The HIFI world just reached new "heights" :S

[Noumenon]

check out the price for that thing...
http://www.4electronicwarehouse.com/products/denon/ak-dl1.html

 

[SocialNumb]

WTF $499.00 for a cable!

 

[Noumenon]

for a 1.5meter long -CAT5- cable!

 

[DevilJaw]

yeah i have problems with vibrating cables all the time, this will finally free me from my burden.

 

[SocialNumb]

I just don't know enough about these to justify the cost. I saw the price and started looking for buttons on it.

 

[grywolf627]

"...the AK-DL1 will bring out all the nuances in digital audio reproduction "

What nuances? It's digital. It's 0's and 1's.

 

[Kadmium]

 

[Metaltastic]

But guys, it has fluoropolymer dialectric material, come on! Jesus what a fucking joke...

And I have no idea what fluoropolymer dialectric material is, by the way.

 

[006]

I saw the price and started looking for buttons on it.

~006

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Epic fail.

Thats like taking a dump and selling the shit for $5.

"But it's got flakes of gold in it!!!"

 

[JBroll]

But guys, it has fluoropolymer dialectric material, come on! Jesus what a fucking joke...

And I have no idea what fluoropolymer dialectric material is, by the way.

It means it has fluorine in stuff that doesn't conduct electricity. Think 'we must ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide, which is present in everything around us, is linked to thousands of deaths a year, and is a leading cause of disease and famine worldwide'...

Jeff

 

[ProjectHamsterdam]

What, water? Leading cause of famine? Errrr...

 

[JBroll]

You'd be surprised the shit you can get people to believe.

Examples: this, the Penn & Teller episode where they get hippies to sign a petition banning water, Mother Teresa's fame...

Jeff

 

[C_F_H_13]

You'd be surprised the shit you can get people to believe.

Examples: this, the Penn & Teller episode where they get hippies to sign a petition banning water, Mother Teresa's fame...

Jeff

Bullsh@t kicks major balls...unlike these cables. I'll wait for the upgraded ones that offer true "jitter free" connectivity....

 

[Kazrog]

Sometimes I wonder if companies just name a price and see if they can find a test market that will pay that price for that item. Think about all the designer water on the market, shitty sounding speakers that say BOSE on them, etc...

I've never paid for CAT5 cable!!!

 

[Zool2107]

I'm wondering if this little 1,5 m long cable will bring out all the nuances of digital audio - in my interpretation: all the 0's and 1's are going through the cable without any errors - then how much would it cost to make a network for a small office (~150 m of cable)?
Propably the "usual" network cable won't be good enough. The fact that any conventional cable can transfer digital data at 100 Mbps (DVD audio is somewhere around 768 kbps if I'm calculating correctly) without 1 bit of data loss is not important, cause conventional cables don't have "Fluoropolymer Dielectric material", "Alloy shielding and woven jacketing reduce vibration" and all the other shit.
Marketing FTW

 

[Aaron Smith]

Think about all the designer water on the market, shitty sounding speakers that say BOSE on them, etc...

I know what you mean about Bose dude- for all the advertisements they have in magazines, in stores, and elaborate looking demo booths in airports countrywide, I would expect their products to sound a whole lot better than they actually do. I don't think I've listened to anything Bose and actually been excited about the way it sounded...

 

[Joematthews]

We can bitch about bose forever, because the amount of rip off shite they produce is unlimited.

Also, if none of you have ever seen this site before, prepare to be ill.
http://www.russandrews.com/category...&customer_id=PAA1762063708506UPNWBRHXGMXEHXCR

 

[Let it burn...]

 

[Daunt]

You know... when you buy speakers that cost hundreds of thousands, does it really matter if the cables cost a few grands more? You want them to be on the same (hype) level