Are you ready for a £7500 kettle lead?

semi-pro waster · 14 Dec 2008 at 14:56

Streeteh said:
This however... is a cable.

I feel I've got to take exception to that, it is not just a cable. It's an extremely expensive and rather ugly looking cable.

Personally I don't think it would make the slightest bit of difference to my listening pleasure, it probably would disturb me that I'd spent £7,500 on a cable though when I could get many things that would be much more valuable to me for the cash.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 14:57

These bad boys will improve the sound even more. I'll do them for half the price :cool:

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 14:58

Also, Hi Fi magazines are so hilariously corrupt.

jongeeone · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:04

I am an audiophile myself - but that is just stupid. No way would i pay that for a power cable.

Trifid · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:07

jongeeone said:
I am an audiophile myself - but that is just stupid. No way would i pay that for a power cable.

I know. £3500 sounds much more reasonable!

Vasquez · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:10

So how do these make a difference in a DIGITAL system?

dangerstat · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:11

Sounds expensive for a cable!

Saying that don't some decent amps have pretty awesome power requirements, my NAD 320BBE had some sort of dynamic power supply thing so that for certain sounds or whatever it could draw more power.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:12

Vasquez said:
So how do these make a difference in a DIGITAL system?

Only parts of a whole system are digital (not that the audio jewelry isn't bull****)

Vasquez · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:16

wush said:
Only parts of a whole system are digital (not that the audio jewelry isn't bull****)

True, but it gets changed from an ac signal to a dc one so the whole thing is really reliant on how good the converter is. I guess thats what I meant.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:25

Lol, £7.5k and they don't even bother giving you an adaptor to use it.

Jingo... · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:31

sounds like an excellent cover for money laundering!

Westwood · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:33

Looks like it might double as a good bike lock as an added bonus.

Mark A · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:34

I bet it would make a decent brew if used with a kettle.

Tombo · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:35

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Lol, £7.5k and they don't even bother giving you an adaptor to use it.

That's £3000 extra.

Cosimo · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:35

Sounds like a bargain, must ask the wife if she will buy me one for Christmas.

Raymond Lin · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:37

This is nothing new, Nordost Vanhalla IC is around £2k for about 0.6 meters.

HiFi is full of this kind of stuff, the people who uses it claims they can hear a difference, it's their money and their funeral.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:37

Mark A said:
I bet it would make a decent brew if used with a kettle.

They had a wholesale order to the Carlsberg canteen

Sawell · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:48

For that kind of money he'd probably be a lot better off buying executive seats to all of his favorite band's gigs. That's real music, and that's the only thing worth paying good money for.

Snograt · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:51

Über-audiophiles are only scamming themselves.

When you start dabbling with thousand-quid leads, power or otherwise, we're talking microscopic differences in audio. If these guys think their ears are superior to our standard human issue and can actually tell the difference - they're deluded.

Magick has it right - Emperor's New Clothes.