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Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable
Guysmiley777 writes with what looks like a very late (or very, very early) April Fool's joke: "Denon's $499 Ethernet cable 'brings out all the nuances in digital audio reproduction.' Sure, that seems plausible. After all, nuances in digital signals are so subtle. Oh, and 'signal directional markings are provided for optimum signal transfer.'" Considering that $499 will get you a competent laptop these days, I wonder how big the market is for such a thing — then I look at Stereophile magazine's annual list of recommended components. The "view more images" link shows that they take cable porn seriously at Denon.
...until your cat chews through it.
Ah well, there is a mug born every minute. I start selling $500 USB cables, anyone want one?
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Cable porn. Is that a sub category of tentacle porn? A giant Cthulhu-like monster made of Cat-5?
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Will they try selling us higher quality air to shoot the EM signals through?
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What's the point of using an $800 HDMI cable to connect my media center PC to my HDTV if the content I'm streaming over my network isn't in the high fidelity I can only get with this $499 Ethernet cable?
While they're at it they should just purchase this wonderful device to demagentize your CD's.
You have just described every collector of Star Wars action figures.
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These cable will be a great leap forward for Digital Audio.
The arrows to indicate direction will mean that the Electrons wont have to look around before knowing which way they are supposed to be moving. This will allow them to get to their destination quicker and even take a moment to go back and get any stragglers who can't keep up. The end result being that all of the electrons will arrive at the intended destination and as you can imagine this will mean a much better signal.
The next generation of these will probably contain filters to stop those pesky noise electrons making their way down the cable. This will really help the signal to noise ratio, although the commercial development of this is still a little way off yet.
You're forgetting the signal direction markings: who knew that electrical signals could read ?
I know that before I put little arrows on my cat5 a lot of my ethernet packets were getting lost.
Now I'm going to see if I can do traffic shaping by putting "Slashdot, this way ->" on them.
The PDF user's manual does not specify if works with my 1975 Sears all-in-one turntable, tuner and 8-track console.
You can't find that kind of fidelity anymore, at any price.
That statement is quite correct. The plugs have arrows pointing in both directions.
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Oh, yes, please! Only a high-quality wooden volume control can convey the subtle warmth of audio amplified by vacuum tubes. :)
Oh God no. You'll just have greater clarity in the upper octaves and your porn will be more nuanced.
Man, maybe I'm a terrible person, but I absolutely love these kinda scams.
Every time I see something like this, I really wish I'd thought of it.
One branch of ComputerWorld used to sell boxes of 10 3.5" pre-formatted floppy disks for 100 pounds/box. This particular branch was next to an oil company headquarters.
Vintage computer adverts: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads
Perhaps. What's it go to?
Twitter linking to a page on Twitter? I need to sit down for a moment after that.
I actually own one of these. Unfortunately it got bent and now some of the 1s get stuck because they don't slide through the bent area as easily as the 0s :(
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The first ethernet cable ever with racing stripes.
Someone PLEASE tell me that this is a huge joke.
They're not wiring the cable using EIA-568...
If you go to "other pictures" and then the "inside" view, see how they're connecting the cable pairs to the connector: rather than the green pair going to pins 3 and 6 (as per normal EIA-568), they're going to pins 5 and 6.
That will actually reduce crosstalk the tiniest of smidgins (that's a technical term!).
Now, of course, it's MORE likely just a non-impeccable representation, and they ARE wiring it up using normal EIA-568... but wouldn't it be funny if that's the difference they're claiming is "all worth it". Geez... for $500, they could have just commissioned AMP or Foxconn to make a custom connector for them, no?
You could always start selling cables that cost $599.
How could they *not* be better?
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It is a pretty shade of blue. :o
I just read Slashdot for the articles.
I'm an audiophile, and I have to tell you, these cables are AMAZING. They bring out nuances in the sound that you never knew were there. Listen to a recording of the Brandenburg Concertos in the classic 1972 vinyl recording with the Berlin Philharmonica, and you'll swear you're sitting there with Christian Ludwig right in the room, hearing his every borborygmus and flatus. These cables are so subtle that they even allow you to separate the overtones from the bass notes of his snart! And the Goldberg Variations with Glenn Gould... just breathtaking. You hear every note he sings (and the piano is pretty good, too).
Usability is great, too: you'll never spend half an hour wondering which way to plug these things in, since the marking on them finally make it clear that it doesn't matter; now, why didn't anybody think of that before?
If you're an audio professional, these cables will pay for themselves in a week. And if you're a serious amateur, they'll give you an audio experience you won't soon forget.
(-; for the humor impaired)
I store them in gold lined boxes to prevent space radiation from degrading them.
Also, they are manufactured in harmony with the orbit of the moon, so the lunar cycle does not impact the quality of audio fed over them.
Finally, the meteoric metal mixed into the alloy used for the cables gives them the power of the universe, preventing them from aging.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
I can sell you some stickers for $800 which will allow your knobs to go to whatever number you wish. Even 12.
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Just make sure you use packets with lots of "1"s - those porky little "0"s tend to rotate sideways and get stuck in the wire... Especially if you don't have the direction markings on the cable.
Damnit. I forgot about the moon. Back to the drawing board...
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Curiously though, they'll only ship this cable within the US because either:
Patent litigation: A doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction... in which everyone seems willing to push the button
The price is obviously a typo as well. It should read $4.99.
I want my knobs to go to Pi.
I know, it's an irrational desire.
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Gosh - I hadn't realised that the dollar had fallen that far recently!
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WTF? I can't even think of a stupid reason for tagging this 'Harry Potter', let alone a serious one.I'm a 2000 man.
As previous poster remarked, real amateurs! Here is The Real Stuff for a True Enthusiast, very professionally explained, with a good deal of scientific details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlkD7HNpBP8 And don't forget about a good power cable - it is essential for high quality sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK02rrp4jIA I am going to get a couple of power cables. One for my washing machine, it should improve color depth, which is obvious. The other one for the fridge, it should keep products fresher longer. I also _beleive_, that it may prevent cross-contamination of tomatoes by salmonella particles from fish. Beware of fakes though: http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/1197/virtual-dynamics-power-3-2000-profit-margin. Now, my tommy hurts and eyes are wet. Must be those cross-contaminated tomatoes..
.. but the experience is transcendent.