Gaia speaker cables from ESPIRIT and the review by Alan Sircom - a fun read :P

[marX]

I was just trawling the web and came across this gem and a (possibly sponsored) review.

Gaia Speaker Cable - Esprit Cables

No. of strands: 6420 and 1mm Silver Conductor Structure: Symmetrical Dielectric Structure: Asymmetrical Twist Polarization System: Yes Insulation: Insulation on Air Shielding: Full polarization Connectors: Esprit Connectors Plating: 40 microns. Silver plating on pure copper This cable is 2.0m...

espritcables.com

https://espritcables.com/product-reviews/Gaia_Review.pdf

If you are in need of some laughter, please dive right in
You won't regret it!

 

[fpitas]

He has a vivid imagination.

 

[Ken1951]

That is some Olympic level fever dream crapahoola.

 

[fpitas]

That is some Olympic level fever dream crapahoola.

He probably makes some good money on them.

 

[Ken1951]

He probably makes some good money on them.

And that's the saddest thing about this. And the likely reason behind the total insanity of HiFi, at least the upper price range.

 

[fpitas]

And that's the saddest thing about this. And the likely reason behind the total insanity of HiFi, at least the upper price range.

A certain type of person Wants to Believe. A certain type of salesman understands that.

 

[NYfan2]

Not sure if I have to laugh after reading the review, it's so much b*llsh*t and some people will believe it and buy this cables.
Only thing he is right about is that everybody nowadays wants to sell cables because there is no easier way to earn a lot of money, production is cheap, uncomplicated and they will always work so no expensive repairs or returns.

 

[thegeton]

You all must have stronger stomachs than mine. When I reached the section on the "small battery box at the from end" I started to get nauseous. My gag reflex kicked in hard at "potentially hundreds and hundreds of hours of cable break in"

Ugh. I had to stop there.

 

[marX]

Not sure if I have to laugh after reading the review, it's so much b*llsh*t and some people will believe it and buy this cables.
Only thing he is right about is that everybody nowadays wants to sell cables because there is no easier way to earn a lot of money, production is cheap, uncomplicated and they will always work so no expensive repairs or returns.

Yeah. It's easy pickings for them.

 

[marX]

You all must have stronger stomachs than mine. When I reached the section on the "small battery box at the from end" I started to get nauseous. My gag reflex kicked in hard at "potentially hundreds and hundreds of hours of cable break in"

Ugh. I had to stop there.

BTW, why a speaker cable needs that much filtering (ferrite rings) and protection (polarised dielectric shielding)? I can understand the in the case of analogue interconnects but speaker cables?