Yup, your $700 cables are BS

[rifftrax]

It depends on your definition of sanity. If sanity means the data must arrive and it must arrive in order and error free, then a protocol that allows for transmission errors is the only sane option. Where there's no need to worry about delay -- like in receiving video over a distance, where a few seconds almost certainly isn't an issue -- then a protocol like TCP seems to make far more sense than an insanely expensive cable.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/618 ... deo-stream

[lotus2035]

Back in the late 80s, early 90s my dad used to wait until a movie started before he would go around the back of the TV and fiddle around with his custom-made coat-hanger antenna for 30 mins before he got a half decent picture but by then we had lost the will to live never mind watch a movie.

[lotus2035]

What kind of cable costs $700, though?

Purist Audio Design sells a 1.5m cable for $25,000. They have been in business for 30 years
https://www.thecableco.com/purist_audio_design.html
Its worth a visit to an audiophile shop - another world!

This is the audio version of a Nigerian email scam. These people should be in jail.

[vurt]

if im going to kidnap and torture a target, i like a cable i can rely on to tie them up.
i use monster cables (tm) when i want to be the monster!

[pljones]

It depends on your definition of sanity. If sanity means the data must arrive and it must arrive in order and error free, then a protocol that allows for transmission errors is the only sane option. Where there's no need to worry about delay -- like in receiving video over a distance, where a few seconds almost certainly isn't an issue -- then a protocol like TCP seems to make far more sense than an insanely expensive cable.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/618 ... deo-stream

Lots of really bad replies in that thread. Any comment relating to multicast is irrelevant in the point to point cable (in-house box to box) case, of course. All we're aiming for here is a lossless (to beat the copper at its own game) transmission in a reasonable time yet at a reasonable cost (rather than an insane cable price). (Of course, if the data format fits UDP with application layer packet recovery better than TCP with protocol layer recovery, it might work better that way. Of course, other protocols are also available... spin your own if needed and you want to save the $$$ on the copper...). And, if you'll allow some signal degradation, in-house lossy-ness may be so low "lossy" UDP's fine (cheap CAT5 goes a long way...).

[BMoore]

So, nothing.
As I knew.

This is like discussing UFOs, where all the collected evidence ever produced leads to only one conclusion - there are no alien UFOs.

[Aloysius]

What about $700 shoe laces?

[VariKusBrainZ]

What about $700 shoe laces?

Link please

[jacqueslacouth]

Not being any kind of electronic engineer I would be asking what on earth kind of recording is so utterly flawless that its reproduction at home could possibly warrant this sort of expense for the listener?

(BTW, just for clarity's sake, who are the engineers here? It will help my meagre mind evaluate the posters arguments)

[Aloysius]

What about $700 shoe laces?

Link please

The world’s most expensive shoe lace is made of gold and costs $19,000

http://luxurylaunches.com/fashion/the_w ... _19000.php



I underestimated the price a small bit.

[VariKusBrainZ]

What about $700 shoe laces?

Link please

The world’s most expensive shoe lace is made of gold and costs $19,000

http://luxurylaunches.com/fashion/the_w ... _19000.php



I underestimated the price a small bit.

Online available in gold

[funky lime]

Placebo has been studied extensively and is powerful enough to treat some illnesses and various ailments. Surely it's powerful enough to make music sound slightly better, too?

Cognitive biases shape our very perception of the world. If you like your premium cables, and they heighten your appreciation of music, who are we to rain on that parade?

I mean, it seems harmless. If you can afford to comfortably spend 700 on a cable, I don't really see how that hurts anyone involved.

[Aloysius]

Many people have tweaked the EQ on a desk and thought the sound was improving until the realized that the EQ section was actually turned off.

[metamorphosis]

Placebo has been studied extensively and is powerful enough to treat some illnesses and various ailments. Surely it's powerful enough to make music sound slightly better, too?

Cognitive biases shape our very perception of the world. If you like your premium cables, and they heighten your appreciation of music, who are we to rain on that parade?

I mean, it seems harmless. If you can afford to comfortably spend 700 on a cable, I don't really see how that hurts anyone involved.

Because it takes money away from the money they could be spending on homeopathy.

[funky lime]

https://cdvsmp3.wordpress.com/cd-vs-itu ... t-results/

Not cable related, but here's an interesting study which suggests even hardcore music enthusiasts with high end equipment generally can't reliably tell the difference beteeen uncompressed audio and a well-designed lossy compression codec.