Dear Thad, if the petrol engine manufacturer claims that it can run on any liquid, I will definitely fill it with water, maybe different flavours as well to find out what gives the best mileage....
So we should look to the claims made by Cisco, Belden, etc, etc, etc as to what networking equipment and cables do and how their best performance can be achieved
not some scamsters who have jumped on the bandwagon of the consumer audiophile cables and peripherals market.
In this case, Jplay are making a claim which Mazher can vouch for
In this case, no he isn't making any claims about the Jplay cable: he's asking about it. He
has made claims that the Jplay 2-pc setup which he is using is a superior PC-audio setup. I have my doubts, but I am not arguing it because I don't use Windows and so will never be a potential Jplay user. Doubts is one thing, recognising the impossible is absolutely another.
...If you disaprove, then please conduct the experiment for the benefit of the forum members and for yourself and let us know what you find....
Notwithstanding the above, JPlay were never previously on my list of companies to avoid because they lie about at least some of their products. Now they are. Except that, in the link Bhagwan gave, there actually very few "claims," just a few statements (like, hey, it's 1m long!!!) and they seem to be relying on the aura of the price tag.
The Dark Ages are behind us and let us not try and behave like the the Vatican....Till 1903, it was stupid to suggest that man can fly and cross oceans but .......
I think you jumped in it with both feet there
Dark ages? It is the
"audiophile" community that has reduced this business to one of faith and superstition.
Till 1903, it was stupid to suggest...
Till 1973, it was probably stupid to to suggest that data could fly between two computers along a network cable. That was forty years ago. The equipment and cables have been through generation after generation. The technology continues to evolve. How much do you think Audioquest, Jplay and all the others are going to contribute?
It is never impossible for step forward in technology to be made by a guy in a shed, but the people we are talking about here do not make steps forward in technology, they ask,
"What would our market like to see?" And they answer, for instance,
silver or silver-plate, oxygen-free, teflon, directional, fancy appearance, fancy connectors, high prices. Fall for it if
you want!
And nobody here
should need reminding that there are many, many reasons, quite apart from the straightforward and obvious one that something
is different, why we
hear things as different. Sadly, though, many "audiophiles" apply the same standards to their own testing as they do to the vendors whose claims and products they lap up.
I said this only a couple of weeks back: the most important interconnect of all is the human mind. It is also possibly the most interesting. It would make a much better topic of conversation than spurious cable claims. It is also, potentially, one of the most expensive, as we have to be prepared to have it cost us some of our ego.
Ethan Winer (paraphrased) talking about audio myths, hearing, etc, to audio pros: "Who amongst us has not, at least once in our working lives, made that final tweak that made a mix just perfect --- only to find that they were moving the wrong slider." Yes, pros are not immune. But
it's different for audiophiles, right?
What the audiophile community needs is more "Doh!" moments!
