If you can't hear the difference, don't pay the difference
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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Explains the Monster cable 'gold-plated banana.'
I've had tinnitus since I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. A high end sound system is cool to look at, but wasted on me. Those $30 computer speakers are just fine.
Im certain I could tell the difference between a $50,000 setup, and the one i have cobbled together for a couple hundo over the past decade... And i would love to have that setup. But that cost to performance is only worth it if you have way too much disposable income. Eff the audiophile market.
This is the kind of info I would pay for