MythBusters wants to take on audiophile cabling

[jinjuku]

https://tv.yahoo.com/tv-in-no-time/oscar-nominated-movie-myth-mythbusters-150000485.html

I submitted requests for this about 5 years ago.

Please for the love of all the is rooted in science do this.

While they are at it:

Audiophile Ethernet Cables and this testing rig:

If you want to see them do this write Discovery Channel

 

[highfigh]

I want them to go up against AudioQuest. They sell "high speed ethernet cables" that are supposed to make streaming audio sound better.

I want proof of ALL of the AQ crap's supposed abilities.

Re: the video- that really shows an improvement, eh? Wow.

 

[jinjuku]

Re: the video- that really shows an improvement, eh? Wow.

The video is a proof of concept about how you could actually swap out Ethernet cables while the music continues to play.

The cool part is that even with all the cables dis-connected the music keeps on playing out of buffer. Like it does on all streamers.

Now most streamers have a 20ms buffer but the J-Rivers default is 6 seconds and I believe adjustable to 20 seconds.

JRiver also has a play from RAM setting where the entire track is loaded into Memory for playback.

What audiophiles fail to grasp is the Ethernet cable is way down the chain and has zero to due with playback.

 

[cpp]

And then they can look at , ac outlets and people changing out the outlet covers and claiming to hear improvements in sound

 

[lsiberian]

I think doing a blind level matched test on different amps would be a bit more fun.

 

[markw]

I'd like to see something like this too but, frankly, I don't think mainstream America gives a hoot about this so I doubt they would even consider something that only appeals to such a very small segment of the population.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I'd like to see something like this too but, frankly, I don't think mainstream America gives a hoot about this so I doubt they would even consider something that only appeals to such a very small segment of the population.

Not only this but the golden ear community will take their testing apart like never before for flaws real or imagined. So, the gullible will just accept their complaints as that is easier than them also looking deeper into it.

 

[3db]

I'd like to see something like this too but, frankly, I don't think mainstream America gives a hoot about this so I doubt they would even consider something that only appeals to such a very small segment of the population.

I agree but now we have a sharp pointy thing that we can use to repeatedly poke audiophiles...analogy is an annoying headache that meds cant' touch.

 

[markw]

I agree but now we have a sharp pointy thing that we can use to repeatedly poke audiophiles...analogy is an annoying headache that meds cant' touch.

Theoretically true, but keep in mind that the dyed in the wool audiophile claims to have senses that are far more accurate than any scientific measurements and anyone else's hearing. Unless, of course, you blindfold them. That's like cutting off Samson's hair.

 

[jinjuku]

Gene should reach out to them to partner up....

 

[gene]

Very cool though no idea how to reach them

 

[markw]

Very cool though no idea how to reach them

Post a scathing review. If they are like Bose or Monster, I'm pretty sure you'll hear from THEM!

 

[3db]

Very cool though no idea how to reach them

Oh thats easy... Tell them you have some speaker cables, interconnects and wall plates that have been designed using the latest pseudo science technology borrowed from the Nabatean culture who gave the world this.

The sandstone used to build this is the same sandstone used in the cables, intercconects and wall plate. It eliminates cryogenic process that mere ordinary cables, intercconects and wall plates are made from allowing the covalent bond structure to break more readily thus allowing a more abundant supply of musical carrying electrons. These electrons carry note for note far more than anything that has ever been made before.

 

[jinjuku]

Very cool though no idea how to reach them

Post at their Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/discoverycomm

 

[Speedskater]

A "Petra: Lost City of Stone" show was just on US TV. It's a PBS NOVA episode.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/building-wonders.html#petra-lost-city

 

[3db]

A "Petra: Lost City of Stone" show was just on US TV. It's a PBS NOVA episode.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/building-wonders.html#petra-lost-city

I watched that last year on Nova. You pick up on more things the 2nd time around. I would love to visit that site.