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2 Comments- Add comment | Back to Personal Blog Written on 17-Mar-2008 by asqui(@0x128).jpg)
Someone was running blind tests with their audiophile buddies, comparing super-duper speaker cables "Monster Ultra Series THX 1000 Audio Interconnects" against plain old copper wire. Unbeknownst to the (blindfolded) participants he actually swapped out the plain-old-copper cable with, now get this, coat-hanger wire. So the participants were trying to differentiate £60 "Monster Ultra" cables from a pair of coat hangers...
Nobody could tell the difference.
I think we have uncovered fancy speaker cables as yet another form of "idiot-tax".
Ah, and they are planning to re-do the experiment with double-blind lab tests, just to make sure.
(Via Consumerist)
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written on 17-Mar-2008
chickerino says:
Perhaps it was one of these:
http://www.goldjewelryontheweb.com/NoFrame/it ... .html
Damn internet - I couldn't find actual gold coat hangers, though I'm sure they probably do exist.(@16x16C).jpg)
written on 19-Mar-2008
Steph Yates says:
Since when did you have an Merc? What happened to the TT? I'm sorry about your car troubles.
PS. Did you ever get my email, because you're really quite good at replying to them in good time, whereas I am apparently rubbish!
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