Be aware that some of the "quantum" stickers have thorium dioxide in the adhesive, so they may be mildly radioactive. As a precaution, wash your hands after handling them as ingesting alpha emitter material is not a good health thing. The ones I checked out that are sold to protect special people from their phone's 5G death beams were radioactive. That phat resistor in the power conditioner thing is a resistive dropper. So the case should get reassuringly warm in use. (It's the cheapest way to run the LED flasher from the mains.)
@@marklong6437 and it would be an actual hospital grade outlet from a reputable brand like Eaton, Levington, etc. I wouldn't trust that no-name crap they had, it would probably start a house fire.
@@marklong6437 you don't get it, these hospital outlets will add unwanted noise of life support machines to your signal, and possibly cancer too, obviously.
To be fair I bought a JiTTeRbUG used for a relatively fair price of $20..... it now serves as the most overpriced USB-A to USB-A extension dongle I have in my possession.
He's the perfect audience surrogate. He has the reactions we wish we could display in person, but he also has an incredible amount of expertise to back up his reactions.
Man he’s so much shorter than I thought he would be not an issue ofc, he’s an absolute legend and it’s quite amusing for once that Linus had a surprise guest and they were the same height! Lol.
I haven't really gotten the point of them flying Dankpods in, honestly. He didn't contribute anything of substance over those two videos. Like, I'm genuinely confused.
“This should be illegal” It is, under the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act. These companies get away with it because they’re so small, rarely have any actual legal presence in a given country, and are only enforced when people complain to the relivent authority. In LTT’s case, that’d be the Competition Bureau’s Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate. For those quantum stickers, if they are in fact radioactive, reporting them to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission would be smart. Such “frivolous” uses of radioactive materials are very, very illegal.
Dankpods is on Floatplane which is owned by LMG so it was bound to happen at some point. What I'm mad about is why the hell did it take this long to finally happen?
Burn-in isn't absolutely hogwash. I make electronic test equipment for measuring photodiodes and they have to be burned in due to the extreme sensitivity of the measurements. I'm using a Keithley 237 Source-Measure Unit and applying a few hundred volts and watching the current. It'll drop from ~1's of µAs to sub nAs. No one has been able to explain exactly whats going on, but the supposition is that contaminants are getting migrated or its something to do with surface charge. It definitely helps to heat it up in an oven while you're doing it. I dont think any of this would ever be noticeable in audio equipment, but there is evidence of burn-in being real. I spent a lot of money on my headphones and when I first got them I was ready to send them back immediately, but I played metal at 150% comfortable listening levels for like 24 hours and it made an absolute difference. I figure its probably from the foam fatiguing to be a little more compliant or maybe even some "deburring" if you will, and I'm sure you wont.
The IC @12:21 is probably a timer or a counter to make the led blink. The rest is just a half rectifying bridge to power the timer/counter. Being a half bridge rectifier means the IC is only powered half the time and they probably use that as part of the count. It also allows them to save an insurmountable amount of money in two more diodes :|
My guess is that it was sa556 because of the component that present on the pcb it goes with, Which is just 2 sa555/ne555 packed into one chip Which is kinda hilarious because now the other half becomes pointless doing nothing
@@Arctic_silverstreak It is possible but this IC appears to have more pins. Either way, I do not think that someone who uses (what looks like) a 5W resistor to limit the current from 120V cares if half of the circuit is just for show. Maybe that IC was cheapest they could get.
Have to say, my favourite part is how Dan suffers in silence most of the time, only to burst out with a snarky rant now and then :D Adam's bone-dry humor and sarcasm just does the rest. One of the best LTT videos in a long time!
oh man, i've been watching dankpods since he had like 50k subscribers and i've watched make it to where he is today. I also watch his drum channel and it's amazing to see how far he's made it and how his own content has grown. Good job Wade, everyones very proud of you.
Chaos Dan might be my favorite LTT personality. He’s a subject matter expert, but he also just flies his own path. So many of us tech nerds would tear apart the gear if we could
Lot of 'engineers' like 2 pretend nothing matters but what they specialize in, 2 try & avoid appearing stupid, like they have the key 2 'hi-fi', like pretending 'speaker cables don't matter' & stuff, which is insane. & no, not necessarily just a resistance thing. Some of the best R 'mainframe twisted SCSI cables' & gray/red combo 'lamp wire' (whatever that stuff is where 1 lead is gray & the other copper = 'evens things out' = sounds BS until U hear it). Another is the best 'coax' is the thin flimsy 'trash' stuff = more 'transparent'. Less capacitance or something? iDunno = not an engineer, but lot of cables do sound different & more expensive doesn't mean better. Same goes with headphones 4 sure = several years iSpent trying out 'everything' & the best overall (currently) turned out 2 retail around $15 LOL
As someone who is in the audio industry this is amazing. I advise so many clients against these types of products, but sometimes it falls on deaf ears, lol. In one of our showrooms we have one 2 meter power cable that costs over $11k USD. It’s insane.
@@y.m.6988The difference shouldn't be noticeable if the cable is running as intended. More expensive cables might be more durable, but that's really all you can get 99% of the time for paying extra. It's below 100 bucks almost always, though and usually the durability gives it *some* value.
