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		_dp9d on Dec 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AirPods Max > I always find the audiophile market to be borderline fraud There's nothing borderline about it. That test proved nobody could hear the difference between super expensive monster cables or twisted coat hangers. https://gizmodo.com/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-...

hindsightbias on Dec 8, 2020 [–]

I've never met an audiophile who would be surprised by that. They'd regard Monster the way IPA drinkers think of Michelob Ultra Pure Gold.

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