Save Your Coat Hangers!!!!!

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edited March 2008 in The Clubhouse
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/


And we're off..........
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    4th time in 2 days.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2008
    It was a comparison to Monster Cable, not really a surprising result.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2008
    I use them to chop up massive unflushable turds in the toilet.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited March 2008
    I'm confused. Are people posting this article because they want to prove all cables are hype or just Monster?
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited March 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    I'm confused. Are people posting this article because they want to prove all cables are hype or just Monster?

    Just proving that Monster can be bested by coat hangers. Not exactly a news flash to me :D
    Lovin that music year after year.

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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited March 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    I use them to chop up massive unflushable turds in the toilet.

    That was TMI. :D
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited March 2008
    Oh ****, i'm ducking and covering for when F1Nut sees this post.

    Incoming boys....grab some real estate! F1 is lockin & Loadin! :D
    No excuses!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    avguytx wrote: »
    That was TMI. :D
    No, that was funny.
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    Oh ****, i'm ducking and covering for when F1Nut sees this post.

    Incoming boys....grab some real estate! F1 is lockin & Loadin! :D
    Why, he doesn't use Monster.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited March 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    I use them to chop up massive unflushable turds in the toilet.


    Ya might want to throw some of this in the diet occasionally.

    http://www.metamucil.com/fiber-for-your-health.shtml
    No excuses!
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited March 2008
    Face wrote: »
    Why, he doesn't use Monster.

    Shhhhh, he doesn't know that. We did the "Folgers Coffee" thing to him. We snuck in his home one day and secretly switched all his MIT Cables with Monster Cables.

    The big dummy hasn't noticed yet. :D
    No excuses!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    Let's try not to give the old man a heart attack. :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited March 2008
    Of course there will be "audiophile" coat hangers now. British coat hangers have a slightly restricted top end, but glorious mid range bloom and superb imaging. Some enthusiasts will leave the paper "pants protector" on while others will argue it adds a mid range veiling. Do the white ones sound better than the brown or black ones? Does the "hook end" go to the amplifier or the speakers? Can I bi-hanger?
    Then there's the "mommy dearest" effect, after listening for a couple of hours you feel like Joan Crawford has worked you over. Should you suspend your coat hangers with clothes pins to keep them off the floor?
    Have fun, Ken
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited March 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    I use them to chop up massive unflushable turds in the toilet.

    yo, the other year my buddy was telling me he HAS to do just that!!!

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    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2008
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    Then there's the "mommy dearest" effect, after listening for a couple of hours you feel like Joan Crawford has worked you over. Should you suspend your coat hangers with clothes pins to keep them off the floor?
    Have fun, Ken

    LMFAO!!!:D
    Never Forget
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited March 2008
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    Of course there will be "audiophile" coat hangers now. British coat hangers have a slightly restricted top end, but glorious mid range bloom and superb imaging. Some enthusiasts will leave the paper "pants protector" on while others will argue it adds a mid range veiling. Do the white ones sound better than the brown or black ones? Does the "hook end" go to the amplifier or the speakers? Can I bi-hanger?
    Then there's the "mommy dearest" effect, after listening for a couple of hours you feel like Joan Crawford has worked you over. Should you suspend your coat hangers with clothes pins to keep them off the floor?
    Have fun, Ken


    ROFL! I just tried my high end wood coat hangers and they sounded like shite.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited March 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    I use them to chop up massive unflushable turds in the toilet.

    Like I always say "You never know where those coat hangers have been" :eek:
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited March 2008
    I use the plastic coat hangers.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    I like oil dipped hangers.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2008
    Hmmmm. IF coat hangers work as well as Monsters, then all that silver brazing rod I got in the truck should work wonders
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited March 2008
    I don't see how wooden coat hangers would work in transferring audio/video signals..all our hangers are of wooden type...trust me after the money we spent replacing every single one in the new house I'm keeping them, but thanks for reminding me....
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2008
    BIZILL wrote: »
    yo, the other year my buddy was telling me he HAS to do just that!!!

    It's amusing to me that this is a worldwide technique.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited March 2008
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    Oh ****, i'm ducking and covering for when F1Nut sees this post.

    Incoming boys....grab some real estate! F1 is lockin & Loadin! :D

    I'm reformed now. ;)

    What's to say that hasn't been said before? There are those that don't believe and those that do. Neither side is going to change the others mind and the whole thing is old. I mean if someone is silly enough that they hook up their rig with coat hangers or Home Depot outdoor extension cord there is no way to reason with them in the first place, so why bother!?!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    I mean if someone is silly enough that they hook up their rig with coat hangers or Home Depot outdoor extension cord there is no way to reason with them in the first place, so why bother!?!
    Tell me about it. It's not worth the aggravation.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mule
    mule Posts: 282
    edited March 2008
    We are conducting tests now..

    Jay Z has loaned paltinum rope conducters.

    Mr T. has loaned us solid gold herring bone conducters.

    We are comparing then to Walmart gold plated aluminum chains.

    All connecters are princess cut zircon.

    Its a single blind test (testers will be wearing welding helmets so they are swayed by the bling appeal)

    Detailed results will follow ....
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited March 2008
    I have an old chain link fence outside I am going to try. It has been in the winter weather up north so it has been "cryo" treated. It will be a bling shootout of the fence, my Audioquest DBS cables and a tire iron that I soldered to the RCA plugs.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2008
    I have replaced all my cables with coat hangers, it looks horrible--but sounds fantastic. I did short out 2 outputs though. Makes my system look like modern art.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2008
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    Of course there will be "audiophile" coat hangers now. British coat hangers have a slightly restricted top end, but glorious mid range bloom and superb imaging. Some enthusiasts will leave the paper "pants protector" on while others will argue it adds a mid range veiling. Do the white ones sound better than the brown or black ones? Does the "hook end" go to the amplifier or the speakers? Can I bi-hanger?
    Then there's the "mommy dearest" effect, after listening for a couple of hours you feel like Joan Crawford has worked you over. Should you suspend your coat hangers with clothes pins to keep them off the floor?
    Have fun, Ken

    My findings exactly!

    PRICELESS. That's the first post in a while that's made me laugh out loud.
    Thanks!
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited March 2008
    My pleasure, glad to lift your spirits!
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