Ocellaris
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According to that article, the copper conductors are silver plated. That is not a shield, it's a plating.
There is even a picture of the silver scraped away from the copper conductor...
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According to that article, the copper conductors are silver plated. That is not a shield, it's a plating.
According to that article, the copper conductors are silver plated. That is not a shield, it's a plating.
Zarathustra[H];1041749761 said:Even if that is the case, would it make any sense to plate the entire thing? I always think of plating (at least gold) as something you do on contact surfaces to avoid corrosion, even though it isn't really necessary.
Add to that, typical room acoustics almost always mask any noticeable difference. Walking into a well treated recording studio is a huge treat for anyone who hasn't done so before. Of course, acoustic treatment is another area where tons of snake oil salesman lurk.I wonder how many people that comment on stuff like this have ever even heard uncompressed audio on a high-end system...
There aren't any bigger suckers than audiophiles.
^^^^There aren't any bigger suckers than audiophiles.
Well, case building is an aesthetic thing, not some belief that you can get extra cycles from it.
According to that article, the copper conductors are silver plated. That is not a shield, it's a plating.
I always find it interest people on this forum shit on audiophiles all the time, then have simultaneous orgasms over pics individually sleeved cables and other frivolous items inside PCs.
Have any of you guys paid that much money for a cable?
It's false when it comes to everything. Even solid gold analog audio cables don't outperform cheap copper ones.
It is not better. A $10 CAT 7 cable (http://www.amazon.com/Tera-Grand-Pr...?ie=UTF8&qid=1437673414&sr=8-1&keywords=cat+7) will easily outperform it.
In addition, this $340 cable does not comply to CAT cabling standards which means that there is no guarantee that it will actually work within specifications.
AudioQuest is nothing but a scam operation designed to sucker gullible rich people out of their money.
is cat7 backwards compatible to my cat5/6 supported router and nics?
Weird. My gigabit rated cat5e seems to be single strand.This is true. High frequencies ride the outside of a conductor. This is called skinning. Can read about the skin effect in any electronics book. High frequency transmission is always done a multi-strand conductor. Solid conductor is typically only used for 60Hz transmissin
At most, there might be $30 worth of parts there, maybe a $50 cable. It is definitely not worth $300.
I always find it interest people on this forum shit on audiophiles all the time, then have simultaneous orgasms over pics individually sleeved cables and other frivolous items inside PCs.
Actually there are some directional cables. IE. Redmere has an active component that helps long HDMI runs work better. It's actually a legit technology.
If you're just talking standard copper, then yeah directional is BS.
Yeah but if you're running such long HDMI cable might as well just buy a HDMI to CAT6 extender kits which can bounce a signal up to 100m, instead of having to buy really expensive HDMI cable and hope it can produce 1080p at distance.Actually there are some directional cables. IE. Redmere has an active component that helps long HDMI runs work better. It's actually a legit technology.
If you're just talking standard copper, then yeah directional is BS.
I had the Vodka cable but ended up exchanging it for this one. The bass is much punchier now.
None of these are verified purchasers. They're all fake.Anytime you have 80+ reviews for a $14K HDMI cable................................
I didn't know that ethernet was used for audio purposes.
WTF, $30 worth of parts??? More like $2 at most.
Damnit. I bought 2 on Prime Day for $13,495.75 and thought I was getting a steal of a deal.
None of these are verified purchasers. They're all fake.
None of these are verified purchasers. They're all fake.
Calling out cable snake oil is something that we ought to do. That money could've been spent on soundproofing and whatnot, instead of being squandered out like that.
Actually, the end connectors are apparently about $10 apiece when purchased separately.
Before you say that we are bashing audiophiles, it should be noted that many of us on [H] aren't softcore when it comes to audio quality. There are some of us who have shelled out for say Sennheiser's HD800 and are running dedicated stacks to drive headphones. We can easily spend just as much as we do speakers as we do on video cards.
Calling out cable snake oil is something that we ought to do. That money could've been spent on soundproofing and whatnot, instead of being squandered out like that.
There can absolutely be a loss in fidelity over "data cables".
I had the Vodka cable but ended up exchanging it for this one. The bass is much punchier now.
I used to use Monster Cable interconnects on all of my A/V gear back in the day.
I still have them, they are sitting in a drawer now, and they probably still function fine being 25 years old.
They sound no different than the cheap interconnects that come with A/V gear, but they are durable.