oil injected cables

JimBRICK

Are these just a gimmick? Or is there validity in this

http://cgi.ebay.ca/OIL-INJECTED-AUDIO-RCA-CD-Tube-Amps-Sound-12mm-CABLE_W0QQitemZ330160996749QQihZ014QQcategoryZ64591QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.ca/GOLD-OIL-INJECTED-TUBE-AMPS-SOUNDING-CD-CABLE-FOR-LINN_W0QQitemZ300147091737QQihZ020QQcategoryZ64591QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

two examples I found

VR3

Would definitely suck if someone cat bit into those things, hahahha

or

If the connector wore out, I'd be afraid they would break and leak all over my components.

This is assuming oil is actually injected in there.

Looks cool though

PolkThug

At least they are admitting it has snake oil in it.

Early B.

PolkThug wrote: »

At least they are admitting it has snake oil in it.

Ha ha. Definitely.

I-SIG

If you had an efficient manner of keeping all the individual strands separated and not touching while one bends it around the back of the gear and/or to the speakers this makes sense electrically. Medium voltage and higher (greater than 69kV) underground transmission cables use oil to insulate the cable due to the high potential.

For speaker cables and IC's, I'm gonna go with mostly snake oil on this one.

Wes

janmike

They are made from dead anchovies.

hypertone

I wonder if you have to change it after 3000 miles?

blakeh

hypertone wrote: »

I wonder if you have to change it after 3000 miles?

I can already hear the debate now...

"Yeah, I use Mobil-1 synthetic in my cables. Synthetic oil just sounds cleaner than natural oil. I use 0W20 in the winter, but then swap in 5W20 in the summer..."

woofiepaws

Maybe there will be a "green" version made from biofuel sources.

JimBRICK

what about a k-y version for the kinky people