While I agree that audiophile cables are the most shameless kind of snake oil in this industry, and I would actually expect a coat hanger to make an acceptable speaker cable (low frequency, low-Z), I certainly would not say that all cables are BS.
Just try using a coat hanger for s/pdif or analog video, or using a series of coat hangers to go a longer distance for audio at RCA line or even mic level. But... good cables need not be stupidly expensive. In fact I would expect a heck of a lot more R&D has gone into that popular mass produced brand, and that anything beyond that would actually be hit or miss. Indeed I have on multiple occasions encountered some very pretty looking "boutique" cables with significant soldering, crimping, and fit errors that you would never find on a mass produced cable. Eg RCA cables with slightly melted dielectric leading to early stress failure, optical connectors that don't mate with the proper snap, hand-made speaker wire terminations that are not as sturdy as the ones crimped or molded-on with big machines, etc. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44124 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
