Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a reliable generic USB-C cable readily available elsewhere. W...
The video’s comment section is full of “no one needs this” and “overpriced” and all that, but I thought audiophiles - whom I would think want to make sure their digital signals actually get sent and received optimally - would find this interesting. Maybe still not worth the money, but interesting to see.
I thought audiophiles - whom I would think want to make sure their digital signals actually get sent and received optimally
Except nothing here addresses that at all. Thunderbolt isn’t designed to take a single digital audio stream and transfer it accurately. It’s designed to take hundreds of times as much data as a digital audio stream and transfer it accurately through what’s a ludicrously small cable.
The video’s comment section is full of “no one needs this” and “overpriced” and all that, but I thought audiophiles - whom I would think want to make sure their digital signals actually get sent and received optimally - would find this interesting. Maybe still not worth the money, but interesting to see.
Except nothing here addresses that at all. Thunderbolt isn’t designed to take a single digital audio stream and transfer it accurately. It’s designed to take hundreds of times as much data as a digital audio stream and transfer it accurately through what’s a ludicrously small cable.