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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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[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If I read it correctly, it was analog and they found that only the signal amplitude was meaningfully changed, not the quality

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Makes sense. As long as the transfer medium isn't highly capacitive or inductive, it doesn't matter as long as you compensate for the loss in signal strength.

..and now I fell into a research rabbit hole regarding mud capacitance.

EDIT: Mud is actually slightly capacitive. Source: "Static Dielectric Constant of Water and Steam", a 1980 journal article by M. Uematsu and E. U. Franck* published in Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data