Controversial HiFi Things I Should Not Talk About....but I will. Tweaks, Cables and MORE!

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Today I talk about tweaks, cables, power and one thing that many assume is snake oil, scams or just ridiculous. I talk about the Nordost QV2, Qk1, Mad Scientist Cables and much more. I discuss the products within hifi that may be known as "snake oil" by some.

Enjoy and as always, more to come. Have an amazing day!

Steve

[mddawson]

How many QV2's would it take to make my clock radio sound better?

[yoddeb]

This video is insane. It just goes on and on. "The tubes with the gold pins was more sparkly..." Holy crap...

[starofcctv]

My Man stuck an led in a power socket and claims it makes his hifi sound better 😂

The more the better and they only work in pairs? Yeah I bet, great marketing.

[AN-cend]

I use old worn actual lamp cords from old lamps. My reasoning is 120 volts has been breaking them in for years.

[mbsnetwork]

isn't Youtube Premium supposed to eliminate ads?

[rentabomb]

Seriously do you really believe what the advertising blurb tells you ?? :D LOL

[scottwheeler]

speaker cables that focus on realism. That's got to be some really amazing technology. How does it work? How does a cable focus on realism?

[eightrodway]

I'm absolutely with you on the efficacy of quality cables, interconnects, and (some) tweaks. My 40 years of high performance audio experience bear this out. Our ears are the ultimate arbiters in this *audio* hobby.

[HailKingCeezer]

These tweaks combined cost more than peoples systems

[camelpuncher]

You know someone's trustworthy when they literally do the "my wide noticed the difference from the kitchen" meme. My goodness....

[chuckmaddison]

I would like to see a demo on an oscilloscope so we can see any ringing, losses, phase shift, or anything that's not the same as what goes in.

[dougbulldog]

I live in New Zealand, I never heard of these cables before, but I know there's been a load of copper wires and pipes stolen off Auckland building sites recently.

[broom]

Not sure why people get upset by power conditioners and wires. High-end stereo gear is like a race car and no one blinks when someone spends $500 on spark plug wires for a race car. But in a high-end system $500 for a power cord is insane. My system is not at the level that I can justify that yet, but I don't see the issue with people trying to get every ounce of sound quality they can by adding these tweaks.

[mbell]

Why not record with a reference mic and post the real results ?

[damirhlobik]

when you spend $1600 on something useless and pointless, you have to justify it, at least to your wife
48 years ago when I bought my first audio equipment, no one talked about cables, let alone other useless wallet emptying nonsense

[yoddeb]

Did you just do the "even my wife noticed the difference" without irony??

[mkii]

can any of these be measured scientifically?

[sportsmachinerr]

My opinion on speaker cable is, the type in your actual speaker boxes is just OFC or maybe silver plated OFC at best. So really what you run from amp to speaker just goes through that cheap but perfectly adequate cable anyway.

[johnnorris]

You said these tweaks are for those people looking for that last percent or two. Not true. These are for people who believe that magic can be pulled out of the air with a cheap little circuit with an LED. People who believe that the physics of the flow of electricity can be altered by a little passive device that sits under a speaker wire. People who believe that 3' of cable can substantially undo the damage that 30 miles of outdoor cabling wreaks on audio systems. Basically people with no common sense at all.

[sarkardragon]

man, these are really expensive, 1800$ for speakers cables... maybe if you have 100k system, it do make sense to buy these products, but for mere mortals like us... maybe in another life 😂