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I can't stop laughing at the "audiophile" claims

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EngineeringDog

Recently, I saw an ad for an "audio grade outlet" that retails for almost $150! Not surprising, the owners mentioned the immediate sound improvement, including "detailed highs" and "warmer lows."

Well, I thought I had seen it all until I came across the Audioquest power cables. These 3' to 6' cables retail for--get ready--$1,200 - $7,000!!! I'm not joking. Have a look at this link at Audioquest to see the ridiculous claims about this product. Then have a look at the second Amazon link that shows the $6,000 cable. Make sure to read the Amazon reviews, which are very clever.... (Oh, yes, they also sell a $3,000 HDMI cable.)

Who believes this bul%$##??????

http://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/wel-signature

http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-NRG-WEL-Signature-Series/dp/B0055OM9WS/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
 
Wonder if it ever occurs to any of them that their $1200 power cables are being plugged into a $150 outlet, that is in turn connected to garden-variety household Romex cable that costs on average about 20 cents a foot.

Then there's the outside connection to the power company, that is more likely than not covered with bird droppings. Wonder what that does to the detailed highs and warmer lows.
 
I always remind them that it's all recorded with Belden and similar cable. The installation techniques have a lot more to do with how it sounds, than being made from virgin copper, mined by monks.
 
Monster used to make 6-foot cables that would connect computer modems to the jack on the wall... gold plated... supports massively great data transfer... or some such.

Never got anyone at the big box stores to explain how that same data managed to survive the sheer distance and splices in the decades-old copper between the other side of the wall and the central office.
 
An ex friend who claimed to be a know it all in audio and noise once handed me a $50 HDMI cable claiming the signal would be better than the "cheap" $10 cable I had bought at a local AV store....really?? Gold plating and thicker cable will help a digital signal over a 10 ft length be better??? WOW....and to think all these decades in broadcast and telecom had not taught me a thing!!!
Yes ex friend.....long story but it didnt involve the cable...

He also is a know it all ham operator (licensed 1/3 the length of time I have been in ham and broadcast) and has audio processing set so screwed up on his SSB radio, he might as well be running AM..when he keys his mic, just the background fan noise causes the wattmeter to show 600 or so watts out of his 1.5KW PEP amp.....OUCH! No gating or noise cancelling what so ever.......and yes uses Monster cable everywhere......WOW, I gues CDs need to be 10x thicker for better audio quality too! LOL
 
ContinuousWave said:
WOW, I gues CDs need to be 10x thicker for better audio quality too! LOL
Click to expand...

You also need to glue that o-ring device on the outer edge of CD's to make them sound better! :D

Geeez, what some people come up with eh?

R
 
No no no. Everyone knows that digital is bad.......

You have to listen to your half-speed mastered, vinyl, records on your class A vaccuum tube amp!
Now, where did I leave my 8-track collection???
 
So I have my Fischer vacuum tube amplifier being fed by a CD-player. Where does that put me?

However, this is not new. 30 years ago I listened to a discussion on the merits of a turntable that played black vinyl using a laser vs a CD-player made with vacuum tubes.

And don't forget the discussions in the analog days of using special low impedance cables vs lamp cord to drive the speakers.

It never ends.
 
I can actually see the value of a "laser turntable"--for archival purposes. Especially rare 78's or transferring old, unique 33's to CD. Local college, for example, has dozens of RCA "Red Seal" classical music discs that will probably never be re-released on CD.
 
I would also love to own a laser turntable, but the only one I know of is way out of the average consumer's budget.

R
 
I stopped following Laser after seeing the price. I like vinyl, but not that much. A Technics table with a Stanton cartridge works pretty well for my needs.

The earlier lasers also had a tendency to emphasize the smallest scratches, and dirt was turned into sound. Maybe that was resolved later through software. One would hope.
 
I like the "lower resonance" claim. Back in my announcing days, I always strived for "lower resonance". Had I only known I could have achieved it for $150!

Not sure where I would have put this device, though..... Ummmmmmm.....
 
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