$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15 - Gizmodo Comments

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

HeartBurnKid — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:29:19 EDT

@Virtual_Dynamics: Bullshit. The claims of audio cable manufacturers are already specious enough, but you are not going to sit here and claim that your power cable can somehow improve audio. If you really think it can, James Randi has a cool million waiting for you.

HeartBurnKid

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Petezah — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:03:02 EDT

Speaking of gold connectors, these types of cables always crack me up the most: [www.amazon.com]

Petezah

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Egeste — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:06:03 EDT

@thejackamo: Well done, sir.

Egeste

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

tuckerch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:32:53 EDT

"This makes audiophiles seem like complete morons."

SEEM?

tuckerch

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Xenocide — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:59 EDT

@frigg: Couldn't agree more. As long as the cable can deliver the voltage from the wall to the equipment without significant loss then it has zero impact on quality. All AC voltage is transformed into lower voltage DC inside the power supply of electronics. Good electronics will regulate this voltage to within measurable tolerances of the system. The only usefull upgrade to a power cable is a fuse!

Xenocide

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

frigg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:27:54 EDT

@Virtual_Dynamics:

"As the inventors of this unique technology we were quite pleased to see the interest here at Gizmodo and thought we should shed a little light."

As an Amish person (Mennonite, actually), I thought I should shed a little light as well.

PEOPLE: THIS IS A TOTAL RIP-OFF. IT'S WORSE THAN PEAR AUDIO CABLES BECAUSE THE AUDIO SIGNAL DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE ELECTRIC CORD.

Yes, power influences audio quality, but is determined at the source (what comes out of the wall or from some sort of power conditioner) and by the power supply and other components inside a piece of equipment. But the simple cord that transports power from the wall to your equipment is as inconsequential to the sound as is a sticker with the company logo on the box. "Replace this sticker and get better sound" would be just as valid a claim.

Cords that come with equipment meet a certain spec, and no cord from any 3rd party that is any more expensive will make any bit of difference to the function or sound of the device. None. Again, no audio goes through this cable, it merely connects power from the wall to the electrical carnival inside the device itself. The equipment matters, the power source matters, but the cord doesn't.

frigg

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Gizmo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:02:11 EDT

If blending is the ultimate test of product toughness, I propose a naming and shaming blog that shows allegedly rugged or overpriced gear get destroyed by kittens and puppies.

Gizmo

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

davekaybsc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:37:16 EDT

@logruszed:

Unlike VD's Power 3, some high end power cords out there really are very well built with high quality components and can make big improvements in sound quality, *if you've got the system*. If you're speakers cost less than at least $2K, don't waste your time with power cords, they won't make any difference.

davekaybsc

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Valicious — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:43:09 EDT

Placebo is a quality defiantly.
what an ongoing issue, first we pick my speakers with an amp and this guy borrowing them sais "your lamp cable is bad for the speakers" then my friend buys a cable for his HDMI dvd , an optical cable , the clerk tells him don't use for audio use for DVD , improve quality,(trying russian bosko accent) .. no optical plug in the pioneer dvd player even :0.

Valicious

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

fluf — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:25:54 EDT

No power cable is gonna stop a a rectifier circuit transformer from humming. This makes audiophiles seem like complete morons.

fluf

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Hello_Newman — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:37:39 EDT

This is marketing folks, it's not making a better product, it's convincing people that you're piece of crap is worth a lot more than competing pieces of crap. I laugh at the people playing 128kb sampled MP3's on $500 worth of premium cables to get better sound quality.

