$6800 Speaker Cable...WTF????

[mtrycrafts]

...My other problem: Don't call the MIT product a cable when it has a box containing a passive LCR network in the middle.
....

MIT has at least two patents on their cable boxes, both are for RF and noise rejection well beyond the audio band. The boxes should not affect the audio band and would need some Frequency plots that they do first. So, not sure I would worry too much about that box.

 

[son-yah-tive]

Actually, they are $8450. $6800 is the SALE price

I use their interconnects, but even then I buy them from 3rd party sources and get them quite cheap comparatively. Speaker wire of this level is for those who have too much money and not enough to do. Absolute insanity.

WOW. That would mean the reciever those wires are hooked to must cost around $850,000.00!!! That means, that puts me out of the AUDIOPHILE-ers reach. Well, hello WAL-MART. Just kidding,...I think?

 

[TLS Guy]

[QUOTE
However, like you said, nothing said here will likely change anyones mind.[/QUOTE]

So much for western civilization having passed through the Age of Enlightenment and entered the Age of Reason.

That statement tells me we are headed back to the middle ages. May be Osama Bin Laden has already won the fight!

 

[Seth=L]

So much for western civilization having passed through the Age of Enlightenment and entered the Age of Reason.

That statement tells me we are headed back to the middle ages. May be Osama Bin Laden has already won the fight!

We truly started having problems once we started listening to what celebrities have to say as if they are people to look up to.

 

[Ben_in_COSpring]

The reviews on the Amazon product page are hilarious:

Help! They've come to life! The cables... they're... they're eating my daughter! Call an ambulance! Great price though. .. And her screams! I've never heard such crystal clarity! This is totally worth it!

If there is one cable I would whole-heartedly trust to my Chimera-hunting needs, this would be the cable. No other cable has the tensile strength to properly and efficiently garrote a lycanthrope, asphyxiate an Esquilax or even gag a mermaid. Last week, using my trusty AudioQuest K2 (retrofitted with lead weights, bright orange latex paint and a generous coating of crushed glass stolen from the window of an abandoned church at midnight), I managed to snuff 3 golden unicorns in swift succession!

Pros: Quickly tears through scales, fur, bone, and adamantium with ease
Coils and uncoils from hip holster (optional) quickly and quietly
For a product fabricated from 1,000 Onyx Dragon fetuses, the price is unbelievably reasonable!

Cons: Shipping from the R'lyeh took far too long
Doesn't come in 10' lengths (which would be perfect for hydra, cerberii and other multi-headed creatures)
After every use, I can feel 6 ounces of my soul slipping from my core into the ether. But this may be due to the fact that I prefer to work without gloves. YMMV.

Overall, I would recommend that any hunter buy one, nay, two, of these immediately, and experience the difference that upgrading to the K2 will make in your next quest!

A vital accessory for all those attempting to climb the world's second highest mountain, which incidentally was named after this item. At first I was sceptical, but after a quasi-religious ceremony in which I held this aloft infront of the baying masses at base camp; I realised the true power that AudioQuest have manifested in this silver snake. Attaching it to my harness, I noticed how the shard-like peaks of the West Face smoothed over infront of me as I attempted to climb the savage mountain in only my Y-fronts and a Busted-Tees t-shirt.

In many high-end systems, even end-to-end HDMI setups, cabling is a surprisingly weak link. Enemies of cheap cabling, like twisted pair interference, mechanical degradation and plain old poor matching are just not an issue with the AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cables. The engineering might that has gone into these is staggering. Sure, you might say that instead of putting 60,000 man-years of research and over $700 million into development, that AudioQuest could have instead cured cancer, but the listening experience makes it all worth while. Plus, Amazon gives you $5 in free mp3 downloads with every purchase. Bonus!

However, there is one thing to keep in mind when using more than one set of AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cables. Rule #1 is, don't cross the cables. It would be bad. If you're a little fuzzy on the whole "good/bad" thing, try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

While I am not a big fan of nanny-state warning labels, I do think that one to this effect would have been appropriate. I'll miss you, Julie.

 

[Seth=L]

The mention of Chimera in the second review made me laugh. Peter Chimera is such a novelist.

 

[pzaur]

I am eternally grateful that I read the reviews. Spectacular!

-pat

 

[highfigh]

If you can get AQ, BJC, Signal, Kimber, MIT, Monster etc... at a bargain price then do it.

If you are expecting a cable to suddenly transform your audible experience well I say you should A/B it.

There is even a guy at the Polk Forums that insists that you could come over, switcharoo any of his equipment (cables, amps, pre-pro's, cd players) and he could follow the ball. I would love to take him up on it (I would personally sneak in some BJC cables).

My other problem: Don't call the MIT product a cable when it has a box containing a passive LCR network in the middle.

Why don't all of these cable companies offer a 30 day trial? (some do like Signal, BJC).

Because they can't sell used cables as new.

 

[highfigh]

The reviews on the Amazon product page are hilarious:

Quote from a Chimera who doesn't like to be around people- "I may be lonely, but at least I have each other".

 

[Shock]

However, like you said, nothing said here will likely change anyones mind.

So much for western civilization having passed through the Age of Enlightenment and entered the Age of Reason.

That statement tells me we are headed back to the middle ages. May be Osama Bin Laden has already won the fight!

It's just because this is the Internet...and on here we don't have to listen to anyone because we are always right.

At least I am.

Edit: TLS I want you to know because of your crappy quoting I had to edit my post 3 times!!!! 3!!

 

[mx4lifeis350]

hope to one day be able to buy these... someday

 

[JerryLove]

We truly started having problems once we started listening to what celebrities have to say as if they are people to look up to.

When was that, and whom did we listen to before?

 

[WndrBr3d]

Those product reviews are priceless! LOL!

 

[SharkyRivethead]

The first customer review almost had me on the floor.

My friend owns his own HT business. He does "by appointment only" stuff. You know the 1/2 million dollar or more home theaters. In his showroom he had some speaker (can't remember the name) but priced at over 50K. He showed me some cable that was almost 1,300 per foot. As much as I enjoyed rubbing up against the speakers, to Warren's disapproval. I could never justify spending that much on one set of speakers...and never that much on cable.

I

 

[Serj22]

The reviews on this thing are almost as great as the 3 wolf Howl Shirt on amazon. Strangling mermaids... priceless.

 

[Coolzrock]

You could get a nice sound system for those money. Too much, really for banana cables.

 

[cazy123]

thats insane, but hell.. if you have the money heck why not.

 

[Phil Taylor]

Hey - at least they get free shipping ...

 

[MatthewB.]

Just added my review on those babies.

 

[ribonzz]

What kind of cable is that?? made of gold?? LOL..
Who wants to buy them??