Yes it's a SCAM. Level 1 cables, ok why not if they look pretty and measure well. The other levels, or "upgrades", no one on earth has been able to demonstrate improved electrical characteristics and better sonics.
At the price point, it is not only a scam but is also a tacky way to make money and nothing to be proud of. Cable makers sell false solutions to problems that do not even exist in the audio world. While they are laughing their way to the bank, I could not live with myself selling lies. |
Peanut butter claims are just not comparable to audio cable claims.
Stores' private label peanut butter is generally produced by a well-known manufacturer and there's no claim on either side of "being better than". There's a claim of being cheaper though, something that is verifiable and hard to argue against.
Jif has never tried to fool anyone by selling something as peanut butter in a jar when it is not.
In the case of a boutique cable product lines, there's a claim of non-demonstrable audible superiority and an upgrade path based on solutions to problems that are irrelevant in hifi. This is not bias, this is scientific fact.
A blatant example is jumpers. Or the infamous 72V DBS system.
Knowingly selling something for what it is not is a scam in my book. It's cheating.
If they were claiming "our cable comes in colors of your choice and is bigger than brand X, so that your hifi gear can look better and make you feel better about how it sounds", then we would have an honest proposition: real features and real benefits that may apply to you.
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Well I have to agree: my opinion is not scientific fact. really, I had no idea. The new Reduced Dislocation Density (RDD™) Wire provides: - An increased sense of volume
- More "real" sounding midrange
- Less grain noise
- Even smoother highs (like driving on a newly blacktopped road)
- More bass and better bass articulation
- More exciting and involving
More bass and less grain noise? How can this happen, they have been able to reduce resistance? Decrease inductance, or both? How did they find out there’s more bass? With every upgrades, there’s more bass. And lots of it for the dollar. Really, it's a bargain. trust me. |
You just got copper and a larger gauge. You could have done with less $$$.
Now, bypass the fuse on your planar, it's free, and you will get even more impressive improvement. |
I agree that anticables produce quality products. No one argues against the quality. In terms of electrical performance, they are probably coming close to a $1 a foot belden or canare, and they are a very nice touch on equipment.
The high value is in cosmetics, not electrical performance. I wouldn't criticise the business if they were sold like jewelry, a better looking product. |
The narrow minded quits reading after the 1st paragraph, shutting down as soon as he/she reads a statement that contradicts his/her unshakeable belief. The open minded reads through the entire article and challenge the proposition. Me too, i have had a very hard time when i heard someone affirmed for the first time that santa clause was only real in children's imagination. |
Happy fish swimming down the river loves to jump. Electrons are just the same. Why restraining this happy energy in one single strand? |
MIT audience or synergistic may not be good enough for a comparison against anticable. A belden speaker cable should be used as a benchmark. If there's one company that knows about conductivity without a doubt it's belden.
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Let's keep it real. The audio cable makers sell their product like bernie madoff sold his investment securities.
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Ok then, you have it: a cryod belden, and i add a couple duracell batteries on top and we are in agreement, $1 per foot belden is good enough! |
not so absurd. When you see the claims made on cables, they are about as dishonest as madoff's returns promesses. Plus, some well-known old timer honest and highly respected cable makers will tell you that you hit zero sonic improvement very soon after the base model. Just search the web before investing $500+ on a pair of interconnects, you might save yourself enough money for a nice something you or your loved one would like to have.
Let's believe and accept science, shall we? |
not at all. the 30-day money back guarantee is built-in the price many folds. Some will return, some not. Again, they are not bad cables. They are very good cables. Nothing wrong can be found with their sound. |
Yes I can, but no, you do the search. |
Good lord, jaybe, i was just kidding you, and now you tell me my hearing isn't right!
But to be honest with you, i am not surprised at all and i agree with you that they are not that great... i tried to stay polite, but sometimes by trying to do complicated you get worse results...
Have you found any reputable, honest cable manufacturer, or recording engineer, or speaker designer that will tell you that you hit the ceiling in performance really quickly after fundamentals have been met with cables?
I have some links that will surprise you! |
You would be triply happy with same gauge cables sounding as good and costing 10 times less. Just a thought.
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Wrong. It's people buying super sonic cables who don't know what they're getting.
Bottom line is it's not a scam, it is a robbery.
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i can’t imagine being ugly when selling these products at those prices. I would be nice too.
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