This thread's a little slow
would you like me to explain why it doesn't matter how much money you spend on cables for hifi/TV applications, to keep us all going whilst we wait for it to pick up?
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:08, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

My friend spent £200 on the cable that connects his £1500 CD Player to his £1500 amplifier
They in turn are connected to his floor standing speakers which cost £800 per speaker.

The speakers sit behind a small coffee table on one side and his sofa on the other.

I didn't have the heart to tell him what a silly sausage he was being.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:12, Reply)

My front left and front right speakers are sitting on the shelves of a couple of MDF bookcases
and my sub's on carpet, not slate.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:14, Reply)

At a party at uni someone pushed in my tweeter
I was pretty angry and made this clear, no one fessed up.

8 years later my now wife confessed saying she had been to scared to admit previously
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:18, Reply)

I did that on one of my B&Ws
I sucked it back out again with a hoover.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Tried and failed

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Does the company make spares?
Tweeters usually screw in and if you take out the driver you should just be able to get your hand in and swap it out.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Probably, however it was my 18th birthday present so is 11 years old now
It is a Denon mini system with blue lights up the sides and I loved it more than life itself for many years.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:29, Reply)

If it's a Denon, you might be surprised.
Give them a call.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

maybe I will...I wonder if i should replace the mini disc section as well?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:34, Reply)

Oh yeah, there is no way those babies are going to become obsolete.
They'll outlast the DVD for sure.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Oh Al, you scamp.

( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:41, Reply)

I once spent nearly 200 pounds on a seperates minidisc player and recorder.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:43, Reply)

I look on it as a learning curve.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:43, Reply)

god how could you put how much it cost you on here?
you tacky, shallow slut.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:47, Reply)

This is just getting a bit sad.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:51, Reply)

oh sorry
but i thought you LIKED repeating the same old thing ad nauseam?

am i doing it wrong?

do i need to wait for another thread and then link to it again, would that be more al-esque?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:56, Reply)

As in replace it with an Ipod dock or hard drive player if they make one, smart arse

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Oh right, yeah, that's a good idea.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:54, Reply)

yes

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:14, Reply)

You're only saying that because you think it might wind up Al.
Naughty Bobby.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:15, Reply)

For analogue connections it does make a difference
but again, once you're past a certain threshold you would really struggle to notice the difference.

If you made up your interconnects with bell wire, then it won't sound as good as a decent copper wire wit gold plugs. But anything costing more than about 15-20 quid is just a waste.

Obviously with digital connections if it works, then it works, and above that there is no difference.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Some of the cables I've seen in places like Richer Sounds have made me choke with rage.
Like having plastic inserts in the middle of the cable, with copper wire around it. Or silver coating. Both of which would only ever make the copper less conductive.

But the topper, the absolute cherry, was seeing one HDMI cable at 60 quid (which in itself is outrageous) and then a nearly identical cable next to it for £100. The difference? The £100 cable had "3D ready" stamped on the packaging.

3D fucking ready. Unlike every other HDMI cable, of course.

In fact, with the right plugs, you could send HD signals down fucking powerflex.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Don't Google BMI's Oceanic "Statement" power cable then.
Yes, power cable. It'll give you an infarction.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Is that the power cable which prevents interference
in the same way which a transistor does?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

you are so lucky monty isn't here to see that
how waterproof are your trousers anyway?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

You wait, I'm going to explain the difference
between horsepower and torque in the next thread.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:27, Reply)

i love it when you torque dirty to me, baby

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

I find this concept very hard to understand
Actually that's not true, torque is straightforward, power I can manage, it's really their interaction that confuses.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:32, Reply)

oh come on
mine was better!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:33, Reply)

no, genuinely interested.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Basically it all comes down to electricity.
Copper's the best conductor and so all cable that transmits electricity is made from de-oxidised copper. Power cord, speaker cable, USB cables, HDMI cables, EVERYTHING.

The only things that make any kind of difference is how well the plugs are made and how thick the cable is. This is purely for bandwidth.

You can get decent build quality for about 20 quid. Anything else is purely don to companies playing us for mugs.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

cannot wait to regurgitate this to my gimpy seperates mate.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Like Al said above, check out their HDMI interconnects
if they're anything other than the standard ones that came with the telly, or whatever, then they're wasting money and receiving no benefit. The defining feature of digital is that it's on or it's off. It works, or it doesn't. There is zero benefit in spending money on HDMI cables.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:01, Reply)