Fool! Those cables aren't even shielded from electromagnetic radiation! I can literally hear the cosmic background noise of the universe it's so bad.
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Sir, this is an S/PDIF cable.
You laugh, but I once had a Future Shop employee try to sell me an expensive toslink cable by saying it had electromagnetic shielding. I replied that it's light, for him to say that emp affect light. I laughed in his face, leaving with the cheap one.
It has benefits like being more oxygen resistant and with this having more often a clean touch with the device you plug it into.
That is true, but what a lot of people miss is the next part. Gold covered cables were better, before we created modern alloys. Now that cheap cable with a copper connector will tarnish slower than the gold cable.
Tinned copper, I believe.
Gold is non reactive. Gold plating still makes sense for analog cables, but not with digital ones.
With digital, the receiver is able to filter out the noise that a dirty connection might have. It will either work or not and it takes a long time for a moderately well made cable to get dirty enough with regular use to fail.
The meme should have been those 2k diamond hdmi cables or even the monster brand ones.
For anyone learning in this thread, that's not to say all HDMI cables are created equal.
You want to make sure the HDMI you get has enough bandwidth to push the amount of data you will need. The HDMI that came with your Xbox 360 will hold back the capabilities of your new PS5.
Additionally, some HDMI cables are cheaply made and the signal isn't maintained in every instance like it should be. LTT tested several to show how they differ.
Yes. There are different specs of hdmi today. Same with how cat5 and cat6 ethernet cable are interlopable, but cat5 will bottleneck equipment designed for cat6. Things like more consistent quality control, wire gauge, or twist angle effect bandwidth.
I haven't noticed any tarnishing on any gold contacts I've had. But if the more more modern alternatives are at least as good but also cheaper less environmentally friendly, I'd love to know more so I know what to keep an eye out for in the future!
For the ultimate bullshit factor you need gold plated digital cables.
No shielded gold plated optical cables?
What about these directional ethernet cables?
Just checked the cable prices as the article is from 2015.
So, the top of the line RJ45 12m cable is ... 13k€
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Can I put gold foil on my bluetooth headphones to improve the audio quality?
It's not complete bullshit. Corrosion on an HDMI cable will mess it up in interesting ways. I use them way too much, in less than ideal conditions though.
Any corrosion resistant coating will work however, gold is just the most well known. Unfortunately, a lot of Chinese suppliers seem to drop even that, in the name of cost savings.
Gold analog cables is certainly better than their cheaper counterpart because the connector is less likely to corrode and would maintain perfect contact after repeated connect/disconnect cycles. Gold HDMI cables however is complete scam.
The thing is: For most people and situations cables never corrode so badly that somebody would hear any difference.
They look higher quality that means they are higher quality
Have we forgotten the cryogenically treated cables?
I haven't ever heard of it. I'm in disbelief and shock that was a thing.
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I feel it so hard…
Nah, you need carbon cables... As anlog interlink, no change what so ever, as digital interlinks the bass seems smoother. (can't even think of a theory that fits there, but I'll take it)
Aren't those crystals fluorite? You can brush your teeth with them or something.
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