@@y.m.6988 nah mate, power cables make like no difference at all. The power has already travelled hundreds of feet in super-cheap cables before it reaches the socket; the last little bit makes zero difference. And if it does, the equipment plugged into it is substandard.
those jitterbug things do actually work to isolate a usb ground loop, but usually don't supply enough current to power an interface. you can also just ground everything properly
So many highlights in this episode: - Dan teetering on the edge of losing his s**t until the burn-in comment, at which point he couldn’t contain himself anymore. - Linus just realising that each product will have cost him sooo much money for utter audiophile BS. Good thing he set a limit! - Wade’s “kid in a sweet shop” joy for each new piece of utter crap, knowing that it is going to wind up Dan and Linus… - Adam’s sarcastic sale’s pitch for each product, and his glee when revealing the price. - Everyone’s willingness to call out this audiophile rubbish, and joy when taking it apart to prove that it does NOTHING!!!! Great episode, please can we have more of these collaborations 👏👏👏
The problem is they've bought products that aren't going to make a difference to their system. like they're trying to reduce RF but they're using a noisy af powerboard with $2 power leads, of course you're not going to hear a difference...
@@super9mega they literally bought a Nordost Qwave which is specifically meant to be used in conjunction with their powerboards which removes noise from the wall. But my main point is they also didn't and weren't going to hear much of a change because their system isn't in the price category for these items, its like trying to put f1 tires on a $10 shitbox car, of course you're not going to notice a difference!
@@mousetrap7005 like, you are not serious right? They had The Oscilloscope photos from before and after the "power noise reducer" and saw literally nothing different. If there is a noise difference, then your correct, literally anything, ANYTHING would make more of a difference than it. Meaning that yea, it actually does not make a difference 😆. (Although some ups's can fix dirty power, if you're having an issue with that. But that's mostly like, if you're dealing with that, then this device will probably not help, and you need cleaner power in general)
7:40 That is such a good add-on to the grift. If the placebo effect hasn't quite set in yet, you can convince yourself that you really need that second one. They're double dipping!
the Q-vibe is the worst because it IS possible to do what they're advertising. make a very big very precise notch filter out of giant caps and coils and pass everything that isn't exactly 60Hz in the wall through a resistor, and it'll turn any noise on the circuit into heat. but the resulting box would be massive and at that point you're better off just using a normal in-line passive filter that just blocks the noise by being a 60Hz resonator / band-pass filter.
the Isopropyl was the funniest thing to me. It reminded me of a product at my job. But its a specialty cast iron seasoning spray from Lodge.. in fine print on theback it says "100% Conola Oil" and its $25 for 8 ounces...
I feel more stupid for having been exposed to the existence of these products, and in a way I suppose that's helpful as it puts me closer to the target market for them too.
14:04 "That's like having a burn-in time on your tap" Well, actually -- 🤓 Yes I'm aware I'm likely to get slaughtered with nerd emojis, but my grandfather actually works in plumbing, and any time he would replace our well filters or run delimer through the heater, we'd have to run all the taps for 2 or 3 minutes to flush out the old water and potential leftover chemicals so that fresh water would come through the next time we had to shower or something. Burn-in on audio is a myth though, speakers are not motors or batteries and will run pretty much the same whether their new or old or in different environments.
No, "Made in America" is funny, 9 times out of 10, that shit aint made even on an island off the coast of the U.S, they stick that on stuff to make it more "appealing".
The audiophile community is also actively helping all of these scams. For example, recently I found a video on an audiophile channel saying they could hear differences in optical cables, saying the sound was a lot better on a 300$ cable, lol.
the fact that they dont understand how digital signals work is hillarious. if you where able to make any difference in the signal. it would corrupt or skip. analogue however is way more sensitive. and there is definitely dos and donts.
Most of those guys live on reviews or sell products, if they say it does t matter and don't have the required tools to measure, what are they gonna do?
@@Peron1-MC Technically the signal is analog, but encoded digital, that is why we have single-mode and multi-mode cables for optical, and USB use a diferential pair and analog comparator, but that on audio level is pointless, all the physics they claim are real but only when you start going to microwave levels.
I’ve always loved Dan’s character and his demeanor - @11:51 small side comment is what cemented him as my favorite member of the on-screen LMG cast. Amazing chemistry on-screen on this one guys. Props to Linus and LMG as a whole for really backing their claims of making new format content. Ace work.
"the audiophile guy" that hung around our floor at college even though he didnt go to college told me to get bookshelf speakers instead of full sized speakers so i could save money to buy better speaker cables.
adam being there to bullshit for the products while dan is losing his mind at every product since minute 1 while linus and wade are just there for the ride while also being in full disbelief every step of the way LMAO
To this day, my so-called "friends" still believe that power cords and USB cables can make an audible difference, is mind boggling, and they said "it can't be measured, you only can hear the difference"... 💀
Power cords I can see, if you have unbalanced or dirty power (you know, like you could see on an oscilloscope). USB cables? That's digital, baby. No difference..
16:27 So like one time i was on a plane, some guy with sad looking face came up to me and he's an audio fan, and he told me "oi, i need some of the audio cleaner, can you go back and get one for me?" So i got off the plane, went back home, ordered one and went back to the airplane again and gave it to him, and turns out the audio cleaner was an alcohol, so i was dragged out of plane again by the security. I'm in jail.
