[Article] In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator

Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?

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Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 198d

How long until we have muddy banana filled speakers?

katinka@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 198d (1 reply)
lycalopex@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 198d

good luck and please post the results here on lemmy

thenewred@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 198d

Fun experiment but not terribly surprising once you think about it. A signal is a signal, not matter what medium it passes through. If it's not distorted and no additional noise is introduced, it should be indistinguishable.

The bigger impact would be from anything that interprets the signal, like and processing/crossover/speaker output.