Hello_Newman

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

jamesuschrist — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:12:40 EDT

You know, I'm thinking that if you wanted some quality power going to your audio coponents, you'd invest in a good UPS capable of dealing with under-voltage and over-voltage. It would probably also help if it said UPS is capable of shaping the AC current to be as close to a sine wave as possible (forgot the technical term there...) I don't see any pros for replacing the power cable on the other hand...I doubt the manufacturer used conductors that aren't large enough. If they did, the cable would get warm under load.

jamesuschrist

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Sora57 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:53:29 EDT

My cat is an audiophile. I can't tell the difference between a $30 cable and a $200 cable, but he can. So I told him if I bought the $200 cable he wouldn't eat for a week-- and then suddenly he was fine with the $30 cable idea. He hasn't chewed through them at all, although he puked on them a couple of times. (He claimed it was hairballs but I knew he really wanted the better cables and was sending me a message.) Looks just like that cat, too.

I'd get rid of him but he's so cute and can solder my XLR cables better than anyone.

Sora57

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

studio.tech — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:42:58 EDT

it always sounds better if you are the one spending the cash
Psycho-Acoustics play a big part in this
and if it make you fell better spending $300 on a power cable or $1000 on speaker cable god bless ya some people have more cash than sense
I hear Purple smells good.... But I think that purple tastes like chicken

studio.tech

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

frndlybnny — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:28:56 EDT

Dis caybul haz a flavr: it tayst liek rip-off.

frndlybnny

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

WallStSk8r — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:10:45 EDT

Cables play a huge role in high resolution systems. Call me an idiot for spending $1000 on speaker cable if you'd like. You haters could hear the difference if only you could afford to.

WallStSk8r

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

aboriginal — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:08:53 EDT

'bout sometime someone called out these assholes on this shite. I know from retail markup and what they charge wholesale to retail is margin in-fucking-sanity. Things that are overpriced in the consumer market place: watches; eyewear; audio/video cables. BS, baby.

aboriginal

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

cmowire — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:25:29 EDT

You know, I could see spending extra for some really good cables.

But I don't think my definition of "really good cables" is going to have much in common with the audiophiles.

I'm thinking of fairly thick insulator with a kitten-proof and kid-proof armor on the outside. I'm thinking of cable management features like an integral set of hooks to bundle up the extra cable from either side (machine-side or wall-side). And I'm thinking of the connectors being designed such that the plug on the end has significant structural reserve beyond the fairly rational yank-force on the cable, such that when you yank things by accident, the connector slides out of the socket before it knocks your gear on the floor and breaks it and no matter how many times you yank it out by the cord, it'll still work.

But, clearly, salespeople who are expert at selling crap for thousands are cheaper than industrial designers who can design a nice ergonomic cable.

cmowire

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

strider_mt2k — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:32:30 EDT

My kitty has been chewing cables for 15 years.
We still have to watch that stuff when I'm building a project.

I think it goes back to him seeing me strip wires with my teeth...

strider_mt2k

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

ithcy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:57:40 EDT

The funniest part about these posts is watching for the closet audiophiles to pop out and start getting all defensive. Nobody ever comes right out and says "Yes, I am an idiot for paying $250* for a speaker wire", but there's always a bit of "THAT guy in the article is an idiot but I paid only paid $250 for my speaker wire and it was a brilliant move because because blah blah blah sniff maybe YOU can't (hear the difference/afford it**) but I can" etc. Audiophiles, thank you for being hilarious.

*I realize that $250 is in the very low end of foolish speaker wire purchases. I only use that number because it's still ridiculous and someone in these comments actually admitted to paying that much.

**Believe me, I could.

ithcy

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

hanswurst0815 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:48:49 EDT

@nobodyzhome: Three hours ago, bobman1235 wrote that the guy paid only 20 dollars. Read the comments before you write your own.

hanswurst0815

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

scarbrtj — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:46:13 EDT

Shunyata!

Seriously, there are power cables which art called "Yata." You should shun them.

Shunyata!

scarbrtj

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

redman042 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:44:34 EDT

@Diznario: Yeah but why do you even need that? Just plug in your components with the cable it came with. Why does better build quality matter for something like this? It's not like it's outside in the elements or subject to movement and stress. It's just friggin sitting there?

redman042

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

ccouvillion — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:41:36 EDT

@hoofdpijn: Ahh, you assume too much. Apparently you can drop $50 on a receptacle that goes into the $10 of Romex that plugs into the $20 circuit breaker.