Fun Fact, Australian Consumer Laws and Consumer protections are so strong that they could return almost all these items for a full refund since they don't function as advertised and/or are not fit for purpose
@@Dude19971 Wow really? Really need those strong laws over here in the US, you'd be surprised by some of the stuff that's allowed, including two-way outlet plugs that are incredibly dangerous for multiple reasons.
good to see dank pods YT taking him places. had the please of working on his car when it was all taking off and the success couldn't go to someone more deserving.
Man, and here I was with all of my XLR cables running side-by-side with all of my power cables on the floor in my studio... No wonder my music sucks, I thought it was a skill issue.
Audioquest floats on respectability by having some stuff that's "reasonably" priced and getting to sell their junk at Best Buy in the Magnolia premium zone. But they're also the "$10,000+ HDMI cable" guys.
Oh man... They didn't even scratch the topsoil yet. The braided audio cables, the ferrite chokes, the impedence plugs, gold-plated vs solid gold cabling... There's still a rabbit hole of marketing B.S. they can dive into.
They've covered audiophilia every once in a blue moon for years and I'm super disappointed they haven't treaded into those waters more often, especially since they have a comprehensive cable tester now.
"Hyperaudiophilia" can be a serious mental condition. It occurs when an audiophile (hi-fi enthusiast, nothing wrong with that) achieves a level of sound quality that can not be significantly improved, but feels compelled to continue trying to do so at any cost. It's a form of addiction and can cause otherwise intelligent, rational individuals to be taken in by what others clearly see as nonsensical claims related to sham products. Such products tend to be extremely expensive and, generally speaking, do nothing at all.
@@jamescruz8678One of my favs back in the CD days was a weighted disc to make the CD more of a flywheel to "smooth out the data stream." Works for vinyl, right? Well, the data goes into a buffer and is paced out by a clock. so... If anything it just made it harder for the motor to adjust disc speed to keep the buffer fed.
I think Dan lost his mind in this video! I bet he called off work and said he was not coming back to work for the rest of the week! LOL, I would not blame him for doing so! I am sorry you had to go threw that Dan! Be sure you have the long talk with the bread this week you need my dear friend! Pore Dan his life will never be the same again! lol
Dan, i could feel the pain you were in listening to that BS each time he had to read out their marketing claims, i sometimes have the same at work and i have to try not to give them an "You're an idiot" look lol
The only burn-in claim I've witness actually work is is with vacuum tubes. Ive bought new tubes for an amp that were noisy to begin with, left the amp on overnight, then the noise was gone. Everything else is basically a placebo effect.
Those CD stickers might have actually been useful once upon a time. Music companies had released some albums that you were supposedly unable to copy/burn to your PC etc. The way to get around it was to get a marker and cover up the writing on the center of the disc. From memory this was very early 2000's before the Iphone was even a thing.
@@lopwidth7343I've been looking for a red book CD with SecuROM for ages because people claim they exist just like this. Can you name an album? Maybe you can end my search!
Flare makes the Calmer, which I've used - they're pretty okay! It's ... really disappointing to see them try to move out of the 'we are blocking certain frequencies' range to the 'we enhance every frequency (by blocking certain frequencies, shh) stuff ...
I love that Dan immediately wants to see the waveform patterns of the last one. The bull**** meter was so off the charts he wanted to see more proof of it 😂
To be fair, the flare ear buds have actually done amazing things for my tenitus. I don't think they make anything sound better, but the endless ringing in my head definitely reduces after I wear them for around an hour
I've used the original titanium ear plugs from flare and liked them. And the tinnitus plugs works for some people and not others. Flare are pretty upfront about that.
Came here to say the same thing. The Calmer product is a live saver for those it works for. My friend has pretty debilitating Tinnitus and he found Calmer on his own and it drasticly reduced the severity of his affliction.
A couple of times i worked with the Owner/CEO/Dellboy/Usedcarsalesman that started Flareaudio when he was messing about trying to design Large format PA speakers. Total charlatan. mark up on the titanium earplugs ETC is astronomical. falls in to the Audiofool category
Be aware that some of the "quantum" stickers have thorium dioxide in the adhesive, so they may be mildly radioactive. As a precaution, wash your hands after handling them as ingesting alpha emitter material is not a good health thing. The ones I checked out that are sold to protect special people from their phone's 5G death beams were radioactive.
That phat resistor in the power conditioner thing is a resistive dropper. So the case should get reassuringly warm in use. (It's the cheapest way to run the LED flasher from the mains.)
So I shouldnt have eaten them????
It will be cool if they send you the products for further analysis and to re-affirm they are product scams.
of course BigClive shows up on a video like this :D
You know its serious when Bigclive is here
It sounds like they should have gotten you for the product analysis of why it’s so BS.
Not using Scarlet Fire for the testing is an absolute tragedy.
I kept waiting to hear it and was so disappointed.
So I'm not the only one
It’s not even copyright, it’s in the RUclips audio library
Or at the very least Walk Through the Park.
