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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€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

One of my favorite audiophile doo-dads were wooden knobs being sold as upgrades to regular device knobs. They were super special wood with all sorts of magic properties and a bargain at hundreds of bucks.

[โ€“] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Ugh, in the guitar community there's this myth that the wood type, body shape etc. of an electric guitar influences the sound. If it does, it's immeasurably small. It's almost entirely about the pickup circuitry and string position relative to the pickups.