Denon Releases $499 Cable

Is it the ultimate in digital audio/video technology?  Or just a viral marketing ploy?  Either way Denon is making waves with their AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable, a Cat-5 cable designed for select Denon receivers, which costs $499--and no, that's not a typo.  According to Denon, for roughly the same price as their AVR788 receiver, you get:

A tin-bearing copper alloy is used for the cable's shield while the insulation is made of a fluoropolymer material with superior heat resistance, weather resistance, and anti-aging properties. The connector features a rounded plug lever to prevent bending or breaking and direction marks to indicate correct direction for connecting cable.

Needless to say, it's generated a lot of debate not unlike the long-standing debate around Monster Cable.  And some humor; check the comments on the AKDL1 product page.

--Aric A.

Comments

[Eyeball on June 17, 2008 at 10:16 AM]

Wow! What an advance in suckering people. Does it conduct? They must think folks are a bunch of suckers to pay that much while you couldn't tell a piss ant's difference in performance.

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This is similar to a story told by Mark Twain.

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It's pretty funny. Mark Twain used to buy his cigars by the *barrel* and was known for the bad quality of his cigars.

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[Jeffro on June 17, 2008 at 03:07 PM]

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A fool and his money will soon be parted.

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This is Gavin @ MIT Cables. I found out about this string because so many of you have looked at our Oracle Speaker Cables thanks to a link in a previous post.

The debate about cables and their cost vs. benefit has been going on for a VERY long time. Many have tried to either prove or disprove a cable's worth by doing one of several different tests... double blind tests are the most popular. I've found that the only person who can determine if a premium cable is worth the price is the listener. The way an audio system sounds is subject to the listener's taste.

If you are curious if a premium cable is worth the price, go to our homepage - http://www.mitcables.com - and enter to win one of our AVt Speaker Cables. If you win, you can check them out and chime back in to this forum to tell the rest of us what you think.

While you're on the site, go to the reference library and read through some of our whitepapers - http://www.mitcables.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=91 . All of the technical information is there. Also, check out the patents - http://www.mitcables.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=88 - that have been awarded and note how many of them are technology patents, not just design patents like our competitors. MIT has the most technology patents of any cable manufacturer.

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Real men make their own cables.

Make a little of research online, find reliable cable (microphone cable) and connectors. Make the length fit your application.

Heck, I once transformed a 100' printer cable into a 12 channels "snake". It's a lot of soldering for a crappy cable, can be useful in some cases.

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Wow - that is too high end for me - I would love to hear from some of the consumers that actually bought the cable.

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