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'

cm0002@mander.xyz · 4 days ago

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'

venusaur@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Yall remember when Monster cables were popular?

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 4 days ago

Does that make the electricity go through monster energy drinks?

kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

I think it’s electrolytes. You know, what plants crave.

Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]@midwest.social · 4 days ago

Sold those bad boys at RadioShack back in the day. The spiff on those things was absurd. We hadn’t even hit the SDTV broadcast death yet and people were buying golden HDMI cables.

venusaur@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

What a scam

village604@adultswim.fan · 3 days ago

Didn’t someone do the same test with monster cables and a wire hanger?

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'

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'

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