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lets find out shall we ?!

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/gallery-we-tear-apart-a-340-audiophile-ethernet-cable-and-look-inside/

snake oil and hype as it turns out

and masking tape
Ethernets, man I haven't spend more than £3 on one in years.
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darthspudius: Ethernets, man I haven't spend more than £3 on one in years.
yeah i usually call bullshit on audiophile grade stuff but this really is the pits
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darthspudius: Ethernets, man I haven't spend more than £3 on one in years.
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snowkatt: yeah i usually call bullshit on audiophile grade stuff but this really is the pits
The fact people are stupid enough to pay for it as well... so sad.
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darthspudius: The fact people are stupid enough to pay for it as well... so sad.
and those damn cables can go up to 10 grand
and they SWEAR that mp3 sounds better then

let alone the wav or the flac
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darthspudius: The fact people are stupid enough to pay for it as well... so sad.
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snowkatt: and those damn cables can go up to 10 grand
and they SWEAR that mp3 sounds better then

let alone the wav or the flac
It is a load of bollocks, especially that FLAC shite. :D
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darthspudius: The fact people are stupid enough to pay for it as well... so sad.
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snowkatt: and those damn cables can go up to 10 grand
and they SWEAR that mp3 sounds better then

let alone the wav or the flac
...? It's a goddamn ethernet cable. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any kind of audio "quality".
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Wishbone: ...? It's a goddamn ethernet cable. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any kind of audio "quality".
tell that to the manufacturer of that thing
or the peopel who actual lay down several grand for it
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Wishbone: ...? It's a goddamn ethernet cable. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any kind of audio "quality".
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snowkatt: tell that to the manufacturer of that thing
or the peopel who actual lay down several grand for it
To quote the most helpful review on the Amazon page for the product:
The first rule of digital cables is all of the data is digital. Period. That means the only thing travelling through the wiring is 1's and 0's. This digital data cannot distort in any way. You cannot get better sounding audio by "casting and drawing" the metal wiring. The product description reads like a bad technical explanation on some science fiction B-movie. There is a reason "AudioQuest doesn't pretend to fully understand" how their very own product works. It's because it doesn't. Pure and simple.
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Wishbone: To quote the most helpful review on the Amazon page for the product:
and yet people still buy that garbage and dellude themselves in to thinking it actually makes a reall difference
really
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Wishbone: To quote the most helpful review on the Amazon page for the product:
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snowkatt: and yet people still buy that garbage and dellude themselves in to thinking it actually makes a reall difference
really
Well, as you full well know, people are idiots ;-)
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snowkatt: yeah i usually call bullshit on audiophile grade stuff but this really is the pits
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darthspudius: The fact people are stupid enough to pay for it as well... so sad.
Where there is a mass of idiocy there is a way, and there are plenty of idiocy masses about. There is an old saying, "a fool and his money are soon parted".
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nightcraw1er.488: Where there is a mass of idiocy there is a way, and there are plenty of idiocy masses about. There is an old saying, "a fool and his money are soon parted".
rich fools because the 5 meter cable is 4300 dollar
I can't even tell the difference between 46Khz audio and 192Khz audio... so even if some of those audiophile craps would be for real, it still wouldn't matter for me.
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blotunga: I can't even tell the difference between 46Khz audio and 192Khz audio... so even if some of those audiophile craps would be for real, it still wouldn't matter for me.
its mostly just self dellusion to be honest
and having really deep pockets >>http://financesonline.com/top-10-most-expensive-headphones-in-the-world-the-best-sound-quality-for-the-highest-price/

i once read an review of a reasonable expensive set of headphones ( around 500 )
and the reviewer complained that the headphone didnt had a mini plug adapater for an ipod

so the reviewer either took the piss or missed the whole point