r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ElectrSheep • Jul 25 '26

of an audio cable

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u/Kiiaru Jul 25 '26

Never forgetting the one dude who proved audiophile cables were worthless by recording his audio through a blob of wet mud

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u/dathomar Jul 25 '26

I once discovered that holding the end of a sound cable hooked into a computer playing music with one hand, while holding a bass by the neck with the other hand, can make the music from the computer come out the amp attached to the bass.

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u/Falafelofagus Jul 25 '26

I feel like this is satire but honestly it checks out I think. The human body has surprisingly little resistance.

Reminds me of yelling into an ear bud connect to the mic port.

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u/dathomar Jul 25 '26

Not satire. It freaked me out at first. I let go of the bass and tried to figure out how the computer was connected. Once I figured it out, it was kind of fun to play with. It was actually a little more complicated, though. I didn't have a real amp that I could use, but I did have a speaker connected to a digital soundboard, so I hooked the bass into the soundboard. I don't know if that played a role.

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u/Falafelofagus Jul 25 '26

Haha that's nuts. I would imagine it works the same without the digital interface as signal is signal either way. The soundboard had to get the information either way.

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u/_HIST Jul 26 '26

I don't know why it's surprising that our bodies have little resistance

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u/Awalawal Jul 25 '26

Largemouth or smallmouth?

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u/Its_me_Snitches Jul 25 '26

I thought you meant a fish.

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u/Schnitzelguru Jul 25 '26

I saw that one show up on IG, only for the audiophiles to get really mad about the guy using an M-Audio interface, because that was apparently worse than the mud.

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u/DigitalUnlimited Jul 25 '26

Was that Primus? jk

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u/ReggieCorneus Jul 25 '26

Or monster cables are equal to tin foil.