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Some proof that expensive cables do nothing.
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04 March 2008 11:23
Enagdget poeple did some experiments, this is taken from there site, cant say im all that surprised. We've always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) -- if you've dropped enough cash, you can probably hear anything you want. Still, our belief is one thing -- cold hard proof is another, and it looks like a group of 12 self-professed "audiophiles" recently couldn't tell the difference between Monster 1000 speaker cables and plain old coat hangers. Yeah, coat hangers. The group was A-Bing different cables, and unbeknownst to them, the engineer running the test swapped out a set of cables for coat hangers with soldered-on speaker connections. Not a single one was then able to tell the difference between the Monster Cable and the hangers, and all agreed that the hangers sounded excellent. No wonder Monster has to rig HD displays. Still, we bet people still fall for the hype -- oh hey, if you're looking for the ultimate in sound, we've got half a meter of oxygen-free, triple-wrapped double-insulated Sonically Shielded AmpliSized Egyptian Llama cable here that we'll part ways with for just a couple grand.
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RE: Some proof that expensive cables do nothing.
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11 May 2008 16:28
ORIGINAL: cu3ed
swapped out a set of cables for coat hangers with soldered-on speaker connections
I'm amazed it worked at all....  lol - in fairness, a signal is a signal to a greater or lesser extent. Most people lack the ability to notice the difference between a good and excellent sound/picture, so I agree, it's fairly pointless. That said, I've got about £130 worth of cables on my stereo...!! 
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RE: Some proof that expensive cables do nothing.
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11 May 2008 19:29
lol, clever arse, true tho about you spending, I dont think this will change many poeples perceptions on "quality" cables when it come to seperates and systems.
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RE: Some proof that expensive cables do nothing.
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11 May 2008 21:49
You try and tell someone with a £20k system to put standard cables in, he'll laugh in your face. Horses for courses I guess
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RE: Some proof that expensive cables do nothing.
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15 May 2008 09:06
I'm sure I read a study somewhere that certain cables were btter than others. The nutritional epidemiologist in me thinks there needs to be a double blind placebo large cohort study on this - would be easy to sort. I must say that I'm always scpetical about cable companies using the gold though - do they not use gold coz it's a precious metal and sounds better than another good conductor metal?
James Collier Co-Owner AVMovieTalk
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