[www.psaudio.com]

ccouvillion

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

ccouvillion — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:34:25 EDT

Must... resist... urge... to... rip... off... gullible... audiophiles.

I worked with a guy who was an "audiophile", he told me about these bands you could buy to put on your CDs to stop light from the laser leaking out the edge of the CD. I tried to explain the concept of digital recordings to him, to no avail.

ccouvillion

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

RainyDayInterns — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:10:17 EDT

hmmm the $15 worth of parts probably cost $0.75 when purchased wholesale from the mfg in China.

So a 20x market up to $300 seems reasonable when everything is assembled.

RainyDayInterns

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

nobodyzhome — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:57:58 EDT

He should have bought a $20 cable and put the other $280 towards resurfacing those damn floors! How ya gonna treat wood floors like that?

nobodyzhome

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

chopstickhero — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:46:54 EDT

@wizzledizzle: I saw the owner and their shitty products at SEMA in Las Vegas (October 2007). For a company selling $7000 cables... their booth was really, really small and insignificant.

chopstickhero

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Diznario — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:41:13 EDT

Here's a legitimate high end power cable for comparison:

[www.psaudio.com]

These are about 1/3 the price, and 10 times the build quality...

Diznario

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

lafond66 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:39:51 EDT

@gamecrazychris: Tell me about it. A new charger from Verizon for my moto was 35 bucks. First time in my life I actually did a double take. They're out of their minds. And even better, something about those worthless chargers, a moto phone will say "unrecognized charger" and not charge if it's not authentic. I had to install custom drivers that only the Moto tech's are supposed to have so I could charge from my PC.

lafond66

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

gizOne — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:32:42 EDT

These cables just cost $30 US not $300. I got a set of them for 30$ over Christmas. Someone has an ax to grind I think.

gizOne

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

m4ximusprim3 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:19:48 EDT

@Ubik2501: I just want my biscuits to have a buttery crunchy crust.

m4ximusprim3

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

gamecrazychris — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:15:43 EDT

I feel ripped off to, my new puppy ate my only power cord for my cell phone. I figured it would be about $20 but when I walked into the sprint store it was $40 freaking dollars, and the car charger was $34. Dam, I can't wait to get out of my contract with those theives.

gamecrazychris

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

av8thor — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:01:01 EDT

@hoofdpijn:
Indeed. Or do $300 power cables also compensate for voltage drop and AC line noise induced by say, your oven being on, or your neighbor's hair dryer?

av8thor

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

dingus — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:50:42 EDT

@FlashTurbo: You've got it all wrong. You need to drop $3000 for a power conditioner for this to plug into. And a second $300 cable to go from the conditioner to the wall. And $100 feet to isolate the conditioner from vibrations. And cable stands so the power cables don't touch the floor. The stupidity can go on indefinitely.

dingus

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

gizOne — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:21:44 EDT

The cable cost him 30$ not 300$. I got one just like it for 30$. Someone has an ax to grind.

gizOne

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

FlashTurbo — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:16:19 EDT

"Nice threads your Imperial Highness."
"Doesn't the Emperor look smashing today."

Freakin' audiophiles hallucinating fly rags on naked assed emperors.

That jackass is not only naked, he's not a real emperor either.

FlashTurbo

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

hoofdpijn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:04:06 EDT

Does it ever occur to these guys that they're plugging a $300 (or more) power cord into a 47 cent home depot receptacle fed by $10 worth of romex from the breaker box?

hoofdpijn

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Virtual_Dynamics — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:00:00 EDT

*reformatted because it won't seem to post with the linking*

As the inventors of this unique technology we were quite pleased to see the interest here at Gizmodo and thought we should shed a little light. This "Cat tore up my Power 3" was started at head-fi.org. Reading through the entire thread you'll see that the author, in the end understood the value of this invention.

