2' HDMI Cable Only $934.99

Better quality analog cables do sound better. I'm about to order some 10g speaker wire.Now digital..If it gets there it's going to be fine.Hell my reciver has error correction built in. I see no point spending more then 6 bucks on a hdmi cable unless I'm running it over 12-14 feet. Then it does make a difrence.
 
VitaminTee said:
As a so called audiophile I have some pretty pricey cables in my system and I can say they do make some (not huge) difference. With higher quality digital cables you have a lower error rate and theoretically could have better picture/sound... Yes this cable is overkill and is probably pointlessly made of silver... no I would never buy it.
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With analog signals, better quality cables really do make a difference; But HDMI is digital, and digital signals can be error corrected; So, as long as the error rate is not too great, there will be absolutely no effect on the resulting picture or sound quality. As cable length increases, so does its resistance, which could drop voltages levels enough to produce errors. Even so, with a properly shielded HDMI cable of 6 ft or less, you should have zero errors.

Yes, silver is the best conductor; 6% more conductive than copper…So, if a 2ft HDMI cable is made of silver rather than copper, you gain a whole 1/8 inch with no loss in signal quality... Wow, what a value!
Silver wires are mostly used in satellites where corrosion is not a problem, maximum energy efficiency is required, and cost is less of an issue.

These AudioQuest cables have silver plated connectors… bad idea. Silver tarnishes, gold doesn’t. Also, while silver plating on copper increases the conductivity, it also causes the copper to quickly corrode… this is called the Red Plague.

BTW, one tech site did a review of HDMI cables… a $15 HDMI cable outperformed those from AudioQuest.
 
that is insane, I hope a cable like this is included with a 65" LED TV???
 
lol, i think the profit margin might be a little bit high on these :D

silver is only $30.82 an ounce btw.
 
Man, I've have seen some expensive setups in my day (had a guy almost have a heart attack because I had to get behind his rack system to find an amp, he kept telling me to be careful about every 5 seconds) and I still do not understand the need for that much "clarity". If you are doing nothing while listening to music except judge the quality of your speakers and sound system, you have truly lost the meaning of music. I can understand preferring certain media over cd/mp3 due to the compression, but when your system costs almost the same price as a small house, you are compensating for something other than sound quality.

But thats my opinion. For me, I'll stick with my $300 home theater in a box setup (yamaha YHT-395BL, powered yamaha sub, 4 yamaha cube speakers and one center channel yamaha).
 
Crazy...expensive digital cable. I guess everyone bought up all the swampland in Florida already...
 
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JediTerminator said:
With analog signals, better quality cables really do make a difference; But HDMI is digital, and digital signals can be error corrected; So, as long as the error rate is not too great, there will be absolutely no effect on the resulting picture or sound quality. As cable length increases, so does its resistance, which could drop voltages levels enough to produce errors. Even so, with a properly shielded HDMI cable of 6 ft or less, you should have zero errors.

Yes, silver is the best conductor; 6% more conductive than copper…So, if a 2ft HDMI cable is made of silver rather than copper, you gain a whole 1/8 inch with no loss in signal quality... Wow, what a value!
Silver wires are mostly used in satellites where corrosion is not a problem, maximum energy efficiency is required, and cost is less of an issue.

These AudioQuest cables have silver plated connectors… bad idea. Silver tarnishes, gold doesn’t. Also, while silver plating on copper increases the conductivity, it also causes the copper to quickly corrode… this is called the Red Plague.

BTW, one tech site did a review of HDMI cables… a $15 HDMI cable outperformed those from AudioQuest.
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Absolutely agree with everything you said. It's my understanding that error correction is a best guess (with regards to sound anyways) so it theoretically doesn't reproduce the sound accurately. I don't really understand it at all... My gear is 100% analog so I dont know much about digital stuff... My tv interconnects... yeah... $15 I think is what I spent on them! ;)
 
This has been around for a while on BB's site. I can imagine idiot million/billionaires buying it. :rolleyes:
 
VitaminTee said:
Absolutely agree with everything you said. It's my understanding that error correction is a best guess (with regards to sound anyways) so it theoretically doesn't reproduce the sound accurately. I don't really understand it at all... My gear is 100% analog so I dont know much about digital stuff... My tv interconnects... yeah... $15 I think is what I spent on them! ;)
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With any digital error corrected signal a certain percentage of the link bandwidth is reserved for error correction. That means they can reconstruct the original signal *exactly* as it was transmitted even if a certain percentage of the signal is lost. If too much is lost, you get nothing on the other end.

