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gene

03-28-2003, 11:53 PM

We have opened a section in our cable forums for Audioquest or other cable vendors to provide data/proof of their claims based on the latest FAQ article:

http://www.audioholics.com/FAQs/Audioquest.html

We sincerely hope Audioquest takes us up on our offer.

Please also feel free to join in the discussion.

Clint DeBoer

03-29-2003, 01:07 AM

What can I say? I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more... I wonder if I should replace all of the internal wiring in my speakers with solid silver cable....?

Next, we will see audiophile dehumidifiers "For a truly pure listening experience...  Reduce all those floating water molecules that cause so much audible distortion..."

Eric

03-31-2003, 12:30 AM

Good response! Remember: if you sleep with those cables under your pillow it may cure the common cold. Of course, I have no evidence of that…  <img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

03-31-2003, 11:30 PM

These guys need to go to engineering school.  An insulator is just that, an "insulator" in that it conducts negligible (read none) electricity.  If the molecules were arranged in some manner by the presence of elctrical current, then the material would be a conductor.  The majority of AUDIBLE differences in cable can be traced to impedence mismatch in the amplifier output circuitry.  A well designed amplifier will render all cable "gurus" unable to detect their cables anymore...(if they could, to begin with <img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cool:'> )

04-01-2003, 02:47 AM

I can't believe what I read at Audioquest FAQ.  They actually recommend people to leave their stereos on continuously so that the cables remain "broken in".  How stupid do they think people are really?  I mean can people be that naive?

This is a great debunking article.  Good job Audioholics!

Yamahaluver

04-01-2003, 03:32 PM

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>gene : We have opened a section in our cable forums for Audioquest or other cable vendors to provide data/proof of their claims based on the latest FAQ article:

http://www.audioholics.com/FAQs/Audioquest.html

We sincerely hope Audioquest takes us up on our offer.

Please also feel free to join in the discussion.
A very good article, saved me a couple of bucks.

Btw: anyone tried out home made Cat 5 speaker cables?

04-02-2003, 12:08 AM

So where is Audioquest?  The silence is killing me  <img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

04-03-2003, 02:42 PM

These companies have had years to research, experiment with, perfect and manufacture high quality manure to fertilize the imaginations of high-end cable buyers; their business models depend on it!