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Why on earth are we discussing about a poster that is not aware of OFC cables when these have been in the market for decades?

iLounge is a highly biased page...

Since I first joined Head-Fi I have increased my on-the-move listening experience by a milestone!

Thank you Head-Fi & Headfiers !!!

Exactly...

The journey is the real value...

And since "perfect sound" reproduced from less than perfect equipment will never ever be reached, the journey will be a long one!

Let's Enjoy!!!

This thread is kinda dumb. Seriously, who cares how one person perceives this community?

I think it was a funny comment because it was heavily biased, unfair, but it had some actual truth to it. This site can be overwhelming if you aren't up to the challenge.

I think that he was "implying" that the quote wasn't accurate. You apparently "inferred" that the site devoted to the apotheosis of audio hi fidelity--the solid state ipod--was a cogent authority on all of the things that we discuss and explore here.

Well spotted. I posted before I read your reply.

There is definitely some good stuff on Head-fi to get you pointed in the right direction. The important thing for anyone new here to recognize is which hardware will yield realistic bang for the buck improvements....and which are the pursuance of audio Shangri-la.

Once you can discern the difference between the two, your Head-fi experience will be much more fulfilling.

To the OP, that is a great quote!

That guys clearly have no idea what he talks about. So I do not see any reason why we should listen to him at all...

Oxygen-free copper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actually, the guy is kind of right. As long as there is still a tiny, tiny bit of oxygen left in copper (even if it is as low as 0.001%) it is simply not oxygen free.

I disagree. Literature is art, and any good literature can be explored very deeply, into its minute details to truly appreciate the efforts the author has gone into creating something brilliant. I don't think it's just literature either. A great painting... first may you just look at it... take it in... memorize it. Then you look for the details, the positioning, the contrast/lack of contrast in lines and colours and shapes. To truly enjoy art, you NEED to get into its nitty gritty. Especially for a movie, which begs it's audience every time to pick it apart. A good movie asks you to think about the emotions of the characters and how they should act, and whether it seems realistic, or if it's supposed to be unrealistic. And really, it's the same for music. It's the reason anyone wants fidelity in their music... They want to hear exactly what the artist put so much time into composing... hear his or her ideas, and not have them be distorted by faulty equipment. Be able to feel the vibrations created by the sheer power of some instruments be contrasted with the frivolity of the more elegant ones. If you don't answer to yourself why the artist put this part of the music there, even on a very minimal level of consciousness (big sound exciting! Violin solo saaad) then I dare say you shame the artist. Of course you should just be enjoying the whole and overall product of the music, but you should have some ability to appreciate the parts of it that make it beautiful and different from others. Like someone who eats a grand feast doesn't want all the potatoes carrots and turkey in some same coloured slop or cube... They want to taste each part individually, and after the meal feel they've truly enjoyed the variety involved in the sum of the meal's parts.

That's my rant.

Also, the quoted post in the OP is pretty accurate. If you're not careful, you'll end up spending a lot of money on things that don't make any difference listening to the majority of head-fi. Head-fi is a good place to find the latest gadgets and gizmos, but you really gotta do the research on those things somewhere else, unless you like the restaurant style review of electrical equipment offered here.

And to be practical since the amount of oxygen in there is so miniscule, we can just use the term to approximately describe it as OFC. It may not be 100% accurate, but at 99.999%, it really won't matter much to most people.

Either way, the commenter clearly has issues that require our "professional help".

Hi,why does it matter the copper is oxygen free?Especially with portable audio,where the pathways are normally very short.



Cheers BOB