I am sad i didn't get to see Frank :(
Watching Wade sit there like the drunk friend you met at a party is so wholesome. He seems like a genuinely nice guy.
He really is a nice guy 😊
Best description of this vid
he is very chill and funny
But he likes linux and hates Windows
@@coastaku1954 oh NO
Just watching Dan's reactions to these bullshit products fills me with joy.
the others laugh, he seems in real agony
i was thinking the same.
Someone get the poor man a Xanax.
its almost painful for him to hear those bullshit explanations about how those products "work"
Yes
“Would you easily pay 50…..TIMES the amount of a normal wall outlet?” was fantastic delivery 😂
Adam is hilarious. His quick wit gets me every time “.. so the sound don’t leak” 😆
You could buy the same wall outlet for less then 15$ it just a hospital grade outlet.
@@marklong6437 and it would be an actual hospital grade outlet from a reputable brand like Eaton, Levington, etc. I wouldn't trust that no-name crap they had, it would probably start a house fire.
@@marklong6437 you don't get it, these hospital outlets will add unwanted noise of life support machines to your signal, and possibly cancer too, obviously.
To be fair I bought a JiTTeRbUG used for a relatively fair price of $20..... it now serves as the most overpriced USB-A to USB-A extension dongle I have in my possession.
I'm glad to see dankpods making it in life. I found him when he only had 100k, what a great guy
I haven’t watched him in a while but I grew up watching Dankmus. I never would’ve expected to see him here now but here we are. I’m proud of him
Sameee he got me through 2020 along with Unus Annus
@@C4DeadCharge he just recently released new dankmus stuff! it's freaking great!
Same here man, he’s always super entertaining to watch here and there
Sameeee
Dan just sitting there waiting until he's allowed to destroy things is a vibe I'm here for.
wtf?
@@spookyghost7524 I mean, breaking things (especially shitty things) is fun. I did that as a kid and still do at times.
Pop
"I'm only here for the destruction." -- Chaos Dan
@@spookyghost7524 My question to why these products exist.
Dan's the "I like working for you" part. Hilarious. 😂
We didn’t even get to try it….
Ok
rizz
Coworker rizz
He stole the show with that line, and I was here for Dankpods lol
seeing wade make the wade noises is both cursed and absolutely blessed
also how does wade sound like wade in the studio in the LTT set?? its like he brought his mic with him baha
@aeches think its because he doesnt do anything fancy with his mics, heck he records most of his vids with a Iphone, mic and all.
its blursed
Dan doesn't even say or do anything and he's still my favorite person in this video. And I like the other three! Dan, how are you doing this?!
Dan has to have the LTT record for fastest establishment of parasocial relationships 😂
Yes i love Dan !!
He's the perfect audience surrogate. He has the reactions we wish we could display in person, but he also has an incredible amount of expertise to back up his reactions.
But he said and did things...
It's just his wild Aussie energy. It's why I watch his car channel.
i'm blown away that dankpods manages to be even funnier when he's in front of the camera
Yea but it's so weird seeing a face to the voice. I prefer just hands and an ipad
No but actually, it's way better with dankpods with camera. He's way funnier, and a way immersive experience
Agreed @@music_equalslife
DankPods is such an awkward and uncomfortable dude when hes around people
@@AbiRizkythat means you don't catch him enough on Floatplane :(
It’s so trippy matching a face to the DankPods voice
Yeah I'm still trying to adjust to it.
'look at this absolute nugget mate'
he said "look its dankpods!" and I was looking at the shrekpad wondering who tf the guy was
Man he’s so much shorter than I thought he would be not an issue ofc, he’s an absolute legend and it’s quite amusing for once that Linus had a surprise guest and they were the same height! Lol.
I saw Linus’ soul leave his body multiple times during this video 😂😂😂
Forget about Linus, poor Dan was struggling so hard to keep it together.
More Dankpods of course but definitely more chaotic Dan!
He totally fits in with the rest of the gang
and less Adam (much less)
Dan is anti-Bullshit personified. We need more.
YES!
I haven't really gotten the point of them flying Dankpods in, honestly. He didn't contribute anything of substance over those two videos. Like, I'm genuinely confused.
“This should be illegal”
It is, under the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act. These companies get away with it because they’re so small, rarely have any actual legal presence in a given country, and are only enforced when people complain to the relivent authority. In LTT’s case, that’d be the Competition Bureau’s Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate.
For those quantum stickers, if they are in fact radioactive, reporting them to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission would be smart. Such “frivolous” uses of radioactive materials are very, very illegal.
These companies have the perfect defense against such laws. Their own customers cope and gaslighting.
Literally my favourite crossover in YT history. Never in a million years did I think this would happen but I'm so damn happy it did!
Dankpods is on Floatplane which is owned by LMG so it was bound to happen at some point. What I'm mad about is why the hell did it take this long to finally happen?
@CamOpKyle oooooh I didn't realise that! I'm just mad they didn't play Scarlett Fire for the audio tests haha
Couldn’t agree more!!😄I hop there are a lot more to come!!!
nah
somebody is missing
and his name is Styropyro
@@HrLBolle that would be pretty cool, right?
Dan slowly descending into madness never ceases to be entertaining.
It's the worms.
