Is it April first or what.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable
Review from an Amazon customer: Disappointing quality, June 11, 2008 By Michael McKinley A caution to people buying these: if you do not follow the "directional markings" on the cables, your music will play backwards. Please check that before mentioning it in your reviews. I was disappointed. I consider myself an audiophile - I regularly spend over $1000 on cables to get the ultimate sound. I keep my music-listening room in a Faraday cage to prevent any interference that could alter my music-listening experience. Sending any signal down ordinary copper can degrade the signal considerably. While ordinary listeners might not notice, to somebody with even a rudimentary knowledge of sound, the artifacts are glaring. Denon should have used silver wiring (hermetically sealed inside the rubber sheath to prevent any tarnishing, of course), which has a significantly higher conductivity than copper. Furthermore, Denon needs to treat the wires they use in the cable with a polarity inductor to ensure minimal phase variance. Needless to say, I returned the cable and wrote an angry letter to the so-called engineers at Denon. > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:21:03 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable > > You guys don't know what you're talking about. Have you even tried this cable or are you just believing what people tell you? This cable brought out the highs in my music better than any cable I have ever used. Better than my Pear Anjou's, Stealth Indra's even my MT Oracle cable. > > You guys are so lame. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hayes Elkins > Sent: Fri 6/13/2008 4:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable > > > > > It's a "proprietary interconnect", meaning they take a 30 cent run of chinese cat-5 and cross a few wires. Genius.> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:59:39 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500 Ethernet cable>> Yep. From what I can gather it's just an ethernet cable used to connect> various pieces of Denon gear together. You know, the same technology that> we have been using to connect various computers together for quite a bit of> time.>> ----> Brian>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Hayes Elkins > wrote:>>>>>>> And of all things, a super expensive interconnect for a RECIEVER? LOL!! The>> most miserably marketed snake oil product ever put forth I think. At least>> prior snake oil audiophile garbage was hawked to the right target - owners>> of high end "audiophile" gear.>>>> With most home theaters having a 100% digital chain>> (hdmi/dvi/coax/optical), you'd think this kind of crap would go away.>> Apparently Denon didn't get the memo.>>>>> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:51:02 -0400>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> To: [email protected]>>> Subject: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500 Ethernet>> cable>>>>>> http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3429.asp#>>>>>> "Additionally, signal directional markings are provided for optimum>> signal>>> transfer.">>>>>> Um, yeah. They show data goes both in and out of each plug.>>>>>> ---->>> Brian>>>> _________________________________________________________________>> It's easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through>> Windows Live(tm) Messenger. Learn how.>> https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow > _________________________________________________________________ > Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you on Windows Live(tm) Messenger. > https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends > _________________________________________________________________ Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you on Windows LiveT Messenger. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends= No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1502 - Release Date: 6/13/2008 7:25 PM
