muelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down111
arrow-up1810arrow-down1external-linkIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.commuelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoAdditional trivia: The term “banana republic” originates from countries best known for exporting high-end audio equipment back in the day.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 hours ago“banana split” stems from a failed experiment where scientists tried to split audio frequencies by sticking the connectors into ice cream and running the audio through it
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 hours agoAnd Bananarama was so named for their high-fidelity recordings which were performed, mixed, and recorded entirely on bananas.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoYup. Failed spectacularly, which is why they went for mixing boards as a backup solution instead.
Additional trivia: The term “banana republic” originates from countries best known for exporting high-end audio equipment back in the day.
“banana split” stems from a failed experiment where scientists tried to split audio frequencies by sticking the connectors into ice cream and running the audio through it
And Bananarama was so named for their high-fidelity recordings which were performed, mixed, and recorded entirely on bananas.
Yup. Failed spectacularly, which is why they went for mixing boards as a backup solution instead.