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Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities
nk497 writes "Veteran Hi-Fi journalist Malcolm Steward has pushed newfangled Super SATA cables via his blog as a way to improve the sound quality of music, saying: 'My only guess is that the Super SATAs reject interference significantly better than the standard cables and in so doing lower the noise floor revealing greater low-level musical detail and presentational improvements in the soundstage and the "air" around instruments.' If that doesn't sound right to you, you're not alone. As PC Pro blogger Sasha Muller argues: 'How on earth can a SATA cable delivering 0s and 1s to their respective destination have any effect on those 0s and 1s? The answer is, it can't. Unless it's a magical one made of pixie shoes.' So maybe don't invest in Super SATA cables unless you have proof they're magical first."
It seems like a pretty good buy to me. Those Monster cables have prevented any Monsters from infesting my home audio equipment. My anti-shark rock is working well in the living room, too.
If there is a more gullible group of people than audiophiles, I haven't met them.
Steward Says Super SATA Sound Swindles Some Suckers
Wait until he installs the pure ivory motherboard standoffs!
Don't ignore the placebo effect in audio perception. Placebos have been proven to work, and it has also been shown that higher priced placebos are more effective.
You conjugation need work
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
It could succeed or fail to deliver the 0s and 1s with their souls intact.
"Believe me!" -- Donald Trump
A normal SATA can only carry 0s and 1s, but Super SATA carries 0.0000s and 1.0000s. Thats 4 digits of precision beyond the bits that normal SATA can represent.
In this economy? Good luck.
Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable 2 used from $2,499.98 1 refurbished from $999.99 Read the reviews.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Me: You're absolutely right. But don't buy those crappy $90 cables. I've got a special stash of $150 cables I can let you have for $200.
The 0s are zeroier, and the 1s more one-ey!
Those Denon cables look great, but there's some severe problems with them, mainly because they're so good, the transmission rate exceeds lightspeed. Check out this review from Amazon.com:
Even worse, you might experience much worse effects with these cables. This review is very ominous:
my Pink Elephant cables have turned out to be a mixed bag, they're only an effective repellent during the work week, when I'm sober.
I have some 700$ RCA cables you would love. A 1200$ toilet seat that I swear will make thinks "move" easier.
Just swipe your credit card here....
Dude, that's not a credit card reader. Stand up and pull your pants back up.
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Looks like someone commented about how asinine that the premise these cables could matter to sound quality.
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He's improved it. Now he's taken his entire site offline. It now simply reads
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Oh wait, that was us.
High end digital cables are totally worth it, especially if they have pretty lights! ;)
And titanium binary shielding to prevent bit leakage, drift, and collisions. When ALL the bits are travelling in the same direction with perfect coherency, the sound quality is so good it induces multiple orgasms even in males. I'd like to see a cable without binary shielding do that! And if its not titanium, it's crap. But that goes without saying.
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