[GreenKeys] Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable

[Bryan Brodie]

I'm pretty sure it's some kind of joke - like i said, if you read the
feedback comments, most of them are hilarious. I think someone started
this as a rebuttal to the audiophile snootiness related to 'sound
quality'...

I was joking about connecting the VT-05.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
<captainkirk359 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, no you can't use Ethernet on a VT-05. Hell you can't use an
> Ethernet cable on any of the DEC dumb terminals. You can however
> connect the VT-05, to one of those equally expensive Cray personal
> supercomputers (it's only the price of a car) which is connected to
> this cable.
>
>
> And, seriously? What idiot buys an Ethernet cord for 10K? If it's
> digital data being sent down the cable guess what? Error correction
> fixes any "problems" created by a "lesser" cable already. Seriously,
> it looks like the cable I just made five minutes ago... except someone
> decided to cover the cable with fabric, and added a bling-y boot to
> the cable end. Otherwise... it's a normal Category-5e cable. (I doubt
> it's Cat-6.) Also, if they're listening to MP3s? Yeah, no cable is
> going to fix your crap audio if you use a lossy compression format.
> (In internet slang: Learn to FLAC, noob.)
>
>
> I might like audio that isn't suck, but I'm not an audiophile. So
> those audiophiles that are so insane as to buy a ten thousand dollar
> ethernet cable are clearly amazing, especially since the cable itself
> probably cost a whole five dollars (if that! ...thank you China...) to
> make (mostly the cost due to the fact it's cloth covered and the thing
> has a booted cable ends).
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 29 June 2011 17:12, Bryan Brodie <greenkeys at vaporland.com> wrote:
>> This is the most expensive cable I've seen. it's basically a ten
>> thousand dollar (!) 1.5 meter ethernet cable. maybe you could use it
>> to connect the $250k terminal?
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM
>>
>> Amazon.com Product Description
>> Get the purest digital audio you've ever experienced from
>> multi-channel DVD and CD playback through your Denon home theater
>> receiver with the AK-DL1 dedicated cable. Made of high-purity copper
>> wire, it's designed to thoroughly eliminate adverse effects from
>> vibration and helps stabilize the digital transmission from
>> occurrences of jitter and ripple. A tin-bearing copper alloy is used
>> for the cable's shield while the insulation is made of a fluoropolymer
>> material with superior heat resistance, weather resistance, and
>> anti-aging properties. The connector features a rounded plug lever to
>> prevent bending or breaking and direction marks to indicate correct
>> direction for connecting cable.
>>
>> Make sure you read the user comments / ratings, e.g.:
>> Transmission of music data at rates faster than the speed of light
>> seemed convenient, until I realized I was hearing the music before I
>> actually wanted to play it.
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