In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator
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  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.socialEnglish
    73·
    1 hour ago

    You get oxygen free copper because you install it permanently and don’t want it to rust and fail and have to rip out your ceiling and walls

    So get the good stuff it’s not sound quality it’s so it lasts

    • comrade19@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 hour ago

      Yeah, but then again normal 230v or 115v electrical wires are not OFC and they outlive you too so even that is questionable.

    • Dave.@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      42 seconds ago

      You get oxygen free copper because you install it permanently and don’t want it to rust and fail and have to rip out your ceiling and walls

      Copper wiring is protected from the elements (that is: oxygen) by its insulation. The gauge of the copper wiring is a far greater factor in audio quality than the voodoo science behind OFC.

      You don’t have to worry about corrosion in your speaker wiring unless your speaker installation is literally in the ocean.