When You Have Too Much Money - $1,459 USB Adapter !

AudioQuest is known for this shit.

http://www.amazon.com/263-Audioquest-Diamond-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0073HJVSK

AudioQuest is known for this shit.

http://www.amazon.com/263-Audioquest-Diamond-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0073HJVSK

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I'm speechless ... how - why - who ?!?

I'm almost certain those simply cost 10-20 USD in East Asia to produce. haha

Cures Cancer Overnight

By Justin .H on January 12, 2015

My Mother has cancer and she is not very mobile. She loves surfing the web and reading things. I figured since every second counts for her she needs top speed. Every last millisecond counts. I don't want her waiting an extra millisecond. I noticed absolutely no difference on latency however when mother would set down to the computer the monitor would glow every color in the visible spectrum. When I disconnected Audioquest diamond no glowing.was present. After taking her to the doctor they confirmed the cancer was gone. I will keep this cable around for when the fast food and beer catch up to me

Oh Amazon comments...

It's a USB cable that's capable to detecting what kind of data being transmitted, and apply encryption and compression at the same time. Thanks to the embedded neural network, your data will only get faster and faster overtime. You can control this USB cable, unattach and attach it to a different device from anywhere in the world, all from your mobile phone, because it's also an Internet of Things. You can use all your USB peripherals remotely.

$1500 is a bargain.

Looks like color is the determining factor:

They must use cheap coffee.

AudioQuest is known for this shit.

http://www.amazon.com/263-Audioquest-Diamond-Ethernet-Cable/dp/B0073HJVSK

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I'm speechless ... how - why - who ?!?

It's aimed at hardcore audiophiles - people who eagerly drop enormous amounts of money (i.e. $2700/meter speaker cables, $1500/meter power cables) for vague promises of "improved sound quality" that don't stand up to even the slightest scientific scrutiny and usually don't make even the lease bit of scientific sense.

Working with good quality cables IS far more enjoyable and less frustrating than working with a lot of the cheap junk that gets pressed out onto the market for as little money and effort as possible. (ie, name brand apple lighting cables, which seem to have an even shorter lifespan in my office than even the old school bar connectors of the original generation. These are surpassed in uselessness and self destructive tendencies only by the knockoff ones, which honestly have probably cost the company several times over what they saved compared to actual apple cables due to people wasting time thinking that 'maybe this time this random thin red cable might actually work...')

That said, that Audio Quest stuff isn't actually all that great from what I've seen. Them and a few other 'super platinum premium' brands ask seemingly 100-1000x what actual acceptable quality gear costs for zero benefit.

It's aimed at hardcore audiophiles...

It's aimed at hardcore audiophiles - people who eagerly drop enormous amounts of money (i.e. $2700/meter speaker cables, $1500/meter power cables) for vague promises of "improved sound quality" that don't stand up to even the slightest scientific scrutiny and usually don't make even the lease bit of scientific sense.

Audiophiles believe that good sound (and their perfect hearing) defies science. They must be among the most superstitios people in the world.

Audio pros will ditch their cinch cable for XLR to reduce the noise that analog cables invariably will catch up. XLR cables are a little bit more expensive than cinch cables, and of course, there are difference in shielding (which CAN matter AFAIK given you lay your XLR cable next to other cables) which might make a difference in price. So you maybe get a better shielded XLR cable and pay twice what you would pay for a cinch cable (which is still peanuts).

Audiophiles will buy a 1000$ cinch cable with gold plating, and magical shielding claiming to achieve better results than XLR with audiophile engineering. Because f*ck listening to science when you can defy it with pure audiophile awesomness.

Tinfoil hat wearers :)

Granted, I guess there will be audiophiles here that are falling into the "sane audiophile" category that might take offense by my broad statement. Yes, paying a premium for a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN 10% increase in sound quality is not pure superstition, or foolishness, or anything. It might be not the best thing to do with your money, but hey, its your money.

Maybe, just maybe, save some money on the cables... yours 2000$ Speaker will not sound 10x better by being connected with a 10x as expensive cable.

But yeah, if you REALLY don't know what to do with your money, the cables produced by the company in this thread seem like a sweet moneysink.

Damn it, I just bought one of these last week for $1680.99! I should've known the price would go down. Frankly, I thought that $1680.99 was a bit expensive.

You kidding? Why wouldn't you buy that cable? If you rub it hard enough, the data genie comes out and will grant three of your wishes (subject to terms and conditions)!

I would take XLR connectors over RCA or RTS phone jacks for most applications, and TRS Phone jacks over RCA for pretty much any application, simply for their ease of use in most cases and reliability. XLR is a beast of a cable design, especially the shielded/grounded versions. Only thing that could have made them better is a self aligning plug style, but they're also not really that expensive in the grand scheme of things.

gold/silver plated power cord.

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The issue is, gold is not a very good conductor ... only reason it's used so often is the fact it does not oxidize like silver and copper does ... [ LINK ]

That's not the point. Gold is expensive, therefore it should sound good :D
I wonder if anyone is making platinum plated power cords...

Or just full platinum. It's an electrical conductor, after all.

The main difference with XLR contacts is also that it is a differential signal, and it has a lot less noise than RCA. Why we still find high end audio systems with RCA contacts is beyond me.
I love also people that say they get a better sound with a gold/silver plated power cord. If changing the power cord really makes the sound different, the only place your amplifier belongs to is the trash :D

You can get XLR systems, but they only come into play once you're dealing with separate systems rather than integrated receivers. This is a Marantz 7701 preamp/surround processor, retail $1,000 or so. It has no amplification of its own. Actually quite moderately priced for this tier of equipment.

That's not the point. Gold is expensive, therefore it should sound good :D
I wonder if anyone is making platinum plated power cords...

Those electrons feel more appreciated if you buy them gold to travel in, and they will return the favor with better sound. Right? At least that's how the underpaid Best Buy clerk with a commission on the stuff he help sell explained it to me.

I suppose another reason why high-end equipment has RCA is that, well, it works with just about everything out there. That's pretty important when for whatever reason you can't go and make your ideal setup.