I got tired of using my long RCA cables to interconnect small DACs and Amps so decided to get a short one. Saw one on Amazon (by "World's Best Cables') that used Canare Star-Quad cable and Amphenol connectors for just $22 shipped. My time was worth much more than that to make one so I ordered it. It came promptly. When I opened though, I was shocked to see this massive sign in there:
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Are you kidding me? Even a low-cost cable using proper material spreads such a myth?
It is one thing to see this on multi-thousand dollar cables but on a $22 one?
Inside there is an instruction sheet and it says that again. To their credit they acknowledge that such burn-in will take out of Amazon's 30 day return window so they provide instructions on how to still get a return.
The danger here is that such practices will spread to the general public, not just high-end audiophiles.
Yes, it is also "directional" although here, it is due to the way they utilize the shield at one end so that bit is fine.
They just tight enough. Take some effort but you don't get the feeling that you are going to destroy the device to pull then out or push them in.
Tubes aren’t a fraud. Rather, they introduce measurable harmonic distortion that some people find pleasing. The same thing with vinyl. If people claim that tubes or vinyl reproduce musical content with greater fidelity than is possible with digital or solid state, they are wrong. However, they are not committing fraud. Rather, they just don’t understand the technology.Audio expos and magazines are all part of the big fraud about cables, vinyl and tubes with a sonic signature and the need for 'synergy'.
The “tube sound” is mostly due toTubes aren’t a fraud. Rather, they introduce measurable harmonic distortion that some people find pleasing
The “tube sound” is mostly due to low output impedance, and thus wattage fluctuates with the speaker impedence, usually adding more bass (warmth) as impedance peaks in ported speakers in the bass; tubes can actually make certain speakers sound brighter.
Florida Audio Expo dropped Audioholics as their sponsor.
Well, lobbies are stronger than I expected:
Florida Audio Expo dropped Audioholics as their sponsor. The reason: their positions against snake oil cables...
and a t shirt tucked into classic fit dockers.
I got a bunch of those for my PA box. I also got a rack mount power supply and a bunch of 12" power cables. There are five components in the box (Sonic maximisers, compressors, amplifiers). It makes it extremely clean. A single power cord, speaker cables and connectors to the mixer and that's it.Already exists:
You should read the YT comments... someone is peddling audio foolery. Not the creator of the video.Are you up to it?
That's why I posted it.You should read the YT comments... someone is peddling audio foolery. Not the creator of the video.
As long as someone buys them, they can have any price. You have to realize that many of the high-end buyers only buys it for the price and the perceived value it brings to the owner as a refined and rich individual.It begs the question, how expensive do cables have to be before there is a pretty solid consensus that only the very foolish or very, VERY rich would actually buy them?
I started a thread on another audio site based on that video and the cables, specifically. The thread was deleted because, i dunno, someone's advertiser ox was being gored.
Yeah. I agree. It's just that this sort of performance enhancement stuff really does seem to be unique to exotic audio. E.g. I don't think there is a lot of snake oil stuff involved in exotic cars. Sure, you may buy 100,000 wheels for your 2 million dollar car, but it's because of their looks. You don't go on the internet saying your Bugatti Chiron now gets 0.04 better lap times or it "feels silkier because of the custom metal formulation". Rather, you show people your car, it looks better than it did, and everybody's happy.As long as someone buys them, they can have any price. You have to realize that many of the high-end buyers only buys it for the price and the perceived value it brings to the owner as a refined and rich individual.
Yeah. I agree. It's just that this sort of performance enhancement stuff really does seem to be unique to exotic audio. E.g. I don't think there is a lot of snake oil stuff involved in exotic cars. Sure, you may buy 100,000 wheels for your 2 million dollar car, but it's because of their looks. You don't go on the internet saying your Bugatti Chiron now gets 0.04 better lap times or it "feels silkier because of the custom metal formulation". Rather, you show people your car, it looks better than it did, and everybody's happy.
Audiokarma.org. I've been a member there for over a decade, but it was rough at first. I learned that it's best that, even if someone brings up crosley cruisers, just say you like the colors and move on. i.e. don't dis equipment there, no matter how empirical your evidence. They have a lot of advertisers and they want to keep them.You have awoken our curiosity - what site?
When I took my grandson to the show in Chicago last winter, I warned him that we were going to be hearing a lot of "odd" music at the exotic system demos. You know, stuff that only sells at hi fi shows. I call it bad music recorded really, really well. The first company that did that was Sheffield labs. I have most of their records. It really does show off a hi-fi, but with the exception of the Thelma Houston one, They are not really there to be just listened to. It's about that old addage:Audio expos and magazines are all part of the big fraud about cables, vinyl and tubes with a sonic signature and the need for 'synergy'.