Audio Experiment Finds Listeners Can't Distinguish Between Copper Wire, Banana, and Wet Mud Signals
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Summary
A DIY audio experiment conducted on the diyAudio forum tested whether listeners could distinguish between audio signals sent through professional copper wire, a banana, and wet mud. The results showed that participants were unable to reliably differentiate between these unconventional 'interfaces' and the original CD file, challenging audiophile assumptions about audio quality and cable materials.
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The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't
Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?
A moderator on diyAudio set up an experiment to determine whether listeners could differentiate between audio run through pro audio copper wire, a banana, and wet mud.
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