Seeing wade pop out from that box made my day
_Strewth mate, I'm in the land of Craig products! Time for a Craigathon!_
Having a need for burn-in sounds exactly like wasting time for the consumer so the returns window closes before they realise they’ve been had.
Uh-oh, some muppet's guessed it. Time to change the lingo.
Burn-in isn't absolutely hogwash. I make electronic test equipment for measuring photodiodes and they have to be burned in due to the extreme sensitivity of the measurements. I'm using a Keithley 237 Source-Measure Unit and applying a few hundred volts and watching the current. It'll drop from ~1's of µAs to sub nAs. No one has been able to explain exactly whats going on, but the supposition is that contaminants are getting migrated or its something to do with surface charge. It definitely helps to heat it up in an oven while you're doing it. I dont think any of this would ever be noticeable in audio equipment, but there is evidence of burn-in being real.
I spent a lot of money on my headphones and when I first got them I was ready to send them back immediately, but I played metal at 150% comfortable listening levels for like 24 hours and it made an absolute difference. I figure its probably from the foam fatiguing to be a little more compliant or maybe even some "deburring" if you will, and I'm sure you wont.
If burn in was that necessary to make headphones sound good, why don’t manufacturers do so in the factories before shipping them out?
@@timothycuff605 because burn in time also shortens the life span. Lol.
I don't always burn-in products at my home, but when I do, I always burn-in the house taps. Can't be too careful, don'tcha know.
The IC @12:21 is probably a timer or a counter to make the led blink. The rest is just a half rectifying bridge to power the timer/counter. Being a half bridge rectifier means the IC is only powered half the time and they probably use that as part of the count. It also allows them to save an insurmountable amount of money in two more diodes :|
_Sad Electroboom Noises_
@@devnol*happy* Electroboom noises
@@Zbenesch *painful electrob00m noises*
My guess is that it was sa556 because of the component that present on the pcb it goes with, Which is just 2 sa555/ne555 packed into one chip Which is kinda hilarious because now the other half becomes pointless doing nothing
@@Arctic_silverstreak It is possible but this IC appears to have more pins. Either way, I do not think that someone who uses (what looks like) a 5W resistor to limit the current from 120V cares if half of the circuit is just for show. Maybe that IC was cheapest they could get.
The best audio enhancement accessory is still a bottle of wine
Have to say, my favourite part is how Dan suffers in silence most of the time, only to burst out with a snarky rant now and then :D Adam's bone-dry humor and sarcasm just does the rest. One of the best LTT videos in a long time!
As soon as I saw the ipad cover at 0:30 I heard scarlet fire playing in the background.
O MEEE PUGCELLS!!!!
I got an old mate named Craiiiiiig
oh mate (insert low quality mic rambling here
Mate, it’s the huh duh six hungeos from old mate sennie
oh man, i've been watching dankpods since he had like 50k subscribers and i've watched make it to where he is today. I also watch his drum channel and it's amazing to see how far he's made it and how his own content has grown. Good job Wade, everyones very proud of you.
Audiophile culture is like being more concerned with a book's font than its plot
I’m stealing that! I know a few…
But also you've only convinced yourself there's a difference in the font, when there actually isn't
.... i WOULD be annoyed if a book were printed in comic sans though. Not joking.
@@AutomatedUseror in cursive
@@AutomatedUser A book printed in Comic Sans is what we see when someone just turns the sub all the way up and calls it good 😅
Wade having to remind Dan that LTT sells screwdrivers made my day
Wade just being there made my day
Dan and Linus are perfectly in (reverse) sync. Each alternating between being amused and dying inside
Chaos Dan might be my favorite LTT personality. He’s a subject matter expert, but he also just flies his own path. So many of us tech nerds would tear apart the gear if we could
Dan’s quiet rage is everything 😂😂😂
Lot of 'engineers' like 2 pretend nothing matters but what they specialize in, 2 try & avoid appearing stupid, like they have the key 2 'hi-fi', like pretending 'speaker cables don't matter' & stuff, which is insane. & no, not necessarily just a resistance thing. Some of the best R 'mainframe twisted SCSI cables' & gray/red combo 'lamp wire' (whatever that stuff is where 1 lead is gray & the other copper = 'evens things out' = sounds BS until U hear it). Another is the best 'coax' is the thin flimsy 'trash' stuff = more 'transparent'. Less capacitance or something? iDunno = not an engineer, but lot of cables do sound different & more expensive doesn't mean better. Same goes with headphones 4 sure = several years iSpent trying out 'everything' & the best overall (currently) turned out 2 retail around $15 LOL
@@Deathrape2001This is one of the most confusing comments I've ever read. I have absolutely no idea what your point is.
I like how much dan has changed over time. When he first started it seemed like he was playing a character.. now he seems happy and relaxed
Chaos Dan is legendary wanting to rip apart anything to see whats going on inside lmao
First
As someone who is in the audio industry this is amazing. I advise so many clients against these types of products, but sometimes it falls on deaf ears, lol. In one of our showrooms we have one 2 meter power cable that costs over $11k USD. It’s insane.
heh, deaf ears
11k sounds ridiculous, but power cables do sometimes make a difference. The bs in the video do not.