The invention in this cable is a unique process called dynamic filtering. You can learn about how this unique process works to lower distortion in electronics. We are currently undergoing a large test with the University of Toronto that we'll be posting publicly later this spring, shedding light on the technologies, and how and why they work.

There are also reviews of some of our more expensive cables on head-fi that you may find of interest.

Either way, we hope you take the time to learn about how these electronics work, particularly the problem of microphonics in audio cables and components.

Thanks,

the Virtual Dynamics Team

Virtual_Dynamics

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

shoelessone — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:57:26 EDT

God, I like quality sound, and good headphones, and I read head-fi, but I really hate Audiophiles.

shoelessone

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

HeartBurnKid — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:57:09 EDT

@IPT12AC3: This is mere par for the course in the audiophile market. High-end cables are snake oil for the home theater set.

HeartBurnKid

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

getz76 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:54:47 EDT

Caveat emptor.

I am a proponent of quality cables. Once you put "audiophile" in a description, the whole thing goes to hell.

Give me Canare cable with Neutrik connectors and I'll pay a fair price...

getz76

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

pompon2 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:51:51 EDT

@Navin R Johnson:

Power3 is at 99$ now.

I own Master 3.0 and Nite Platinum. They very good.

I tested 6 differents PC and they all have their sonority. Just doing the right match with your system.

For me, Master 3 on source and amp was a great upgrade. Worth the price IMO.

If you never heard any difference, probably you never tried a good PC. 8-)

pompon2

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

IPT12AC3 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:48:45 EDT

thats so wrong....! seriously someone needs to start a class action suit against this company for selling crappy wires for 300 bucks.. That does not live up to this advertisement... all they doing is ripping people's trust and money!!!

If you guys some how read this in some way

YOU GUYS ARE BASTARDS!

IPT12AC3

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

guyin916 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:47:08 EDT

is that what the cat did?

guyin916

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Poon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:41:30 EDT

Just goes to show that $300 power cords are for pussies.

Poon

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

wizzledizzle — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:39:29 EDT

Now we need someone to buy those $7000 dollar pear cables and see what is really inside.

wizzledizzle

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Camaro02 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:38:20 EDT

@sonicwind: I would never buy a cat. I found mine eating bird seed. And compared to my other habits/hobbies, the cat barely costs anything.

Camaro02

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Damage — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:37:52 EDT

@Ubik2501: You also forgot ear wax cleansing properties and a garlic/Parmesan crunchiness.

Toasty.

Damage

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

i4ni — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:37:31 EDT

I feel bad for the guy...

We live in a market of ripping off consumers, regardless of how much (or the lack thereof) restraint a person has.

I don't know... I'm just in a pissy mood today... But my mother tried to buy a laptop from Best Buy the other day and if she hadn't called me, she would have been ripped off for $300 worth of bloatware added to the laptop because they said it was "required."

For those of us "in the know" it's obvious not to buy $300 digital cables, because we know a digital signal is 0s and 1s...

i4ni

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

flyboy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:36:22 EDT

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flyboy

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

jmwindle — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:31:40 EDT

Someone tell me that these cables are NOT UL listed. I don't think that "hose" counts as a listed wireway. What a knob.

jmwindle

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Ubik2501 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:50 EDT

You're just preaching to the choir here, unfortunately. The real knobpolishing audiophiles refuse to acknowledge the validity of double-blind or empirical scientific testing, instead favoring the battle cry of "GOLDEN EARS, MAN!"

Wild guess: These cables help give the music a wider soundstage, warmer dynamics, and a crispy, buttery crust.

Ubik2501

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

sonicwind — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:18 EDT

Isn't anyone who buys a cat getting ripped off?

sonicwind

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

GrimaceXL — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:18:21 EDT

@logruszed: HAHA I second that.

