Topaz DAC/AMP

[grawk]

No, see, I'm better because I've been cryo treated

[jinp6301]

All this USB cable BS aside, I've read some Japanese audio enthusiasts say the Carat Peridot is a good value. The other contender in that category is the iBasso D10 IIRC, can't think of any others at the moment.

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[atothex]

You guys really don't understand the cryotreatment, do you? It gets made cold, yes, but by the time you use it, it's warmed up again.

I bet they do, but people like to make cold jokes for whatever reason, and other people like to take them seriously for whatever reason.

[Dusty Chalk]

In one.

[spritzer]

No, see, I'm better because I've been cryo treated

It's no wonder the vikings were moar awesome then anybody else due to the constant cryo treatment up here.

[Nebby]

Quality, as in a part costing a whole dollar!! no way!

This definitely bugs me in advertising. "Our product is worth the extra hundred dollars because we spent an extra 25 cents on this part!"

[spritzer]

pfft, the Inuit, man.

pffft, they are too cold and drink too much, even by our standards.

[grawk]

The inuit weren't cryotreated, they were deep frozen. It's one thing to have a short term exposure, and another to be lost in the bottom of the freezer.

[spritzer]

You should try and spend a summer up here someday. Bottom of the freezer definitely applies...

[deepak]

You should try and spend a summer up here someday. Bottom of the freezer definitely applies...

Ah but with the glaciers melting?

[spritzer]

does beer stay cold outside? that would be awesome.

Most of the time, yes. Our proffered way of cooling bear at parties is to simply store it outside.

Ah but with the glaciers melting?

Good point but it's nothing which hasn't happened before. I wouldn't call 2

[Dusty Chalk]

I'm sure the bear thinks it's already cool.

[grawk]

I'd rather spend a winter

[swt61]

"We start with our cryo-treated USB cable as seen below and then add two layers of shielding, one of these a being a very trick (read expensive!) carbon fiber based material. We also cut the end back a bit, add some ERS fabric and damp the ends and the junction where the end attaches to the cable. These tweaks, while seeming like they would make be insignificant, to our ears, made quite a difference. Why? Hmmm..."

I'm going to start my own USB cable company. Fuck the carbon and ERS paper, I'm going to wrap mine in bacon!

Edited April 18, 2009 by swt61

[Smeggy]

That is the most awesome idea in audio cables evar!!

[cclragnarok]

I think the cable would be even more awesome if you made the entire thing out of bacon.

[Grahame]

Yes, but can it cut through a steel pan?

Bacon: the Other White Heat | Popular Science

I hope you remember to use an engineering (or should that be audiophile) grade of bacon.

[Dusty Chalk]

That is the most awesome idea in audio cables evar!!

No, the most awesome idea is to use bacon...as a dielectric!

[luvdunhill]

Would that be Barium Cobalt Nitrogen wrapping?

Didn't check the periodic table, but I think that would be BaCoN

[Dusty Chalk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpcpqz6jGig

The pig is like nature's alchemist. Edited April 18, 2009 by Dusty Chalk