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muelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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muelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago
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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator
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Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?
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    But did they use oxygen-free copper (OFC) wire? Because otherwise the results are skewed as regular copper sounds just as bad as a banana stuck in wet mud.

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      i’m into oxygen free listening lately

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      Nah, they used oxygen-free bananas though.

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