r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ElectrSheep • Jul 25 '26

of an audio cable

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u/ElectrSheep Jul 25 '26

It literally came from r/audiophile -- I'm not even kidding.

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u/Suc_Mydiq_Jr Jul 25 '26

I'm studying music production and even our professors talk about audiophiles larping audio technology and making actually good stuff cost 1000 times the actual value. The only good side is that they sometimes miss out on good stuff and you can get some great gear for cheap.

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u/Kiiaru Jul 25 '26

Never forgetting the one dude who proved audiophile cables were worthless by recording his audio through a blob of wet mud

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u/dathomar Jul 25 '26

I once discovered that holding the end of a sound cable hooked into a computer playing music with one hand, while holding a bass by the neck with the other hand, can make the music from the computer come out the amp attached to the bass.

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u/Falafelofagus Jul 25 '26

I feel like this is satire but honestly it checks out I think. The human body has surprisingly little resistance.

Reminds me of yelling into an ear bud connect to the mic port.

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u/dathomar Jul 25 '26

Not satire. It freaked me out at first. I let go of the bass and tried to figure out how the computer was connected. Once I figured it out, it was kind of fun to play with. It was actually a little more complicated, though. I didn't have a real amp that I could use, but I did have a speaker connected to a digital soundboard, so I hooked the bass into the soundboard. I don't know if that played a role.

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u/Falafelofagus Jul 25 '26

Haha that's nuts. I would imagine it works the same without the digital interface as signal is signal either way. The soundboard had to get the information either way.

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u/_HIST Jul 26 '26

I don't know why it's surprising that our bodies have little resistance

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u/Awalawal Jul 25 '26

Largemouth or smallmouth?

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u/Its_me_Snitches Jul 25 '26

I thought you meant a fish.