$1 Million Cable Challenge

[SimpleTheater]

After James Randi passed away a few years ago, the idea of a $1 million cable challenge vanished with him. Until now!

In what can only be surmised as amazing showmanship, Dr. Tist of First Run Copper cables has decided to bring the challenge back, but with a twist. Instead of challenging the likes of Steve Guttenberg, Michael Fremer, etc. to PROVE they can tell the difference between one cable and another - which never went anywhere because no one could agree on a format that would be scientific and let them sit in their own living room for 200 hours breaking in each cable before spending six months listening to organ music - First Run Copper is challenging the NON-BELIEVERS!

This is truly epic. Will influencers who say they don't believe that cables make a difference really stand up and take this challenge?

 

[Andysu]

$1m cable daylight robbery. These audiophile dummies really are that dumb that they don't know human hearing is flawed compared to a cat 40Hz to 90KHz, thinking $1m cable is gonna improve no more than having good hearing and using hearing aid to boost the sound is like sticking a RF gain on a CB radio to boost all that noise along with it.

 

[THW]

haven’t watched this video specifically, but after watching the previous ones and having a great laugh out of those, I have a feeling that I’m in for a ride for this one

 

[peanuts]

first run copper? never heared of them. why dont they use brandnames like nordost and their odin cables, afraid to get in trouble?

 

[pozz]

http://firstruncopper.com/

 

[audio2design]

audiophiles hear the difference $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The concept was funny, but that was just really creepy.

 

[Capitol C]

Here is a related image that made me smile. My challenge is this: Can you identify the purpose of this cable from the description? No prize, and no credit if you look it up or already know the brand...

 

[audio2design]

I must say, this is a fine bit of trolling! Even doing a website and everything!

 

[Pluto]

we are challenging them to PROVE what they say

It is very difficult to PROVE that there is NO difference between this and that. So unless you are able to PROVE this likely (negative) outcome, no megabuck for you.

Or something like that.

 

[Colin James Wonfor]

$1m cable daylight robbery. These audiophile dummies really are that dumb that they don't know human hearing is flawed compared to a cat 40Hz to 90KHz, thinking $1m cable is gonna improve no more than having good hearing and using hearing aid to boost the sound is like sticking a RF gain on a CB radio to boost all that noise along with it.

Phase, Timing, Current, Loading, Capacitance, RFI, EMC, a fun thing to get close to right.

 

[Andysu]

Phase, Timing, Current, Loading, Capacitance, RFI, EMC, a fun thing to get close to right.

No, you don't say. Well I guess I don't need my Rigol ds1054z 4 channel oscilloscope anymore then.

 

[preload]

Sounds like a trick. The payout is only available to well known influencers. The company can obviously decide that someone who is clearly unlikely to report an amazing difference doesn’t qualify. Sneaky. OTOH, I expect that these so called influencers who are all “in the game” will post a video showing how they tried to show there was no difference and win the $1m, but they actually heard a huge difference with cables from this company. And if for some reason a well known influencer goes rogue and reports no difference in a video, the company will immediately slap them with a defamation lawsuit that the influencer would have no chance of being able to defend from a financial standpoint, and will instead take down the video. Pretty ingenious marketing if you ask me, gotta give them credit.

EDIT: neeeever mind. Good one, @SimpleTheater

 

[Andysu]

$1m speaker cables daylight robbery SCAM!

 

[q3cpma]

Basically: we'll pretend to offer $1M to someone (because you can't prove that you didn't lie in an ABX test if you actually hear something) so he can advertise for us (nobodies don't apply)

 

[Colin James Wonfor]

No, you don't say. Well I guess I don't need my Rigol ds1054z 4 channel oscilloscope anymore then.
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It seems that you solved the problem with wet string fantastic. he he

 

[audio2design]

Oh come on people. firstruncopper is obviously a hoax. Look at the website.

 

[Colin James Wonfor]

Oh come on people. firstruncopper is obviously a hoax. Look at the website.

See the New TQ site, the Statement is just UB with Ag Plugs, now there is a good conman.

 

[Andysu]

Oh come on people. firstruncopper is obviously a hoax. Look at the website.

I don't think I want to know what is his hand. Dog crap?

 

[Andysu]

Sadly, this is a hoax. Otherwise, I would be getting my YouTube channel, Dialectic TV, up and running so that I could collect my ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

Now had this video come out in April.

 

[ai1]

The suggested challenge is plain nonsense for several reasons. In particular, it would be immediately refuted by anyone acquainted with some basic logic. This is because, in "real life," it is usually impossible to prove negative statements (try to prove that I do not speak Chinese), and we never do that---this is exactly why we are not expected to prove being not guilty in court. The only known way of proving a negative statement is converting it (the exercise they do since Ancient Greece times) into a postive statement, which is not always possible. This is why I am not expected to prove that Giseh pyramids were not built with alien help, or that small green folks are not flying saucers. The guy's challenge might be about that too...