In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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“A moderator on diyAudio set up an experiment to determine whether listeners
could differentiate between audio run through pro audio copper wire, a banana,
and wet mud. Spoiler alert: the results indicated that users were unable to
accurately distinguish between these different 'interfaces.'

Pano, the moderator who built the experiment, invited other members on the
forum to listen to various sound clips with four different versions: one taken
from the original CD file, with the three others recorded through 180cm of pro
audio copper wire, via 20cm of wet mud, through 120cm of old microphone cable
soldered to US pennies, and via a 13cm banana, and 120cm of the same setup as
earlier.

Initial test results showed that it’s extremely difficult for listeners to
correctly pick out which audio track used which wiring setup. “The amazing
thing is how much alike these files sound. The mud should sound perfectly
awful, but it doesn't," Pano said. "All of the re-recordings should be obvious,
but they aren't."”

Via Christoph S.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics