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

muelltonne@feddit.org · 6 hours ago

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

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 1 hour ago

Additional trivia: The term “banana republic” originates from countries best known for exporting high-end audio equipment back in the day.

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 hour ago

“banana split” stems from a failed experiment where scientists tried to split audio frequencies by sticking the connectors into ice cream and running the audio through it

BanMe@lemmy.world · 55 minutes ago

And Bananarama was so named for their high-fidelity recordings which were performed, mixed, and recorded entirely on bananas.

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 1 hour ago

Yup. Failed spectacularly, which is why they went for mixing boards as a backup solution instead.

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

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

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