Not to forget the increased noise pickup and increased capacitance neither of which are something one would want in their system. Glad he showed the Kimber cable and how it measures better than the 10 gauge and the Audioquest cable.
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I’m sure they like them, but that imo is not a good reason to buy a product. The main reason most products are popular is because the manufacture spent more money on advertising than the competition. Same goes for candidates that win elections, they won mostly because they spent more money campaigning than the other guy. Mc Donalds is super popular, despite the fact that their food is crapola.
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I was thinking Bose.
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I have no use for pinheads like this. He either has a super low resolution system, hearing loss, or doesn’t trust his own two ears.
SR stuff is really hilarious to me but I agree with @stevensegal if people want to waste (I mean spend) their money on items whether audio or otherwise there’s no point trying to stop them. Buyer beware and good luck. It’s amazing how many more people have “beliefs” these days instead of basic scientific knowledge to guide them (and their wallets). Oops, there I go trying to influence people. Couldn’t help it.
Check out this gem from SR:
We could just buy a standard ground lifter and “apply 1,000,000V of electricity ourselves”. Easy peasy.
Have you actually tried any SR products?
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It’s tough to dismiss white labeled products outright without asking what was done to the product to try to improve it.
Many audiophile companies use mass produced power outlets as the base for their enhancements, often times indicating it’s been produced to their specifications.
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Gary,
Rega Research have never advertised their products.
Below is a statement from Paul Darwin, Head of UK sales.
Just for clarification purposes, Rega have never, in our 43 year history, paid for a single advertisement in any media publication, on line web site, blog or anywhere else for that matter.
I think that may well disappoint some people who would prefer the conspiracy theories and hopefully proves that What Hi Fi reviewers are completely independent and free to write as they find and not at all influenced by their advertising department or the spend from audio companies, which is indeed as we would all hope and expect.
Yes, personally, it may be disappointing that What HiFi do not like our loudspeakers, per se, but that’s life.
Best,
Paul Darwin
Rega Research.
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Good example of a company who’s reputation speaks for itself.
P.S. For some reason the reply to button doesn’t seem to be functioning properly.
This was a reply to Dirk’s post.
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What is it?
The fundamental conceit of the Audioholic guy is that he wants to impose his value system on other people. If there were demand for a diamond-encrusted amplifier, someone would make one. It’s capitalism. It doesn’t have to sound better. Devialet, when they launched Expert in 2010, found that the remote control alone produced massive sales. Naim went into the massive knob business and found exactly the same. My son has a Naim MuSo Qb2 and he loves it, for a large part due to the … you guessed it.
The box? A fuse.
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More snake oil?youtube.com/watch?v=wliupB_i5JY&t=643s
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In the video below, the term “Quantum tunnelling” is used to describe one of the processes.
Are there any physicists here who can comment? Is “Quantum tunnelling” a term that is actually wide open for application?
One thing I do agree with Gene on is terms that sound ridiculous and describe nothing.
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I only watched the video on the Audioquest cable and I don’t agree with your premise saying he wants to impose his values on others system. He simply applied science to measure a cables performance against the manufacturers claims and proved without a doubt that the cable did the exact opposite of what they claimed their technology was supposed to do. $5000 for a speaker cable is nonsense and than to be so poorly constructed the banana jack broke so easily.
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Maybe, but I still want a McDLT right now.
Hey, now. No need to go “there”.
One more outburst like this and I will have to PM @Elk and let him know you are stepping out way over the civility line.
Let’s leave personal tastes regarding “casual dining” to the private message boards and gourmet foods’ forums, O.K.?
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That one came up later. That is pretty shocking, but I have no idea what AudioQuest were claiming. I have one of their cables, a 25m ethernet cable that cost $130. I’ve never considered $5,000 for a speaker cable, but I’m sure there are people that would not consider anything less.