GrimaceXL

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

pliSkiNAKE — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:09 EDT

@redman042:
It depends how you label it. (ie: i would leave out the wording of a smelly turd in the center of the cable)

pliSkiNAKE

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

techphett — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:00 EDT

I agree with Way. Virtual Dynamic's website and marketing are what sell this cable.

Read this: [www.virtualdynamics.ca]

It is as if they are screaming "We are ripping you off" to the customer in the advertisement itself. Straight from the Virtual Dynamics P3 power cable page:

"A growing trend in the audio industry is to price products outrageously high and then see what happens. Prestige established through price."

"Consider the following; if I take a bottle of wine and charge $10,000 for it, will that make the wine taste any better?"

"Our thinking is, instead of listening to our sales pitch, listen to your system with the Power Three installed."

"Can a $350 Power Cable out perform a cable costing $2,000 or more?"

They even say that they are not going to provide a sales pitch. I visited the site to see what claims they could be making about a POWER cable (audio cables are a different story although often overpriced). What did I find? No discussion of line noise, ground loops, or anything close (not that the cable would solve either in the first place to begin with).

Frucci said it all... deep down inside, you know.

Tech

techphett

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Virtual_Dynamics — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:53 EDT

"the author's final post" VV
[www.head-fi.org]

There are also reviews of some of our more expensive cables that you may find of interest.

[www.head-fi.org]

Thanks,

the Virtual Dynamics Team

Virtual_Dynamics

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

lilaliendog — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:08 EDT

damn im in the wrong business I need to sell me some cables

lilaliendog

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

aseriesoftubes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:08 EDT

Snake oil kitteh makes expensive power cablez.

aseriesoftubes

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

x23 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:23 EDT

@redman042:

At the same time, I spent $250 on Transparent Cable speaker wiring for my Monitor Audio and Speakercraft surrounds for this same theater , after comparing these cables to cheap Radio Shack wire. I did notice a difference.

really? dude... i know an easy way for you to earn yourself a coooool million bucks!

x23

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Navin R Johnson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:11 EDT

Who buys these over-priced cables?

Navin R Johnson

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

johnnyabnormal — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:14:00 EDT

@Camaro02: Try bitter apple spray, which you can pick up at almost any pet store. I have 2 cats and a puppy that won't touch my audio gear because it tastes so bad.

johnnyabnormal

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

frigg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:10:00 EDT

There is no bigger fraud in audio than these 3rd party power cables. There is absolutely zero benefit to using one of these over the one that comes with your component.

frigg

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Camaro02 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:09:20 EDT

@Ryanraven: I hear you, and if she would learn a lesson I would do it. Except she often forgets what the big furry thing that chases her every where... Well, when she finally catches it she learns quickly that it is in fact her tail. But only after she bites it.

Camaro02

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Mandatory_Field — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:09:17 EDT

@redman042: That depends: Are your turds "danceable"?

Mandatory_Field

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

sonicwind — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:08:39 EDT

I don't know, my cat can tell the difference in the sound. Maybe that cat was deaf.

sonicwind

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

undeadmachine — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:07:52 EDT

@redman042: you have the wrong idea...gold plated connectors would add value to your product, which goes against the high-end cable theory in every way.

undeadmachine

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

bmoctta — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:59:07 EDT

@TJ: Or steal his next idea.

bmoctta

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

drewheyman — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:52:22 EDT

I am glad a cat was able to help in audio testing and reverse engineering scenarios. if anyone needs cat assistance in the future, be sure to leave me a message.

drewheyman

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Ryanraven — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:51:39 EDT

My kitty ate our christmas tree lights last year. They gave her a good zap one time. it was hilarious. Get the thin cables so they can make contact with the current!

