This is an issue employers have ignored for years. I brought this up to my employer several years ago as an upcoming issue in the future and no one wanted to hear it. They insisted their what you can do with our devices on our network was sufficient.
The real issue here is that AudioQuest made up this lame product to try to scam consumers and Best Buy went along with this to try to suck people in to thinking this would somehow make digital audio sound better.
IT could make a difference but if the $2 cable you have is getting zero errors there is no way a more expensive cable could even possibly make it sound better.
The problem here is many audiophiles Don't understand the difference between analog audio (where anything you do to make the cable better will make it sound better) and digital audio, where as long as you are getting the data without errors on your $2 cable spending 2 million dollars on a fancy cable with (insert your favorite element here) can't make anything sound any better.
So companies like AudioQuest and Best Buy are able to take advantage of them. It is really NOT that funny.
Well, you may think this is a typo on the Best Buy Site, but IT IS NOT. This lame company, AudioQuest actually sells this cable for this price. The only stupid thing Best Buy did was agree to actually sell such a stupid product.
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This is an issue employers have ignored for years. I brought this up to my employer several years ago as an upcoming issue in the future and no one wanted to hear it. They insisted their what you can do with our devices on our network was sufficient.
The real issue here is that AudioQuest made up this lame product to try to scam consumers and Best Buy went along with this to try to suck people in to thinking this would somehow make digital audio sound better.
IT could make a difference but if the $2 cable you have is getting zero errors there is no way a more expensive cable could even possibly make it sound better.
The problem here is many audiophiles Don't understand the difference between analog audio (where anything you do to make the cable better will make it sound better) and digital audio, where as long as you are getting the data without errors on your $2 cable spending 2 million dollars on a fancy cable with (insert your favorite element here) can't make anything sound any better. So companies like AudioQuest and Best Buy are able to take advantage of them. It is really NOT that funny.
Well, you may think this is a typo on the Best Buy Site, but IT IS NOT. This lame company, AudioQuest actually sells this cable for this price. The only stupid thing Best Buy did was agree to actually sell such a stupid product.