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$10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It
MojoKid writes: There are few markets that are quite as loaded-up with "snake oil" products as the audio/video arena. You may have immediately thought of "Monster" cables as one of the most infamous offenders. But believe it or not, there are some vendors that push the envelope so far that Monster's $100 HDMI cables sound like a bargain by comparison. Take AudioQuest's high-end Ethernet cable, for example. Called "Diamond," AudioQuest is promising the world with this $10,500 Ethernet cable. If you, for some reason, believe that an Ethernet cable is completely irrelevant for audio, guess again. In addition to promises about the purity and smoothness of the silver conductors, and their custom "Noise-Dissipation System," they say," "Another upgrade with Diamond is a complete plug redesign, opting for an ultra-performance RJ45 connector made from silver with tabs that are virtually unbreakable. The plug comes with added strain relief and firmly lock into place ensuring no critical data is lost." Unfortunately, in this case, there's the issue of digital data being, well... digital. But hey, a 1 or a 0 could arrive at its destination so much cleaner, right?
We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.
PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link for long... I will type as fast as I can.
DO NOT USE THE CABLES!
We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this... accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the... whispers... began.
Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean? Some even more ancient tongue, first spoken by elder races under the red light of dying suns far from here? We do not know, but somehow, slowly... we began to UNDERSTAND.
No, no, please! I don't want to remember! YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME REMEMBER! I saw brave men claw their own eyes out... oh, god, the screaming... the mobs of feral children feasting on corpses, the shadows MOVING, the fires burning in the air! The CHANTING!
WHY CAN'T I FORGET THE WORDS???
We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.
Do not use the cables!
What actually matters isn't the fidelity of the sound, but the self-satisfaction you feel when you listen to it.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Unbelievable. From TFR:
So do Ethernet cables have their own sound? This is no longer a question but a statement. The cable between switches is less important than the ones connected to the end points (NAS and/or streaming device), but a decent type like the AudioQuest Carbon is certainly worth the price in high end systems.
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Believe it.
You should see what this cable does for porn!
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
Philistine, you do know that electrons have a spin don't you? The article doesn't quantify the quantum reasoning for well organized quanta, but I assure you, if you have electrons tumbling through a cable all willy-nilly, the frequency response will be fuzzier at the peaks (due to the random distribution of electrons, IE +- 50% directional tonality.)
Do you even audiophile bro?
Believe it.
You should see what this cable does for porn!
That all depends where it gets plugged
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systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
If I had mod points, I'd mod you "troll".
(Meta-level satire, am I doing it right?)
Some people don't believe in fairies. I don't believe in The Patriarchy.
I have those speakers. The sound from them is so much "warmer" than from modern offerings.
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
"Audioquest claims these cables are directional and an arrow on the connecter indicates the data flow from source to receiver."
lol
Believe it.
You should see what this cable does for porn!
That's true. The minute you pay for the cable, you really have been fucked!
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