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Audiophiles Can't Differentiate Audio Signals Sent Through Copper, Banana, and Mud in Blind Test (www.headphonesty.com)
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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 16 hours ago

Nonono, only literal pure gold will ever transmit sound acceptably. If your cables are light enough to still be picked up by humans, they dont contain enough gold.

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