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?

I generally find audiophiles to be a pretentious bunch, so this sounds about right.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    8 days ago

    At a certain point, your sound quality is going to more affected by the placement of your furniture over any real and perceived improvement in audio equipment. It’s like g*mers who splurge on some graphics card and gaming monitor but completely cheap out on the cable.