Is this not the advantage of an optical sound cable? A 10 foot cable is $8 on Amazon.
1.25% silver doesn't qualify as "solid" in my mind either.
1. The Audiophile market caters to people who spend money to signal the importance sound plays in their lives. An expensive cable provides value in that regard.
2. I know this is not the motivation, but sending analog audio signals over twisted pair network cables works really well. This is often referred to as “audio over Ethernet” and these cables might be technically better for that (and they might not).
3.People with significant wealth don’t see $500 as a lot of money.
4. An audio installer with cost plus for materials makes more money installing it and avoids “aren’t these cables better?” questions from discerning customers whose discernment is driven by advertising, marketing, and online enthusiast forums.
Or to put it way $500 is not a lot to spend on something that makes you happy, even if it’s not what would make us happy.
Good luck.
I wonder what non-BS networking equipment would actually improve an audio experience. Maybe high bandwidth, low latency routers or network attached storage? Analog to digital and digital to analog converters with multi source synchronisation and interleaving over ethernet? A paid music performance livestreaming service catering to audiophiles?
A fool and his money.
Discuss but PLEASE do not buy.
Well, you know and I know but Monster cable was created in 1979 and somehow they and others like them still exist so I guess we will be seeing a lot more digital ethernet cables.
I prefer my sound to be organic, so its worth it \s
"An fool and his money are soon parted" applies so much here.
Reminds me of the overpriced Monster cables, but this is dialing it way up.
I sometimes wonder how the people behind these things feel about themselves? Do they feel bad about essentially stealing but suppress it when they see how much money they can make? Or do they just have no conscience?
The same goes for any kinds of scammers, AI spam bot owners, etc.