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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

But did they use oxygen-free copper (OFC) wire? Because otherwise the results are skewed as regular copper sounds just as bad as a banana stuck in wet mud.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

i'm into oxygen free listening lately

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Nah, they used oxygen-free bananas though.