https://stackoverflow.com/questions/618 ... deo-streampljones wrote: ↑Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:17 am It depends on your definition of sanity. If sanity means the data must arrive and it must arrive in order and error free, then a protocol that allows for transmission errors is the only sane option. Where there's no need to worry about delay -- like in receiving video over a distance, where a few seconds almost certainly isn't an issue -- then a protocol like TCP seems to make far more sense than an insanely expensive cable.
Yup, your $700 cables are BS
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- KVRAF
- 1702 posts since 26 Feb, 2008
Snare drums samples: the new and improved "dither algo"
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- 4851 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Stockholm, Sweden
Back in the late 80s, early 90s my dad used to wait until a movie started before he would go around the back of the TV and fiddle around with his custom-made coat-hanger antenna for 30 mins before he got a half decent picture but by then we had lost the will to live never mind watch a movie.
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- 4851 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Stockholm, Sweden
This is the audio version of a Nigerian email scam. These people should be in jail.Michael L wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:17 pmPurist Audio Design sells a 1.5m cable for $25,000. They have been in business for 30 years
https://www.thecableco.com/purist_audio_design.html
Its worth a visit to an audiophile shop - another world!
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- 105878 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
if im going to kidnap and torture a target, i like a cable i can rely on to tie them up.
i use monster cables (tm) when i want to be the monster!
i use monster cables (tm) when i want to be the monster!
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- 7137 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
Lots of really bad replies in that thread. Any comment relating to multicast is irrelevant in the point to point cable (in-house box to box) case, of course. All we're aiming for here is a lossless (to beat the copper at its own game) transmission in a reasonable time yet at a reasonable cost (rather than an insane cable price). (Of course, if the data format fits UDP with application layer packet recovery better than TCP with protocol layer recovery, it might work better that way. Of course, other protocols are also available... spin your own if needed and you want to save the $$$ on the copper...). And, if you'll allow some signal degradation, in-house lossy-ness may be so low "lossy" UDP's fine (cheap CAT5 goes a long way...).rifftrax wrote: ↑Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:18 pmhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/618 ... deo-streampljones wrote: ↑Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:17 am It depends on your definition of sanity. If sanity means the data must arrive and it must arrive in order and error free, then a protocol that allows for transmission errors is the only sane option. Where there's no need to worry about delay -- like in receiving video over a distance, where a few seconds almost certainly isn't an issue -- then a protocol like TCP seems to make far more sense than an insanely expensive cable.
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- 1583 posts since 19 Aug, 2011
So, nothing.
As I knew.
This is like discussing UFOs, where all the collected evidence ever produced leads to only one conclusion - there are no alien UFOs.
As I knew.
This is like discussing UFOs, where all the collected evidence ever produced leads to only one conclusion - there are no alien UFOs.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function | http://soundcloud.com/bmoorebeats
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- 9577 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
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- KVRian
- 1149 posts since 18 Nov, 2004
Not being any kind of electronic engineer I would be asking what on earth kind of recording is so utterly flawless that its reproduction at home could possibly warrant this sort of expense for the listener?
(BTW, just for clarity's sake, who are the engineers here? It will help my meagre mind evaluate the posters arguments)
(BTW, just for clarity's sake, who are the engineers here? It will help my meagre mind evaluate the posters arguments)
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- 40265 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
The world’s most expensive shoe lace is made of gold and costs $19,000
http://luxurylaunches.com/fashion/the_w ... _19000.php
I underestimated the price a small bit.
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- 9577 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
Online available in goldAloysius wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:02 amThe world’s most expensive shoe lace is made of gold and costs $19,000
http://luxurylaunches.com/fashion/the_w ... _19000.php
I underestimated the price a small bit.
Amazon: why not use an alternative
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 17 Sep, 2002
Placebo has been studied extensively and is powerful enough to treat some illnesses and various ailments. Surely it's powerful enough to make music sound slightly better, too?
Cognitive biases shape our very perception of the world. If you like your premium cables, and they heighten your appreciation of music, who are we to rain on that parade?
I mean, it seems harmless. If you can afford to comfortably spend 700 on a cable, I don't really see how that hurts anyone involved.
Cognitive biases shape our very perception of the world. If you like your premium cables, and they heighten your appreciation of music, who are we to rain on that parade?
I mean, it seems harmless. If you can afford to comfortably spend 700 on a cable, I don't really see how that hurts anyone involved.
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- 40265 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
Many people have tweaked the EQ on a desk and thought the sound was improving until the realized that the EQ section was actually turned off.
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- KVRAF
- 4007 posts since 8 Jan, 2005 from Hamilton, New Zealand
Because it takes money away from the money they could be spending on homeopathy.funky lime wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:33 am Placebo has been studied extensively and is powerful enough to treat some illnesses and various ailments. Surely it's powerful enough to make music sound slightly better, too?
Cognitive biases shape our very perception of the world. If you like your premium cables, and they heighten your appreciation of music, who are we to rain on that parade?
I mean, it seems harmless. If you can afford to comfortably spend 700 on a cable, I don't really see how that hurts anyone involved.
I make music: progressive-acoustic | electronica/game-soundtrack work | progressive alt-metal
Win 10/11 Simplifier | Also, Specialized C++ containers
Win 10/11 Simplifier | Also, Specialized C++ containers
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 17 Sep, 2002
https://cdvsmp3.wordpress.com/cd-vs-itu ... t-results/
Not cable related, but here's an interesting study which suggests even hardcore music enthusiasts with high end equipment generally can't reliably tell the difference beteeen uncompressed audio and a well-designed lossy compression codec.
Not cable related, but here's an interesting study which suggests even hardcore music enthusiasts with high end equipment generally can't reliably tell the difference beteeen uncompressed audio and a well-designed lossy compression codec.