Anyone hear of Snake Oil Audio

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
edited February 2021 in 2 Channel Audio
https://snakeoilsound.com/

I needed a pair of short RCA's and ended up getting a 12 inch pair of the Taipans for hooking up the Audio Fidelity Dac to my Node 2 streamer. I didn't think for $33 they would be much but the quality surprised me enough to order another pair at 6 inches. I found out about these through Schitt Audio, perfect lengths to add a little cable management to the desk area.

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I was surprised at these little guys for the price and the name of the Company.



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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,576
    Nice 👍 they coax design?
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,387
    wow, they are matched for right and left channel but they don't have arrows for signal direction?
    Stan

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,576
    skrol wrote: »
    wow, they are matched for right and left channel but they don't have arrows for signal direction?

    Lol I think that's just because they're maybe........umm all monocolor like 😅
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  • guyincognito
    guyincognito Posts: 129
    edited February 2021
    Directional arrows on RCA's always leave me wondering if it actually matters. Don't get me wrong, I adhere to the instructions, but I wonder if there actually is a difference...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,909
    edited February 2021
    If there's a shield in addition to the two legs of the signal-carrying wire*, and it is only connected at one end, then, yes, the arrows are meaningful. Usually (AFAIK, and I am too lazy to double-check!) the arrow points from the source to the load (e.g., CD player to preamplifier or preamplifier to power amplifier). This (again, from memory) helps drain 'noise' (keep it away from the load).

    ok, I wasn't quite that lazy -- besides I hate editing posts :#
    This looks right ;) see posts 3 & 4.
    https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=148477.0

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    * as opposed to using a coaxial cable (one center conductor & a shield) for an "unbalanced interconnect" :p -- in that case, the shield is the return/ground and is connected at both ends.
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  • guyincognito
    guyincognito Posts: 129
    Thank you. That makes sense.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,909
    At this point, most of my ahem "interconnects" are home-made from Mogami (shielded) cable. I connected one end of each cable's shield to the connector at that end, and put either a little shrink wrap sleeve (or just a piece of masking tape, lazy m-of-o that I be) on the "source" (shield connected) in. You can see some of them in this "intermediate phase" image of the back of the Bryston BDA-1 DAC (thanks @Bluefox! :) ).


    50108692397_f45e5440cb_b.jpgDSC_0722 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,953
    Nothing wrong with Mogami!
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,774
    Rick88 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    At this point, most of my ahem "interconnects" are home-made from Mogami (shielded) cable. I connected one end of each cable's shield to the connector at that end, and put either a little shrink wrap sleeve (or just a piece of masking tape, lazy m-of-o that I be) on the "source" (shield connected) in. You can see some of them in this "intermediate phase" image of the back of the Bryston BDA-1 DAC (thanks @Bluefox! :) ).


    50108692397_f45e5440cb_b.jpgDSC_0722 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    :p

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    I was gonna say something but didn't want to hurt his feelings.... Plus he'd go all Phd explaining how dust is made. Probably has product brochures and everything....












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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,603
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    my ahem "interconnects"

    Where do you get those ahems? Never heard of that brand. :D
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,500
    edited February 2021
    ken brydson wrote: »
    .... Plus he'd go all Phd explaining how dust is made. Probably has product brochures and everything....
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,909
    edited February 2021
    Youse guyses are good. :)

    I did a level matched, double-blind test. I cannot hear the dust in a statistically meaningful way (i..e., p was >0.05).
    Besides, if I don't use a flash, the dust is invisible. B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,909
    I bought and used some "World's Best" XLR to RCA cables to help enable our hyrid (live/outside and Zoom) church services in the summer & fall of 2020. I was very happy with them (FWIW).

    50261255477_6a031266b7_b.jpgDSC_0309 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Live in person, live stream via Zoom, and live (with zero latency!) via FM microtransmitter to cars in the parking lot. :) It was fun to put together and to do -- we had a mixture of live and canned music, too.

    50343351856_b1a0fd4bb2_b.jpgDSC_0460 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,953
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Back on topic, I needed a couple pair of 12" cables myself and didn't want to break the bank. These use Mogami cable and have a 10 year replacement warranty. Are they the World's Best Cables as the name implies? Of course not, but they're not bad for $23.95.

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/192523/mogami-2964-digital-coaxial-cable-75-ohm
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