people would not buy stuff from him if he didn't. The really insane margins occur with the manufacturer/retailer such as Audioquest not a small retailer who is caught up in the game. He simply doesn,t push cables, customers demand them, he lets them take them home to try them, they most always keep them and pay. He shakes his head and says "boys must have their toys".
Very funny.I consider low priced AQ cables to be good value - they are well built, last forever, have nice connectors and are low capacitance.
A 1m stereo pair of Audioquest Evergreen RCA cables is 50 USD. Seems reasonable, given they appear to be well made. What would you suggest as an alternative?Very funny.
You know it’s quality kit when Guys in White Jackets Pre-shake the cables baby.
That's about 5x reasonable, and the build quality is atrocious.A 1m stereo pair of Audioquest Evergreen RCA cables is 50 USD. Seems reasonable, given they appear to be well made. What would you suggest as an alternative?
The RCA cables that come packaged for free when one purchases something like a CD player, television, preamplifier or box of Cracker Jacks.A 1m stereo pair of Audioquest Evergreen RCA cables is 50 USD. Seems reasonable, given they appear to be well made. What would you suggest as an alternative?
I disagree.That's about 5x reasonable, and the build quality is atrocious.
I'm absolutely opposed to overpaying for cables, but I would not rather use those.The RCA cables that come packaged for free when one purchases something like a CD player, television, preamplifier or box of Cracker Jacks.
TIme was, I would have agreed with this. While the marketing BS was always there, the actual products were well made and reliable. I don't know when this changed, but now AQ like other manufacturers in this category make their cheap cables... cheap. These usually realise that most sales are due to the marketing, rather than the cables being decent, somewhere along the line, and the obvious thing to do at that point is to reduce quality of the cheaper cables - dealers will know to show that the next model up is "better".I consider low priced AQ cables to be good value - they are well built, last forever, have nice connectors and are low capacitance.
Expensive range, not so much.
An AQ "Tower" RCA lead I somehow acquired (I certainly didn't buy it) was so bad it broke while sitting unused in a box.TIme was, I would have agreed with this. While the marketing BS was always there, the actual products were well made and reliable. I don't know when this changed, but now AQ like other manufacturers in this category make their cheap cables... cheap. These usually realise that most sales are due to the marketing, rather than the cables being decent, somewhere along the line, and the obvious thing to do at that point is to reduce quality of the cheaper cables - dealers will know to show that the next model up is "better".
Can anybody explain the "science" behind such a setup?
Can anybody explain the "science" behind such a setup?
This is clearly not bi-amping.
Not looking like bi-wiring.
Are the "+" and "-" kept separated?