Thanks to Gene!

[Indydan]

I thought I would thank Gene for his relentless battle against snake oil in the audio industry.
For a long time, I was down the rabbit hole of cables and accessories. Thankfully, the things Gene and others espoused, and his data driven approach made me question my (silly) audiophile beliefs.
I am now off of the cable and voodoo bandwagon!
Both my wallet and I are doing much better

 

[m. zillch]

Wait, you mean me buying speaker cable lifters has done nothing but lift money from my wallet?! [j/k]

 

[Indydan]

Wait, you mean me buying speaker cable lifters has done nothing but lift money from my wallet?! [j/k]

I actually had cable lifters, I am ashamed to say

 

[lovinthehd]

In any case glad Gene has this site up and running with a real basis.....now if we can somehow avoid the spammer invasion.....

 

[Kingnoob]

Wait, you mean me buying speaker cable lifters has done nothing but lift money from my wallet?! [j/k]

I nearly got that fancy monster cable wire. But didn’t it was $130+ for 100 foot. Wonder if they still sell it. I did spend $60 on a monster cable hdmi 3 foot that still works 15 years later.

 

[Kingnoob]

In any case glad Gene has this site up and running with a real basis.....now if we can somehow avoid the spammer invasion.....

You wouldn’t think this is active enough of a site for spammer invasion but it’s here and no forum seems safe from it.

 

[Indydan]

Woah! My thread has been buried by a bunch of spam!

 

[mtrycrafts]

I nearly got that fancy monster cable wire. But didn’t it was $130+ for 100 foot. Wonder if they still sell it. I did spend $60 on a monster cable hdmi 3 foot that still works 15 years later.

You mean you didn't change the oil every 6 month?

 

[mtrycrafts]

3 pages of span on this topic?

 

[Indydan]

Another thing that bugs me, is the claim that ethernet sounds better than Wifi for streaming music. Crazy audiophiles (I was one in the past, so not judging), with their 3000$ ethernet switches and 500$ ethernet cables, just drive me nuts.
I went Wifi and the sound quality was exactly the same!
I brought up this same subject on the Naim forums (of which I am a member, even though I no longer own Naim gear).
One poster actually said he gets better sound quality with ethernet. He claims Wifi "flattens the soundstage". I kid you not.
More audiophile BS!