@@y.m.6988 11k falls not only squarely, but cubicly in the "diminishing returns" category
@@y.m.6988The difference shouldn't be noticeable if the cable is running as intended. More expensive cables might be more durable, but that's really all you can get 99% of the time for paying extra. It's below 100 bucks almost always, though and usually the durability gives it *some* value.
@@y.m.6988 nah mate, power cables make like no difference at all. The power has already travelled hundreds of feet in super-cheap cables before it reaches the socket; the last little bit makes zero difference. And if it does, the equipment plugged into it is substandard.
Linus, we can't call Australians Criminals anymore, they haven't been a prison colony in years
Dankpods has amazing chemistry with these dudes, would love to see him more
Linus should buy him out
@@ALXMARTINNah, he just bought a lab, he cannot afford all of Wades channels, and if he does, Wade will just make more!
I honestly thought he's part of LMG
He’s a floatplane creator
@@cornlourdHe's an honorary member
aw Poor Dan, he's just sitting there in pain
I feel you man, i feel you. this stuff loops between funny and depressing several times over.
those jitterbug things do actually work to isolate a usb ground loop, but usually don't supply enough current to power an interface. you can also just ground everything properly
I love Dan and Dank being in the same couch, just there, waiting to rip apart those "audiophile products"
So many highlights in this episode:
- Dan teetering on the edge of losing his s**t until the burn-in comment, at which point he couldn’t contain himself anymore.
- Linus just realising that each product will have cost him sooo much money for utter audiophile BS. Good thing he set a limit!
- Wade’s “kid in a sweet shop” joy for each new piece of utter crap, knowing that it is going to wind up Dan and Linus…
- Adam’s sarcastic sale’s pitch for each product, and his glee when revealing the price.
- Everyone’s willingness to call out this audiophile rubbish, and joy when taking it apart to prove that it does NOTHING!!!!
Great episode, please can we have more of these collaborations 👏👏👏
The problem is they've bought products that aren't going to make a difference to their system. like they're trying to reduce RF but they're using a noisy af powerboard with $2 power leads, of course you're not going to hear a difference...
@@mousetrap7005 it's all digital. Everything they used was on the digital side. (Except the cable lifters). It's all a scam 😂
@@super9mega they literally bought a Nordost Qwave which is specifically meant to be used in conjunction with their powerboards which removes noise from the wall.
But my main point is they also didn't and weren't going to hear much of a change because their system isn't in the price category for these items, its like trying to put f1 tires on a $10 shitbox car, of course you're not going to notice a difference!
@@mousetrap7005 like, you are not serious right? They had The Oscilloscope photos from before and after the "power noise reducer" and saw literally nothing different. If there is a noise difference, then your correct, literally anything, ANYTHING would make more of a difference than it. Meaning that yea, it actually does not make a difference 😆. (Although some ups's can fix dirty power, if you're having an issue with that. But that's mostly like, if you're dealing with that, then this device will probably not help, and you need cleaner power in general)
@@super9mega Of course it didnt make a difference they were using a costco powerboard with default $1 power leads?
7:40 That is such a good add-on to the grift. If the placebo effect hasn't quite set in yet, you can convince yourself that you really need that second one. They're double dipping!
That sad Linus "Did they send samples?" was too good.
He knew in his heart what the answer would be. 🤣
We need more Dan. His lack of filter is something to be treasured.
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This reminds me of walking into a Snap-On truck.
Well, compared the the literal e-waste in this video, the stuff in the snap-on truck at least functions as advertised
@@bsheaves occasionally
I love Dan's "kinda weird but cool uncle" vibes when he's getting all excited to tear stuff apart and expose the BS 😂
Wade and Dan are such a great duo. They both have this desire to rip things open and I love it.
Too bad 1 grit wasn't there
the Q-vibe is the worst because it IS possible to do what they're advertising. make a very big very precise notch filter out of giant caps and coils and pass everything that isn't exactly 60Hz in the wall through a resistor, and it'll turn any noise on the circuit into heat. but the resulting box would be massive and at that point you're better off just using a normal in-line passive filter that just blocks the noise by being a 60Hz resonator / band-pass filter.
the Isopropyl was the funniest thing to me. It reminded me of a product at my job. But its a specialty cast iron seasoning spray from Lodge.. in fine print on theback it says "100% Conola Oil" and its $25 for 8 ounces...
I feel more stupid for having been exposed to the existence of these products, and in a way I suppose that's helpful as it puts me closer to the target market for them too.
Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣
lol
14:04 "That's like having a burn-in time on your tap" Well, actually -- 🤓
Yes I'm aware I'm likely to get slaughtered with nerd emojis, but my grandfather actually works in plumbing, and any time he would replace our well filters or run delimer through the heater, we'd have to run all the taps for 2 or 3 minutes to flush out the old water and potential leftover chemicals so that fresh water would come through the next time we had to shower or something.
Burn-in on audio is a myth though, speakers are not motors or batteries and will run pretty much the same whether their new or old or in different environments.
"The powder probably energises the Americans who made them" - That was a VERY subtle joke
I'm not sure I'd say "subtle" but it was certainly effective
No, "Made in America" is funny, 9 times out of 10, that shit aint made even on an island off the coast of the U.S, they stick that on stuff to make it more "appealing".
