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June 14th, 2008 10:12 PM #1Administrator
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June 14th, 2008 10:41 PM #2Moderator
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Hmm, read set of reviews/comments. http://tinyurl.com/3q7ouq
A caution to people buying these: if you do not follow the "directional markings" on the cables, your music will play backwards. Please check that before mentioning it in your reviews.
Or this review:
By Just a user... "jlc1978" - See all my reviews
I'm an engineer, so trust me on this one. Sound is a wave, moving in one direction. A uni-directional cable such as this is needed for optimum listening pleasure. Some other poster, incorrectly I might humbly add, said using it backwards causes the music to play backwards. Installing it in reverse causes the 1's and 0's to start to clog the line since they have no where to go. As a result, you'll get no sound at all. If you do that, be careful when you turn the cable around as all the 1's and 0's will come out at once, potentially overloading your ethernet connection and exceeding your ISP's bandwidth caps.
Overall, I gave it 5 stares because, in spite of the price (apparently there is one made every minute), it clearly does what it is designed to do.
Actually, the problem of plugging cables in backwards doesn't only affect audio. If you plug your ADSL in backwards, you may find that your files start uploading instead of downloading (vice versa if you live in the southern hemisphere), and that you gain negative XP when you borg. So be careful!The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. - Aristotle (but not the Aristotle you're thinking of)
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June 15th, 2008 03:55 PM #3Tree Frog
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June 15th, 2008 05:21 PM #4Moderator
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(Insipid? Heh.)Originally posted by Blog
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Lots of people, in reviews and comments, took this view - that Denon was lying to them, defrauding them. Actually, no. There's nothing fraudulent about describing a product accurately and then slapping on a price tag two orders of magnitude higher than it merits. Unconscionable MAYBE, but it's not a cheat, it's not a fraud. It's a very good joke though. Was it released April 1st?The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. - Aristotle (but not the Aristotle you're thinking of)
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June 15th, 2008 07:07 PM #5Bullfrog
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That should be illegal.
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Darwinism should be encouraged, not outlawed.Originally posted by Savaric
That should be illegal.If violence is not your last resort, you have failed to resort to enough of it.
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June 16th, 2008 09:55 PM #7Tree Frog
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I suspect they can only get away with this once every long while, if they do it more often people will begin to question the worth of their real high end stuff.
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June 16th, 2008 10:51 PM #8Fire Bellied Toad
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Like monster cables?Originally posted by Blog
I suspect they can only get away with this once every long while, if they do it more often people will begin to question the worth of their real high end stuff.Sure, I got a secret. More 'n one. Don't seem likely I tell 'em to you now, do it? Anyone off Titan colony knows better than to talk to strangers. You're talkin' loud enough for the both of us, though, ain't ya? I've met a dozen like you. Skipped off-home early. Minor graft jobs here and there. Spent some time in the lockdown, but less than you claim. And you're, what, a petty thief with delusions standing? Sad little king of a sad little hill.
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June 19th, 2008 09:32 AM #9Tree Frog
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Lol, did you see the review of monster cables, where they had like 10 audiophiles listen to the difference between their sound system with a omnster cable, and a coat hanger, and something like 100% of them preferred the coat hanger.Originally posted by Elvion
Like monster cables?
I forgot the addy to that, but that made the rounds at my work for a long time.
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June 19th, 2008 09:56 AM #10Moderator
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Yes, I remember that story. The fact is, a coat hanger is really REALLY thick. So it won't have much internal resistance, no matter how low-quality it is. The benefit of using thinner cables is that they're more flexible, easier to rig, safer. If you get yourself one huge underfloor hunk of copper, it's crude and expensive, but it sure will conduct good signal.Originally posted by Serith
Lol, did you see the review of monster cables, where they had like 10 audiophiles listen to the difference between their sound system with a omnster cable, and a coat hanger, and something like 100% of them preferred the coat hanger.
I forgot the addy to that, but that made the rounds at my work for a long time.The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. - Aristotle (but not the Aristotle you're thinking of)
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. - Albert Einstein
Mainly to keep a lid on the world's cat population. - Anon
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