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Sorry, Audiophiles, your expensive gear is a waste of money . ESPECIALLY the cables.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:45 pm
The bad but funny news:
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Pano ran high-quality audio through a number of different mediums, including pro audio copper wire, an unripe banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. He then challenged his fellow forum members to listen to the resulting clips, which were musical recordings from official CD releases run through the different “cables.”
The results confirmed what most hobbyist audiophiles had already suspected: it was practically impossible to tell the difference.
Listeners had an extremely hard time picking out what signals were run through the banana or mud, according to a results table Pano posted roughly a month after announcing the experiment. A mere six out of 43 guesses were correct. According to Tom’s Hardware‘s analysis, the “results are consistent with randomness.”
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Pano ran high-quality audio through a number of different mediums, including pro audio copper wire, an unripe banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. He then challenged his fellow forum members to listen to the resulting clips, which were musical recordings from official CD releases run through the different “cables.”
The results confirmed what most hobbyist audiophiles had already suspected: it was practically impossible to tell the difference.
Listeners had an extremely hard time picking out what signals were run through the banana or mud, according to a results table Pano posted roughly a month after announcing the experiment. A mere six out of 43 guesses were correct. According to Tom’s Hardware‘s analysis, the “results are consistent with randomness.”
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This post was edited on 4/14/26 at 6:48 pm
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Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:46 pm to DesScorp
Great content
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:46 pm to DesScorp
Cool thread. Will read again.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:46 pm to DesScorp
Sorry you’re sorry
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:47 pm to DesScorp
better fix your shite. time is of the essence
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:47 pm to DesScorp
I just got these last week. Best 6k I ever spent. Get on my level.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:47 pm to DesScorp
Would read again
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:48 pm to DesScorp
I already knew this because it was posted on the Tech Board two weeks ago.
This post was edited on 4/14/26 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:49 pm to Turnblad85
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better fix your shite. time is of the essence
LOL. I hate posting on phones. One slip and Oh shite, Ive gotta re-paste FAST
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:50 pm to DesScorp
So are you telling me I wasted money on the gold plated fiber optic cables?
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:53 pm to DesScorp
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One slip and Oh shite, Ive gotta re-paste FAST
Got to be a bottom-5 tigerdroppings experience right up there with clicking on a thread that just got whacked and you get the red stop sign and think you’re banned.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:54 pm to FinkyStinger
Seems like one of the best scams/grifts of all time was Monster charging like $75 for run of the mill HDMI cables back in the day. I’m sure they made a fricking fortune upcharging cheap cables and wiring. 
Posted on 4/14/26 at 6:58 pm to DesScorp
Now do fancy Bourbon taste test.
Bet results are closer to audiophile cables than not.
Bet results are closer to audiophile cables than not.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:04 pm to DesScorp
The only expensive cable I’ve bought is an in wall rated HDMI shielded cable that was long enough to run from my projector to my media closet along a parallel run with romex power.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:18 pm to DesScorp
Well you can’t use bananas and mud to tie your tailgate closed, so there’s that.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:24 pm to DesScorp
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Sorry, Audiophiles, your expensive gear is a waste of money . ESPECIALLY the cables.
The article only seems to be about the cables. How did you arrive at this thread title? Seems like this would be more accurate:
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Sorry, Audiophiles, your expensive cables are a waste of money
As far as other gear, it's up to the person to decide if it's a waste of money but it would be silly to pretend there can't be significant differences between different tiers of things like turntables, amps, or speakers.
As for cables there are also differences but mostly in things like build quality and shielding, but you can get those attributes at reasonable prices (like under 20 or 30 bucks a cable). Paying premium prices for some fancy conductor material is a waste of money though.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:25 pm to DesScorp
Every A/V professional has known this forever.
Premium cables are a scam upsell
Premium cables are a scam upsell
Posted on 4/14/26 at 7:28 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:You can find RCA and speaker cables at over 100k a piece these days.
Seems like one of the best scams/grifts of all time was Monster charging like $75 for run of the mill HDMI cables back in the day.
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