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Diamond USB has a relaxed quality that fosters deep musical involvement. It's a parody.

by timje1 13y ago

baddox 13y ago
And an old one, at that.
selectodude 13y ago
That, and they have a $15 Belkin cable at the bottom.
- tlrobinson 13y ago
  "ridiculously inexpensive"
- sanoli 13y ago
  Sadly, it's not a parody. I have audiophile friends, they follow the site. It's (to them) serious stuff.
  - keithpeter 13y ago
    Suggestion: buy a friend one of those 'record your song in a day' experiences. Get them into a commercial recording studio, and sit with the person who does the final mastering... ...unless of course they only buy direct to disc vinyl analogue recordings, or 96KHz sampled 24bit digital ones! PS: One of my retirement ideas is to knock up monoblock 'boozehound' amplifier based on 6j5/6v6 and locally wound 'special' output transformers...
    - masklinn 13y ago
      > 96KHz sampled 24bit digital ones! Surely you mean 192KHz! No, really: http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
      - sanoli 13y ago
        Hey, pretty good explanation on that site. Will bookmark and read more later articles, thanks!
        masklinn 13y ago
        Monty is a boss. He's creating a series of videos on digital signals which I heartily recommend: http://www.xiph.org/video/ http://www.xiph.org/video/
- georgemcbay 13y ago
  Even better (or worse depending upon whether this is actually a parody or not.. sadly I don't think it is) is that they refer to the $15 Belkin cable as "ridiculously inexpensive". I feel like a chump when I'm forced to buy a a USB cable for more than a couple of bucks (usually because I need it right now and thus monoprice, et al aren't an option).
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    I think I have had exactly that cable in the past, and it was a quality piece of cable. I know most people vote "buy the $0.02 cable", but after buying some truly cheap cables, I have come to appreciate cables with decent construction. Yes, they both pass data the same, but only one falls out and falls apart. Oh, and shielding. You never get shielding on cheap cables. Doesn't matter for USB, but I've never appreciated my stereo or headphones picking up an incoming call to my cell.
    - georgemcbay 13y ago
      I'm sure it is a fine cable. Monster cables are fine too, there's nothing wrong with them construction-wise. But I've bought a large quantity of cables (USB, TOSlink optical, ethernet, HDMI, etc, etc) both from Monoprice and Amazon (the "AmazonBasics" ones) and all of them worked perfectly, had sufficient shielding when warranted, didn't fall apart, etc. I've literally never had a single problem with any of these much cheaper cables.
      - sliverstorm 13y ago
        AmazonBasics are actually pretty solid, I like them. They are not what people mean when they say "buy the cheapest cable you can find". I don't buy $15 USB cables anymore precisely because of AmazonBasics, but in general I mean, don't feel bad for spending more than $0.50 on a cable.
    - freehunter 13y ago
      As a guitarist, I've played with many, many cheap cables. They all sound the same, except when I take a step to the side. At that point, there's two types of cables: the ones that continue carrying the note you're playing, and the ones that cause your amp to emit the most godawful sounds you've ever heard. The difference in the cables, of course, being the quality of the construction on the plugs.
bdb 13y ago
Nope: http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-75m-2-6-Cable/dp/B004LR7HP4 http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-75m-2-6-Cable/dp/B0...
- danielrhodes 13y ago
  From one of the reviews: "The difference is that cables are forever. They get better with age while components will always need to be replaced do to wear or upgraded because of improvements in technology."
  - Tloewald 13y ago
    I definitely like to view my artisinal cables as an investment...
masklinn 13y ago
You wish: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/enklein-orion-release/ http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/enklein-orion-relea... > The overall result is an extremely musical, vinyl like sound, even from CD resolutions. You don’t know what you are missing until you audition the Orion. This is a "review" for a $5000m/m cable for digital (AES or SPDIF) interconnect.

Diamond USB has a relaxed quality that fosters deep musical involvement. It's a parody.

by timje1 13y ago

Diamond USB has a relaxed quality that fosters deep musical involvement. It's a parody.

baddox 13y ago

And an old one, at that.

selectodude 13y ago

That, and they have a $15 Belkin cable at the bottom.

tlrobinson 13y ago
"ridiculously inexpensive"
sanoli 13y ago
Sadly, it's not a parody. I have audiophile friends, they follow the site. It's (to them) serious stuff.
- keithpeter 13y ago
  Suggestion: buy a friend one of those 'record your song in a day' experiences. Get them into a commercial recording studio, and sit with the person who does the final mastering... ...unless of course they only buy direct to disc vinyl analogue recordings, or 96KHz sampled 24bit digital ones! PS: One of my retirement ideas is to knock up monoblock 'boozehound' amplifier based on 6j5/6v6 and locally wound 'special' output transformers...
  - masklinn 13y ago
    > 96KHz sampled 24bit digital ones! Surely you mean 192KHz! No, really: http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
    - sanoli 13y ago
      Hey, pretty good explanation on that site. Will bookmark and read more later articles, thanks!
      - masklinn 13y ago
        Monty is a boss. He's creating a series of videos on digital signals which I heartily recommend: http://www.xiph.org/video/ http://www.xiph.org/video/
georgemcbay 13y ago
Even better (or worse depending upon whether this is actually a parody or not.. sadly I don't think it is) is that they refer to the $15 Belkin cable as "ridiculously inexpensive". I feel like a chump when I'm forced to buy a a USB cable for more than a couple of bucks (usually because I need it right now and thus monoprice, et al aren't an option).
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  I think I have had exactly that cable in the past, and it was a quality piece of cable. I know most people vote "buy the $0.02 cable", but after buying some truly cheap cables, I have come to appreciate cables with decent construction. Yes, they both pass data the same, but only one falls out and falls apart. Oh, and shielding. You never get shielding on cheap cables. Doesn't matter for USB, but I've never appreciated my stereo or headphones picking up an incoming call to my cell.
  - georgemcbay 13y ago
    I'm sure it is a fine cable. Monster cables are fine too, there's nothing wrong with them construction-wise. But I've bought a large quantity of cables (USB, TOSlink optical, ethernet, HDMI, etc, etc) both from Monoprice and Amazon (the "AmazonBasics" ones) and all of them worked perfectly, had sufficient shielding when warranted, didn't fall apart, etc. I've literally never had a single problem with any of these much cheaper cables.
    - sliverstorm 13y ago
      AmazonBasics are actually pretty solid, I like them. They are not what people mean when they say "buy the cheapest cable you can find". I don't buy $15 USB cables anymore precisely because of AmazonBasics, but in general I mean, don't feel bad for spending more than $0.50 on a cable.
  - freehunter 13y ago
    As a guitarist, I've played with many, many cheap cables. They all sound the same, except when I take a step to the side. At that point, there's two types of cables: the ones that continue carrying the note you're playing, and the ones that cause your amp to emit the most godawful sounds you've ever heard. The difference in the cables, of course, being the quality of the construction on the plugs.

bdb 13y ago

Nope: http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-75m-2-6-Cable/dp/B004LR7HP4 http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-75m-2-6-Cable/dp/B0...

danielrhodes 13y ago
From one of the reviews: "The difference is that cables are forever. They get better with age while components will always need to be replaced do to wear or upgraded because of improvements in technology."
- Tloewald 13y ago
  I definitely like to view my artisinal cables as an investment...

masklinn 13y ago

You wish: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/enklein-orion-release/ http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/enklein-orion-relea... > The overall result is an extremely musical, vinyl like sound, even from CD resolutions. You don’t know what you are missing until you audition the Orion. This is a "review" for a $5000m/m cable for digital (AES or SPDIF) interconnect.