AudioQuest - shame on you ................

[twich54]

Found a discussion / review on another forum which might be of interest to some of you cable gurus out there. One person has renamed them 'FraudioQuest' !

AudioQuest Wind High-end Cable Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the AudioQuest Wind RCA "PSS Silver" cable. The sample I have was kindly donated by a member and costs US $2,300 in the 1 meter configuration. No, that is not a typo. It is over two thousand dollars for a pair. The cable comes in a rather cheap...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[ttocs]

I have always firmly believed that for there to be an audible difference, there should also be a measurable element to confirm a difference, whether that might be electrical, mechanical, or acoustical.

The posted testing in this case seems to show that the AQ cable goes against their stated mandate of: "Do No Harm" to the audio signal.

 

[amey01]

Why am I not the least bit surprised.

Worse (of course) - are digital cables. Sadly, you don't even need a $28,000 Audio Precision APx555 to test digital cables - all you need is a computer and a freeware checksum program! Yet people still believe they make their system sound different (always better, never worse of course - even if they're not compliant with the USB-IF standard).