Ryanraven

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

redman042 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:48:55 EDT

@FightingChance: What you say about digital cables is TOTALLY true. It either works or it doesn't. Case in point... I bought a 50' HDMI cable for my front projection home theater. Paid about $80 at Fry's for it, for fifty feet. Works perfectly, and I'm sending 1080p over it from a PS3.

At the same time, I spent $250 on Transparent Cable speaker wiring for my Monitor Audio and Speakercraft surrounds for this same theater , after comparing these cables to cheap Radio Shack wire. I did notice a difference. But in comparison to many high end cables out there, I didn't spend all that much. It makes sense to spend a little more on analog cables, but you quickly get to a point of diminishing returns on these things. My local home theater installer was nice enough to loan me a length of the good stuff to try first.

redman042

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Way — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:48:49 EDT

Virtual Dynamics have a very basic website. Don't let that fool you. Somewhere behind that gray and gold layout lies a genious of advertising and marketing. $300 power cables do not sell themselves.

Way

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

FightingChance — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:40:46 EDT

@dhaberer: Partially; cables that carry digital information can indeed be bought without issue at the cheapest prices because 1's and 0's are very easy to transmit without error. Analog cables can influence quality by a small bit due to their construction, but no where near what high end cable makers would have you believe. Honestly, I like the better connectors, jackets, and workable copper in 'pricier' cabling versus Home Depot's bulk cable, but the price premium I'm willing to pay is very small.

FightingChance

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

tamoko — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:46 EDT

That's one bad ass cat... and he knows his cables.

tamoko

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Camaro02 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:16 EDT

The moment I saw the cat, I knew what happened. I am always trying to get mine to stop chewing on cables, certainly power cables. Every time I chase her away I think of how cute she was when she was a kitten playing with that ball of yarn. And then I think that getting her that yarn was a really bad idea!

Camaro02

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

logruszed — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:12 EDT

@styrofoam: Did P.T. Barnum write "People don't read the articles."?

logruszed

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

redman042 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:38:15 EDT

That's so funny that his cat had to give him an education on not getting ripped off. Good kitty!

I wonder... if I wrap one of my turds in shiny steel braiding and cap the ends with gold plated connectors, how much do you think I could get for it on ebay?

redman042

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

bobman1235 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:36:40 EDT

@styrofoam: @impliedsurprise: The original author didn't purchase the cable, but rather won them and paid only 20 bucks shipping. RTFA.

bobman1235

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

Geisrud — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:35:24 EDT

I don't care if they blend. But any tool who thinks they should buy these deserves to be blended.

Geisrud

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

styrofoam — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:34:46 EDT

The beautiful thing is that he apparently thought they were worth the $300, as he hadn't returned them. So PT Barnum continues to be correct.

styrofoam

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

impliedsurprise — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:33:37 EDT

Hahahaha! You spent $300 on a GARDEN HOSE!

impliedsurprise

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

dhaberer — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:33:14 EDT

well duh. this is why you never buy any cable from somewhere like best buy. they have nothing reasonably priced. my $10 hdmi cables still rock. Monster cable has a really good scam going on, almost as good as de beers with the diamond/rock industry.

dhaberer

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

James — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:31:49 EDT

Well, at least this story was from 2008 (02-05-2008), compared to the coat hanger audio cable story, which was mid 2004.

James

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

ninjagin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:31:34 EDT

Cats, having very fine hearing, would be the first to dismantle and analyze overpriced cables. Gray Tabby FTW!!

ninjagin

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

logruszed — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:31:11 EDT

The author refers to himself as a "proponent of high-end cords", which is silly because "knob" is much easier to spell and has the same meaning.

logruszed

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

TJ — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:31:07 EDT

Re-tard-ed. Honestly, I'd like to meet whoever came up with this and promptly kick him in the nuts.

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

jdgolden — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:29:03 EDT

Even the cat knows that cable was over priced.

jdgolden

$300 "Audiophile Grade" Power Cable is Really Worth $15

thejackamo — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:28:16 EDT

i can haz power cable?

thejackamo