Why Is Apple's USB-C Cable $130?
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Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a generic USB-C cable. But what's the difference between Thun...

The comparison is between Apple’s $130 USB-C vs Amazon Basics $12 USB-C vs generic $3 USB-C.

I have my doubts that audiophile branded USB cables are anywhere near as sophisticated as Apple’s high dollar cable.

Would you be willing to pay nearly 50 times more for Apple’s cable transport your 24/192 audio signal?

  • Jwheat71@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    With tinnitus and hearing loss in certain tone ranges I’d never hear the difference if there is a difference. But I can count, and the Apple cable is not a good value no matter how well built it is.

  • mvw2@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Each one showed is a different technology of product. I said it in the Youtube comments and said it when this was previously shared a while ago when it came out. The whole xray stuff is neat, and yes, there are some variations in how things are constructed, but the technologies between thunderbolt, USB, and charging cable are different things. Plus you can’t blindly make inferences on quality or longevity without testing. Even if a design “looks” cheap, the method may actually be a longer lasting, more proven solution. It doesn’t even help that there’s also dumb issue with expensive Apple cords, like the lack of cord grips on literally everything they make, and like all of them breaking to a level where it’s pretty much a meme at this point.

  • QDLZXKGK@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    To some people,

    1. $130 sounds 10 times better than $13.
    2. $130 charges 10 times faster than $13.
    3. $130 lasts 10 times longer than $13.
    • afunkysongaday@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      $130 lasts 10 times longer than $13

      … and then there are the people who owned cables made by apple before and know better.

  • afunkysongaday@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Is it just me or is Adam’s channel mostly thinly veiled product placements and ads lately? Used to be good!

  • Mungkelel@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Shitty comparison 3 cables with the USB type C connector. The apple cable is a Thunbolt 4 cable which is rated for a lot higher data transmission than the other 2 regular USB 3 cables. Just as a side note thunderbolt has transmission rate of 40GB/s a second while USB 3.0 has only 5GB/s. Imagine comparing a cable for its shielding and insides if their spec the use don‘t line up.

    • repo_code@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      5Gbps can transmit the entire contents of a compact disc in about one second. I’m not watching the vid but hopefully they got that point across.

  • godnrop@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    It’s a 21 minute video, and I tried skipping around to see if they get to the point. I.e. does $130 cable sound better than a cheap cable. They certainly say that they look diff and one has more electronics in it, but they never seem to say whether there’s any benefit in sound and audio.

  • Nerdy1980s@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I watched nearly 5 minutes of it, before quitting.

    It’s amazing an disingenuous that in the entire time, they never mention it was a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 cable, nor the maximum amount of data the cable can carry, and only the vaguest mention of video, and most importantly, when would a person actually use the cable.

    Which is primarily to move data to and from NAS (network attached storage) or a Thunderbolt dock.

    I guess the target audience are complete idiots that need stuff explained they were 5 years old.

    r/explainlikeimfive