Are you ready for a £7500 kettle lead?

If I was at home I'd make my own right now and photograph it...

Wrap a kettle lead in tin foil and earth it off both ends (chassis and to plug) :p Uber shielding for pennies! (or if you want to be pedantic, cut off the outside insulator and wrap the live and neutral individually for the deluxe version) :D
 
Trixxy said:
heh, I was thinking the same thing while reading the thread (although I'd lower that figure to around £100). :)
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Thing is an expensive Rolex watch carries some real status in the world and also attract the attention of the oppoesite sex.

Buying a cable like the one above says you'r a complete fool.
 
I'm going to play devil's advocate -

Yes it is silly money, and it won't directly improve the quality of your sound - but if you were building a top-end digital recording studio and wanted shielded cables that didn't detract from the quality of inputs / outputs from other equipment, might you consider these?

Ok the answer is probably still no but :D
 
caff said:
I'm going to play devil's advocate -

Yes it is silly money, and it won't directly improve the quality of your sound - but if you were building a top-end digital recording studio and wanted shielded cables that didn't detract from the quality of inputs / outputs from other equipment, might you consider these?

Ok the answer is probably still no but :D
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Yeah the answer is defintely no. Most people in pro audio laugh at audiophiles spending silly money on cables like this. Goto a pro-audio forum like http://www.gearslutz.com/board/ and check some of the cable threads there. You'd be suprised how little top studios spend on there cables.
 
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I like the way the pretentious knob from the Hifi mag says it's done wonders for his system and brought about world peace etc etc... Is there a review that backs this up with scientific analysis, spectrum analyser results and the like rather than just what some foppish, effusive, corrupt reviewer says?
 
Solari said:
I like the way the pretentious knob from the Hifi mag says it's done wonders for his system and brought about world peace etc etc... Is there a review that backs this up with scientific analysis, spectrum analyser results and the like rather than just what some foppish, effusive, corrupt reviewer says?
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Forget scientific explanation, blind tests are the only way to actually prove any of this.
 
Skyfall said:
Forget scientific explanation, blind tests are the only way to actually prove any of this.
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As if you'll get one of those done properly and honestly by a top end hi-fi mag ;)

Agreed though - they did one a while ago on TV where they had 2 bits of high end hi-fi kit playing recordings, and then Bryn Terfel actually singing. Was interesting to watch.
 
Solari said:
I like the way the pretentious knob from the Hifi mag says it's done wonders for his system and brought about world peace etc etc... Is there a review that backs this up with scientific analysis, spectrum analyser results and the like rather than just what some foppish, effusive, corrupt reviewer says?
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some magazines provide some kind of measurement for things like amplifier THD, but even so a lot of the time it's meaningless.

www.theaudiocritic.com is about the only hi-fi review site with any credibility. Word of warning though, it's a bit extreme for most hi-fi "purists" ;)
 
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