@@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 The final 1% of assembly was finished in America.
@@daggern15 Just the way Linus said it. Took me a few seconds to realise haha
@@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 Or it's a bunch of Chinese parts, mostly assembled, and they do the last step. Made in USA now 😎
Dan, the actual audio guy, losing his mind is killing me. I am actually laughing out loud at his reactions.
WHEN DID THIS COLLAB HAPPEN
WHY HAS THIS NOT COME TO ME
The audiophile community is also actively helping all of these scams. For example, recently I found a video on an audiophile channel saying they could hear differences in optical cables, saying the sound was a lot better on a 300$ cable, lol.
the fact that they dont understand how digital signals work is hillarious. if you where able to make any difference in the signal. it would corrupt or skip. analogue however is way more sensitive. and there is definitely dos and donts.
Most of those guys live on reviews or sell products, if they say it does t matter and don't have the required tools to measure, what are they gonna do?
@@Peron1-MC Technically the signal is analog, but encoded digital, that is why we have single-mode and multi-mode cables for optical, and USB use a diferential pair and analog comparator, but that on audio level is pointless, all the physics they claim are real but only when you start going to microwave levels.
Ironically spdif will work through wet spaghetti. You have to make a real mess of a cable to make it quit working.
@@Peron1-MC bUt JiTtEr, how can I be 1000% sure that the bits are arriving in lockstep precision at my DAC???
I’ve always loved Dan’s character and his demeanor - @11:51 small side comment is what cemented him as my favorite member of the on-screen LMG cast. Amazing chemistry on-screen on this one guys. Props to Linus and LMG as a whole for really backing their claims of making new format content. Ace work.
I've been an audiophile for quite some time, tho it still amazed me how well you managed to show off what sucks about the community 😆
"the audiophile guy" that hung around our floor at college even though he didnt go to college told me to get bookshelf speakers instead of full sized speakers so i could save money to buy better speaker cables.
"Please don't dismantle it yourself.
Dan?"
Killed me
“It is not a sin to take money from an idiot” - ancient proverb
adam being there to bullshit for the products while dan is losing his mind at every product since minute 1 while linus and wade are just there for the ride while also being in full disbelief every step of the way LMAO
To this day, my so-called "friends" still believe that power cords and USB cables can make an audible difference, is mind boggling, and they said "it can't be measured, you only can hear the difference"... 💀
Power cords I can see, if you have unbalanced or dirty power (you know, like you could see on an oscilloscope). USB cables? That's digital, baby. No difference..
Now, being fair, they CAN make a difference if there's say, a ground loop, or extreme RF interference. But that's also very much measurable.
I'm curious, if I have dirty power issues, how would a power cable help? I assume most of the power filtering is in the device the cable plugs into.
Broken/Damaged power and usb cables make a difference 😂
@syin111 if it's JUST a cable, it probably won't, but if it's an AC adapter, there could be actual line filtering in there.
16:27
So like one time i was on a plane, some guy with sad looking face came up to me and he's an audio fan, and he told me "oi, i need some of the audio cleaner, can you go back and get one for me?" So i got off the plane, went back home, ordered one and went back to the airplane again and gave it to him, and turns out the audio cleaner was an alcohol, so i was dragged out of plane again by the security.
I'm in jail.
This needs to be top comment 👏
LTT + DankPods is the gift that keeps on giving! Appreciate the early Christmas present!
Seriously thank you guys!
@@olafplays make good videos if you want subs bud, its so annoying seeing these comments
@@Hydraggle Don't engage, just report.
Ok
This stuff is legitimately illegal.. I’m really hope you returned some of this stuff…
Inb4 they don't accept returns lol
Wait can you really return clear scam
Seed
Fun Fact, Australian Consumer Laws and Consumer protections are so strong that they could return almost all these items for a full refund since they don't function as advertised and/or are not fit for purpose
@@Dude19971 Wow really? Really need those strong laws over here in the US, you'd be surprised by some of the stuff that's allowed, including two-way outlet plugs that are incredibly dangerous for multiple reasons.
I love the finger snapping. It's just so Dankpods. (Catchy name Sony!!)
At this point I have seen more of Wade's face on this channel than I have on any of his own. XD
good to see dank pods YT taking him places. had the please of working on his car when it was all taking off and the success couldn't go to someone more deserving.
Gotta ask though, which one?
Nice actor he was able to sync his lips with dankpods voice, we all know he is just a voice
Man, and here I was with all of my XLR cables running side-by-side with all of my power cables on the floor in my studio... No wonder my music sucks, I thought it was a skill issue.
This was so entertaining, I could definitely watch a 2 hours version of it.
Audioquest floats on respectability by having some stuff that's "reasonably" priced and getting to sell their junk at Best Buy in the Magnolia premium zone. But they're also the "$10,000+ HDMI cable" guys.
My boomer brain needs to hear the audio interference through my head set with every whiny mouse movement to know my computer is computering
Dan slowly descending into genuine physical pain is hilarious to me.
That's how I feel when I'm doomscrolling Tech Support subreddits.
Wade canonically doesn't leave the house without his green iPad
You've stepped into an incredibly fertile field here boys.
