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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 3 months ago

Audiophiles Can't Distinguish Audio Sent Through Copper, Banana or Mud

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Audiophiles Can't Distinguish Audio Sent Through Copper, Banana or Mud

www.tomshardware.com

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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator
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Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?

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    3 months ago

    This gets proven over and over again, people will continue to believe what they want. The only thing to spend money on with audio cables is build quality but the promise of improved audio quality is a siren song.

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