I just came across a set of audio patch cables (RCA plugs, etc.) which has a DC bias system built in. It keeps a continuous 24 Vdc across the coax insulation. The price I found for these things on the internet is as high as $650.00 for a 1/2 meter stereo set.
P.T. Barnum was in the wrong business.
$650 is way low for something that actually includes electronic components. $750 is about right for a high-end AC line cord. I'm not kidding!
Go on - give us the link !
I suspect that the trading standards ppl ought to get advised of these scams.
Graham
Hello Paul,
Probably because all the electrons that flow onto the shield are supposedly gold plated and individually certified by the Audiophool Council.
Why? They make no quantitative claims as to performance improvement. If you feel better listening to your 8-track player through a $650 set of cables, then they work.
What always puzzles me is how the people so stupid to buy such things managed to make enough money to afford them ?:-)
...Jim Thompson
Actually, the ones I found use silver.
One word.
Managers ! Explains everything.
Graham
That's old hat now. Everyone knows the latest technology is to cryogenically freeze your cables:
If you pay that sort of money for cables, you, and only you will hear the difference! ;-)
ROFL!
Dave :)
How do they keep the bias from getting into whatever the cable's connected to? ISTR capacitors in the audio path are a big no-no.
- YD.
Like the "electrician" that told me I was an idiot for believing that "two wrongs" make a right with a three-phase service.
I designed a frequency independent phase-rotation detector to protect mainframes thirty years ago because the electricians only got it right half the time.
Such things are now available in standard packages. Very handy for protecting, e.g. vacuum pumps.
i
If you check their links, they also have a "SKY" audio cable for only $1400, which uses 48 VDC. They say the battery pack has a very long life, because there is no load on it. I don't think anyone can dispute that claim. However, they do have an LED test button to verify battery performance, but a true audiophool should be able to tell when the battery is weak and causes the sound to become intolerably noisy and distorted.
They use solid wire to eliminate that nasty strand interaction, but I wonder how much you can bend these cables before they break? And I wonder if anyone has had a problem with skin effect using these cables?
I can't wait until my order arrives!
Paul
The term that peddlers of products to audiophools use, is "believability".
As in "this set of 2/0 speaker cables offers increased crispness and believability".
So, I think, if sounds begin to lose "believability" it would be a good time to replace the batteries.
i
Not in '75. ...though it's really a simple concept (A before B, except after C).
You have to have some of these too:
and then something to plug them into:
scams.
Not to forget these:
Paul,
You are such a skeptic! You probably don't even believe that a digital clock can make your home ac wiring's electrons less chaotic and more coherent ( remember the Tice Audio clock? ).
Well, maybe these devices don't do anything, but what does work, for me, is when I align my speakers in the direction of Mecca. It's free, too!
Bob
scams.
ROTFLMAO
i
Actually, silver-plating a power plug sounds like a good idea. But it shouldn't cost *that* much.
Nah. 'Magic' capacitors are Ok.
Graham
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