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

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 8 days ago

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

thenewred@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

Fun experiment but not terribly surprising once you think about it. A signal is a signal, not matter what medium it passes through. If it’s not distorted and no additional noise is introduced, it should be indistinguishable.

The bigger impact would be from anything that interprets the signal, like and processing/crossover/speaker output.

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

[Article] 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