muelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square267fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1external-linkIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.commuelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square267fedilink
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 hours agoI mean yeah, audiophile cables are 100% a rip-off every time. You can spend thousands on a cable without it having any real benefits. It makes more sense to just buy decent speakers and a decent amp, along with a good audio source (any CD player).
minus-squaresupernight52@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoYeah, but if they don’t buy the gold and platinum plated cables, washed in the blood of young rams, and studded with diamonds- how can they be sure they are experiencing the music as it was intended to be experienced?
I mean yeah, audiophile cables are 100% a rip-off every time. You can spend thousands on a cable without it having any real benefits.
It makes more sense to just buy decent speakers and a decent amp, along with a good audio source (any CD player).
Yeah, but if they don’t buy the gold and platinum plated cables, washed in the blood of young rams, and studded with diamonds- how can they be sure they are experiencing the music as it was intended to be experienced?