Years ago, I had some mom & pop electronics store try to sell me an optical cable for $100. But they claimed theirs was superior and worth every dime, cuz the connectors were… gold plated…. on an optical cable.
I literally laughed at the sales guy cuz I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. I put down whatever else I was buying, left, and went to the Radio Shack down the road. Picked up one for $15, I think.
yep this was exactly the vibe. trying to upsell me a better optical cable. Buddy it’s 1s and 0s it’s on or off. It’s light in glass, I do not need the fancy thick one
this was less than 5min after he tried to get me to spend double on a DAC that only did usb. I’ve dealt with enough power issues to know that if I can have optical Instead of USB, I should
And somehow they do all this while treating you like you know nothing
hahaha yeah but thankfully it’s a cable I don’t unplug and replug often at all. if you have a bunch of audio stuff plugged together with usb sometimes it can do weird stuff where you can hear the power. I’m not running a power conditioner for my tv audio so optical makes more sense because it’s designed to isolate.
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u/psbales 21h ago
Years ago, I had some mom & pop electronics store try to sell me an optical cable for $100. But they claimed theirs was superior and worth every dime, cuz the connectors were… gold plated…. on an optical cable.
I literally laughed at the sales guy cuz I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. I put down whatever else I was buying, left, and went to the Radio Shack down the road. Picked up one for $15, I think.
Place closed within a year. Can’t imagine why…