There is one born every minute

james.miller · 13 Jun 2008 at 23:49

gumbald said:
Yeah, why are they making one? In what sense can they be used for audio?

they arent, they are making iLink cables for their denon systems......

....they just happen to be cat 5 cables lol. the only real difference, apparently, is that the denon iLink cables are STP (shielded twisted pair) while your normal cat 5 patch cable is UTP (unshielded)

InvaderGIR · 13 Jun 2008 at 23:52

james.miller said:
....they just happen to be cat 5 cables lol. the only real difference, apparently, is that the denon iLink cables are STP (shielded twisted pair) while your normal cat 5 patch cable is UTP (unshielded)

I'm sure it's less than £350 for 1.5m of STP cable though? Unless you get Denon

InvG

gumbald · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:06

InvG, your link from your sig is saying your account is suspended

BigglesPiP · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:06

Ooooh!

mrk · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:16

What a complete joke.

Mansize_tissue · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:27

Oh my. I bet you could replace the cables of most of those that owns these with standard ones and they wouldn't notice a difference.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:28

Mansize_tissue said:
Oh my. I bet you could replace the cables of most of those that owns these with standard ones and they wouldn't notice a difference.

Nobody read my post?

mrk · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:36

dmpoole said:
Nobody read my post?

That would be illegal.

Nitefly · 14 Jun 2008 at 00:37

dmpoole said:
Isn't there some hi fi speaker cables for around £10,000 and James Randi has put a lot of money up for people to prove they're any better than cheap cables?

I went to a pensioners house today to install her new DVD player to the TV.
The nice men in Comet sold her a SCART cable for £60.
I put my £2 lead in to show her there was no difference.

Update

James Randi has offered 1 million dollars for anybody who can prove that expensive cables are better than cheap cables.

Things like that make me mad. Its unfair to take advantage of the elderly like that.

Mansize_tissue · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:08

dmpoole said:
Nobody read my post?

Of course, but James Randi isn't the only one who can make bets!

Nitefly said:
Things like that make me mad. Its unfair to take advantage of the elderly like that.

Are you suggesting dmpoole did something to this old lady?

Nitefly · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:28

Mansize_tissue said:
Are you suggesting dmpoole did something to this old lady?

... no?

Energize · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:32

It would be cheaper just to use a superconductor, making this cable utterly pointless for any purpose.

Tom|Nbk · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:37

You'd have to be wired to pay so much for a ethernet cable!

(Great cable though)

Begbie · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:13

dmpoole said:
Isn't there some hi fi speaker cables for around £10,000 and James Randi has put a lot of money up for people to prove they're any better than cheap cables?

I went to a pensioners house today to install her new DVD player to the TV.
The nice men in Comet sold her a SCART cable for £60.
I put my £2 lead in to show her there was no difference.

Update

James Randi has offered 1 million dollars for anybody who can prove that expensive cables are better than cheap cables.

Did she get a refund?

Bet you made her day - £60 for nothing

Tom|Nbk · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:18

Comet charged £60 for a SCART cable?

I call BS.

james.miller · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:21

Tom|Nbk said:
Comet charged £60 for a SCART cable?

I call BS.

erm...why not, they sell monster scart cables online for £70 - go take a look.

Tom|Nbk · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:25

Jesus, so they do. Highway robbery!

james.miller · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:28

the sell one for £90 too, and a £200 (!) 6m Monster HDMI lead

Tom|Nbk · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:29

Beyond daft. I wonder what sales are like for these items!

I can imagine a few poor sods being talked into one of these with that new HDTV and that it may some how benefit them

Dist · 14 Jun 2008 at 02:37

I know that these expensive cables do nothing special in every day use, but has anyone tested them in extreme situations? They are made of different materails, like some are made of silver/gold, so perhaps they function better then cheap cables in extreme cold/heat, or when there are insane levels of noise on the frequency that the data travels along the cables at.