Audioquest unmasked?

[spiny norman]

A cable company faking the benefits of using its cables? Whatever next? *shok*

 

[Frank Harvey]

Where's the fraud? The graph shows what Audioquest measured - I'm sure they can back that up if they've published it. By his own admission, it may go against everything he knows as an engineer, but what's his credentials? Some engineers know more than others!

Axe to grind? He was "booted from the board". Maybe he wasn't good enough...

 

[Vladimir]

What a huge surprise. Surely no other manufacturer pulls this trick on their customers.

 

[spiny norman]

but what's his credentials?

"Mark Waldrep, Ph.D., a recording and mastering engineer with over 40 years of experience in the recording industry"

 

[Vladimir]

but what's his credentials?

"Mark Waldrep, Ph.D., a recording and mastering engineer with over 40 years of experience in the recording industry"

Another Mr. Ph.D. They make Frank grumpy.

 

[Frank Harvey]

I can't say I know of him. I can pass the thread onto AQ to see if they feel it is worthy of any comment - I suspect not.

I chose my cables based on my budget and system, and I'm more than happy with them, and have no need to justify them to anyone. I'm happy that if anything is letting my system down, it's not my cables. And they don't pull on the connection like some do.

Happy Bunny (who has films to watch today)

 

[spiny norman]

Another Mr. Ph.D. They make Frank grumpy.

Because Phud beats Foo? ;-)

Anyway, a bit more on Dr W., from a CE Week profile:

"Holder of multiple advanced degrees in music (Ph.D. 1986 UCLA, MFA 1984 Cal Arts), art (BA 1990 CSUN), and computer science (MS 1992 CSUN) as well as having years of practical experience as a designer, musician, recording engineer, and entrepreneur, Dr. Waldrep has been a pioneer in the integration of digital-multimedia technologies and the entertainment industry for over 30 years. He was instrumental in the development of the Enhanced Format (The Rolling Stones, Britney Spears, 311), and he produced and released the very first DVD-Video titles in March 1997.

"He is the producer/engineer of the largest catalog of HD Audio recordings, and he developed the first and only exclusively HD 5.1 surround-music download site on the web.

"He has worked with Neil Young, Bad Company, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers, and the San Francisco Symphony on multimedia and HD Audio projects."

But hey, what does he know? ;-)