http://consumerist.com/2010/03/never-pay-more-than-10-for-hdmi-cables-heres-why.html
Like I've said forever... it's digital, it either gets there or it doesn't. This is also why I use a 20-year-old RCA cable that's actually got rusty ends for my S/PDIF... because it's 1's and 0's and they either get there, or they don't.
I'm waiting for Howie to come in here and explain how some 1's are greater than other 1's. ;D
Personally, I have a bunch of Monster audio cable, but only because one Labor Day sale at GC they were blasting it out due to new packaging of all things, so I bought pretty much all they had at less than 20% of their usual ungodly price. I'm happy with it. :)
Craig, anyone knows that rusty 1's aren't as good as shiny gold plated 1's ;)
One's are even better through silver-core cable...HAHAHA!!! ;D
1's are not as good as 420's
(This is a classic example of a thread that deteriorates into who knows what)
1s are not as good as ones.
The misinformation is truly incredible.
Transferring digital data over a cable just works or doesn't.
It only works because of error correction
algorithms in the protocol make it deterministic to transfer digital data from say a disk to memory.
and if it fails then you get an error and it stops.
But with real time applications with data streams - like video/audio - the protocol is focused on a time imperative.
The protocol of error handling can fall through cascades from deterministic to make up and move on.
It doesn't just stop and fail - it tries to make the best of it.
So having a bad digital connection won't just make things stop but it CAN degrade the quality of a stream.
Audiophiles are a joke on this and I give digital connections little thought myself, but in principle the argument is not binary.
If a connection is sufficient for protocols to stay deterministic under the application then nothing more is required.
If the error rate is high enough for make-up algorithms to be kicked in then it is.
Whether you can hear the difference is another subject - I am just stating the science.