*Keep digging!*
Oh man... They didn't even scratch the topsoil yet. The braided audio cables, the ferrite chokes, the impedence plugs, gold-plated vs solid gold cabling... There's still a rabbit hole of marketing B.S. they can dive into.
@@JayrosModShop This isn't their first audiophile rodeo, there's a few older vids
They've covered audiophilia every once in a blue moon for years and I'm super disappointed they haven't treaded into those waters more often, especially since they have a comprehensive cable tester now.
"Hyperaudiophilia" can be a serious mental condition. It occurs when an audiophile (hi-fi enthusiast, nothing wrong with that) achieves a level of sound quality that can not be significantly improved, but feels compelled to continue trying to do so at any cost. It's a form of addiction and can cause otherwise intelligent, rational individuals to be taken in by what others clearly see as nonsensical claims related to sham products. Such products tend to be extremely expensive and, generally speaking, do nothing at all.
@@jamescruz8678One of my favs back in the CD days was a weighted disc to make the CD more of a flywheel to "smooth out the data stream." Works for vinyl, right? Well, the data goes into a buffer and is paced out by a clock. so... If anything it just made it harder for the motor to adjust disc speed to keep the buffer fed.
🤣 watching Dan squirming in his chair constantly about to lose his f**king mind is the best part and it's hilarious
I don't care much for Linus anymore. The dankpods ft. is what brought me here
As an Australian who watch’s both dankpods and Linus I have to say this collab is an absolute win
I think Dan lost his mind in this video! I bet he called off work and said he was not coming back to work for the rest of the week!
LOL, I would not blame him for doing so! I am sorry you had to go threw that Dan! Be sure you have the long talk with the bread this week you need my dear friend! Pore Dan his life will never be the same again! lol
First woah
9:23 Wade saying you're not allowed to eat those packs then putting it into his mouth is so in character.
And the "oh no he's gonna die" was funny
Dan is the unsung hero of this one. This is just hours of him in a permanent state of "you're not f'in serious"
A LTT and Dankpod collab is all i needed in life 😊
Dank is just such a genuine person, one of very few I just connect with over the inter webs
Dan, i could feel the pain you were in listening to that BS each time he had to read out their marketing claims, i sometimes have the same at work and i have to try not to give them an "You're an idiot" look lol
23:10 "hey Luis, remember when I sold those scam products to some Canadian tech youtubers?"
The only burn-in claim I've witness actually work is is with vacuum tubes. Ive bought new tubes for an amp that were noisy to begin with, left the amp on overnight, then the noise was gone. Everything else is basically a placebo effect.
Cable lifters: 650 USD
Dan's face when he tells Linus how much they cost: priceless.
Those CD stickers might have actually been useful once upon a time. Music companies had released some albums that you were supposedly unable to copy/burn to your PC etc. The way to get around it was to get a marker and cover up the writing on the center of the disc. From memory this was very early 2000's before the Iphone was even a thing.
There were also some discs with copy protection in the outer parts of the CD lol
Like region limiting on DVDs & stuff = just rip it 1'st 2 bypass the blocks =)
@@lopwidth7343I've been looking for a red book CD with SecuROM for ages because people claim they exist just like this. Can you name an album? Maybe you can end my search!
It's wild to see dankpods actually talking with his face. I've just had the idea that he's just a disembodied voice with hands.
The collab we never thought we needed but loved.
we need a podcast show with these 4, i just love the dry humour.
Look into "commercial" wall sockets.... they grip better than normal ones, and don't have too crazy of a price tag.
Flare makes the Calmer, which I've used - they're pretty okay! It's ... really disappointing to see them try to move out of the 'we are blocking certain frequencies' range to the 'we enhance every frequency (by blocking certain frequencies, shh) stuff ...
I love that Dan immediately wants to see the waveform patterns of the last one. The bull**** meter was so off the charts he wanted to see more proof of it 😂
9:00 Why is my boy Danky such a cute patootie sitting like that? 😅
lmao
Having Dan and Dankpods (Wade) on the same video is amazing
nothing is funnier than realizing the "Macro Quantum" quite literally means the "Big Small"
Mmm yes I love me some good ol
B I G S M A L L
the lack of one gritting in this is disappointing tbh
You had me at “this is a tax on the rich.” I can’t hate this stuff now.
The look of futile despair on Dan's face is palpable.😂
Dank getting an increasingly more suspicious expression as the video goes on is so great
To be fair, the flare ear buds have actually done amazing things for my tenitus. I don't think they make anything sound better, but the endless ringing in my head definitely reduces after I wear them for around an hour
I've used the original titanium ear plugs from flare and liked them. And the tinnitus plugs works for some people and not others. Flare are pretty upfront about that.
yea the “calmer” line is amazing. the other products kinda seem useless tho, especially the ones tested in this video lmao
Came here to say the same thing. The Calmer product is a live saver for those it works for. My friend has pretty debilitating Tinnitus and he found Calmer on his own and it drasticly reduced the severity of his affliction.
A couple of times i worked with the Owner/CEO/Dellboy/Usedcarsalesman that started Flareaudio when he was messing about trying to design Large format PA speakers. Total charlatan. mark up on the titanium earplugs ETC is astronomical. falls in to the Audiofool category