It's the same way with over the air digital TV. In the old days, you would get varying degrees of static over the air. Now with a digital error corrected signal you either get a perfectly crisp signal, or nothing at all. This bothers people in low signal areas who would rather have a fuzzy image than nothing.

For HDMI, however, it means if you get a signal it should be perfect.
 
With $935 worth of R&D and marketing I'm surprising AudioQuest couldn't cook up some blind test results where people unanimously prefer their overpriced cables to regular cables from the $0.99 store.

Also like someone said on the first page I'd love to meet the people who buy these just to see what they look like, how much many they make, how smart they are, etc. ;)
 
All they need to do is sell one cable and they just made quota for the day. :D
 
I'd like to know who's buying these things. I'd love to sell them some stuff.
 
mwroobel said:
Coat Hangers Sound Better Than Monster Cable
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LMAO
I think I'll go buy some coat hangers for my home audio system for superior quality! :eek:

hmz said:
There is a demand for high end cables, that's for sure as long as there are buyers.

http://app.audiogon.com/listings?se..._types_auctions=1&listing_types_classifieds=1
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Everyone, please click the link, and go to the cable being sold for $14,250, with an original price of $28,000.

Seriously, a cable with exposed end-connectors, similar to old-ass 300OHMS cable connectors, is selling for $28,000?!
Someone, please explain to me how that cable is worth that, considering it's weight in gold wouldn't be close to that.
 
Anybody who buys this HDMI cable for this price is either a moron or plain stupid. Aren't all HDMI cables produce the same quality or very little difference?
 
One of the funniest reviews of one of these grossly overpriced HDMI cables was a guy who commented that it made his VHS VCR's picture quality look like Betamax quality. Even though it makes little sense (show me a VCR w/ HDMI), I LOL'd ... literally, loudly! :eek:
 
John Vuong said:
Anybody who buys this HDMI cable for this price is either a moron or plain stupid. Aren't all HDMI cables produce the same quality or very little difference?
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Yep, so long as the cable is within spec for the distance. Same with speaker cables and all the claims of X cable being so much better is just pseudo-audiophile bullshit
 
snaggerpuss said:
Yep, so long as the cable is within spec for the distance. Same with speaker cables and all the claims of X cable being so much better is just pseudo-audiophile bullshit
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Shh.. don't let the cat outta the bag.. you're gonna hurt a lot of people's feelings with those words of wisdom. :p
 
When the dollar collapses and is worth next to nothing, and the worlds currencies are destroyed or something, wont all HDMI cables be $934? Maybe they are just planning ahead. :D
 
Just proves the old adages: "There's a sucker born every minute", and "A fool and his money are soon parted".
 
Short cables = Buy w/e HDMI you want, it will either work or not work

Long cables or prewires (ran to a location like tv on the fireplace, buried in a theater room, etc) = Buy a good cable, and test the thing before you install it :D

HDMI error correction can be iffy at best, and any sort of connector issue will make it fail and your picture will artifact like ****
 
I swung by BB yesterday for the hell of it (I was in the area) and I was pleasantly surprised that they sold HDMI cables that weren't a complete ripoff. They had Dynex 4' cables for $10. Obviously that's still quite a bit more expensive than what one can find on MonoPrice, etc., but it's much better than the $50+ Monster HDMI cables that BB is infamous for selling (and the $1k cables discussed in this thread).
 
What's fun is to buy one of these and then bring it back to a B&M store for a full refund! I gotta say, that was one pissed off manager that day :D
 
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