Cooking Cables, revisted

[sjdgpt]

I was reading another site, and actually found a review on the infamous cable cooker.

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0404/audioharma.htm


I actually started to cry when I read that anybody with $10k in their system would "would want a Cooker after hearing how much this little machine can do for his or her sound."

 

[jaxvon]

Ah yes, the cable cooker. While I didn't cry, I can understand why you did. The reviewers throw just enough scientific stuff in there to make it sound kind of legitimate, then make great claims as to the benefits of an item.

 

[Dan Banquer]

Cable Cooker

You don't need no stinkin cable cooker! You need to smother your cables in kosher chicken fat!
d.b.

 

[markw]

The reviewers throw just enough scientific stuff in there to make it sound kind of legitimate, then make great claims as to the benefits of an item.

Simply another way of saying "If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshiite.

As that great philosopher, Obi Wan Kenobi, once said "The force has a powerful effect on the weak minded." (or something like that)

 

[gene]

It can't be for cooking cables. It must be a portable cooker for grilling hotdogs while jamming some tunes. Nobody is that gullible. Although if it is for cooking cables I wonder if they sound better rare or well done?

 

[markw]

When George Forman comes out with one I'll take it more seriously.

 

[jaxvon]

This is kinda off topic, but still related to cable snake oil. River cable, bless their hearts with their no-nonsense approach, still gets some questionable reviews. Here's an excerpt from one. It says so much about the audio industry in so little (well, the consumer segment).

And get this: each River Cables cable comes with a birth certificate! Now, this may seem like a gimmick (and that perception undoubtedly has some truth to it), but at least they’re giving you something with that gimmick. The birth certificate includes a printout of that particular cable’s factory test scores, from a physical check of the cable’s fit and finish, a test of its DC resistance, capacitance, and something called a Risetime Overshoot test.
Different cables get different tests; the bottom line is for River Cable to assure the customer that he’s getting what he paid for.

Some of our reviewers at least pretended to understand the technical language - unlike me who doesn’t even pretend such. You can take it or leave it, but you have to hand it to these people for their attention to detail and seriousness.

The prosecution rests, your honor.