PoloMint
Super Minty Mod
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- Fife, Scotland
I just bought a cable to connect my mp3 player to my (new) amp and speakers.
It's becoming harder and harder to buy a normal, non gold plated or heavily shielded cable nowadays, which can cost a small fortune.
I must admit that I went for one of these gold plated and shielded ones - a Phillips one from eBay (£4) but this will retail for much more on the high street.
Anyway I unscrewed one end and the inner cables look very like those inside the plain black cables that everyone seemed to use until a few years ago, except this one is covered in wire mesh and thick plastic (making it look even thicker) and has a splash of gold on the ends.
I'm not disappointed, had I carried on using an old one I would always have wondered if a more expensive one would sound better, and I know this is a controversial topic on AV forums. As for the sound - well it sounds good, but so too might an ordinary one...
I can't help thinking this is just a trend that people are getting carried away with, with things like gold plated USB cables helping confirm my suspicion that it's all marketing hype - or am I being over sceptictal?
It's becoming harder and harder to buy a normal, non gold plated or heavily shielded cable nowadays, which can cost a small fortune.
I must admit that I went for one of these gold plated and shielded ones - a Phillips one from eBay (£4) but this will retail for much more on the high street.
Anyway I unscrewed one end and the inner cables look very like those inside the plain black cables that everyone seemed to use until a few years ago, except this one is covered in wire mesh and thick plastic (making it look even thicker) and has a splash of gold on the ends.
I'm not disappointed, had I carried on using an old one I would always have wondered if a more expensive one would sound better, and I know this is a controversial topic on AV forums. As for the sound - well it sounds good, but so too might an ordinary one...
I can't help thinking this is just a trend that people are getting carried away with, with things like gold plated USB cables helping confirm my suspicion that it's all marketing hype - or am I being over sceptictal?