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Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities

Posted by timothy on from the 0s-are-rounder-1s-more-linear dept.

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."

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  1. Re:A fool and his money... by phoenixwade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If there is a more gullible group of people than audiophiles, I haven't met them.

    Then Let me introduce you to the New Age community. They have just as much money, and easily equal the gullibility of audiophiles. (I'm sure there is a lot of crossover though...)

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  2. Religious People by djdevon3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes you have. They believe in God.

  3. Re:A fool and his money... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If there is a more gullible group of people than audiophiles, I haven't met them.

    Here you go: http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

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  4. do you believe in god ?. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    benefits in the afterlife ? there is a bunch right there. Cablesare small potatoes in comparison.

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  5. Re:A fool and his money... by nevillethedevil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Glenn Beck fans (flame on)

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  6. Re:Lighten up Francis. by tool462 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great. Now we're going to have a chain of comments competing for +5, Insightfuls.

    Mod points are a restricted resource, people! Let's not fritter them away like a "digg" or a "like"!

  7. Re:What an idiot. by RobertM1968 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LoL, thanks for the redundant!!! Good thing I dont post for karma or mods. Fact is though, mine was the eighth post (and was written when there was one - ah, waiting for "Preview" and "Save" on a slow computer can really kill things), and cant be very redundant if it came before the rest.

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  8. hi by juliawells20 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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