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If only Heracles had such power!
If there is one cable I would whole-heartedly trust to my Chimera-hunting needs, this would be the cable. No other cable has the tensile strength to properly and efficiently garrote a lycanthrope, asphyxiate an Esquilax or even gag a mermaid. Last week, using my trusty AudioQuest K2 (retrofitted with lead weights, bright orange latex paint and a generous coating of crushed glass stolen from the window of an abandoned church at midnight), I managed to snuff 3 golden unicorns in swift succession!

Pros: Quickly tears through scales, fur, bone, and adamantium with ease
Coils and uncoils from hip holster (optional) quickly and quietly
For a product fabricated from 1,000 Onyx Dragon fetuses, the price is unbelievably reasonable!

Cons: Shipping from the R'lyeh took far too long
Doesn't come in 10' lengths (which would be perfect for hydra, cerberii and other multi-headed creatures)
After every use, I can feel 6 ounces of my soul slipping from my core into the ether. But this may be due to the fact that I prefer to work without gloves. YMMV.

Overall, I would recommend that any hunter buy one, nay, two, of these immediately, and experience the difference that upgrading to the K2 will make in your next quest!

I have only a little time...
We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.

PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link for long... I will type as fast as I can.

DO NOT USE THE CABLES!

We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this... accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the... whispers... began.

Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean? Some even more ancient tongue, first spoken by elder races under the red light of dying suns far from here? We do not know, but somehow, slowly... we began to UNDERSTAND.

No, no, please! I don't want to remember! YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME REMEMBER! I saw brave men claw their own eyes out... oh, god, the screaming... the mobs of feral children feasting on corpses, the shadows MOVING, the fires burning in the air! The CHANTING!

WHY CAN'T I FORGET THE WORDS???

We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.

Do not use the cables!

My cats chewed on this cable and now they can both speak. One of them is gay and the other wants to kill me. I would have rather not known.

Like many people, I first learned of AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cables when Tom Wopat appeared in the sky to do that infomercial. I admit, I was skeptical at first--the production values seemed pretty mediocre for such an expensive terminated cable, and I was unimpressed that Wopat's polo shirt matched the one worn by the AudioQuest spokeswoman.

Still, I felt like, okay, the wife and I live in a pretty affluent neighborhood. There's a lot of one-upsmanship at dinner parties here. Have you ever read Robert Musil? No? You should.

I was a little worried that I'm not enough of an audiophile to truly make full use of these cables. Quite the opposite, really. My suspicion was well-founded--when I got them home I immediately attached them to the Bose product I bought from the Sharper Image catalog a few years ago. Not a chance. Then I tried running them through my son's Nintendo Wii. I found that I could now score points by bashing oversized tennis balls and causing major damage to what appeared to be real African cities at some point in the distant future. That was neat, but not really why you pay more than $6K for terminated speaker cables.

The function that really sold me on this product in the first place was the "Cone of Silence" feature, and once I rigged my AudioQuests to the sump pump in the basement I knew they'd be worth every penny. You may remember Herodotus writing about a tribe in the Macedonian hinterlands that had exceptionally short ear canals? I'm descended from those people on my mother's side. I can't even begin to describe to you how I experience things you take for granted, like air travel, or rap interludes at a Denver Nuggets game. How about a thousand goats bleating on the sacrificial altar? I dunno...I haven't experienced that first-hand. But it seems about right.

Anyway, "Cone of Silence" is great. The minute I hear the neighbor's leaf blower revving up, I just head down to the basement and it's like Calgon-take-me-awayyy. I turn it on during our dinner parties and all I can hear is the sound of my own chewing, which to me sounds like a D5 bulldozer emptying several tons of gravel in an echo chamber. Guests just keep going on like they were before--they don't even know the difference. My son calls it "STFU Mode." We've bonded over that.

Only drawback I've noticed is that Cone of Silence mode might interfere with small aircraft navigational systems. I've been seeing some weird stories on the news lately that I wonder about.

Still, great product. 5 Stars!

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Do not buy these cables, December 3, 2010
By Bandin - They're TOO good. I plugged these things into my 50W Magnavox 2.1 surround receiver and they impregnated my daughter. And I don't even have a daughter. I had to return them so I can afford the pregnant daughter that my future wife is going to give birth to.

AudioQuest K2 Terminated Speaker Cable
Requires Engineering (525)
Item Level 333
Use: K2 Terminated Speaker Cable can shock a dead ally back to life. Cannot be used when in combat. (30 Min Cooldown)
Sell Price: 4g

Author:	Vladimirr [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:32 am ]
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3 ... dp_product At least they have some good reviews...

Author:	Shelgeyr [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:51 am ]
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"People who viewed this item also viewed: Deluxe Skull Mace w/Custom Sheath & Dagger"

Author:	Noggel [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:15 am ]
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That mace thing is... different! Also: "People who viewed this item also viewed:" Good show, Internet. Good show indeed!

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:15 am ]
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That's barely more than a thousand dollars a foot! What a great price!

Author:	Midgen [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:18 pm ]
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Reviews are awesome.. Amazon Reviewer wrote: If only Heracles had such power! If there is one cable I would whole-heartedly trust to my Chimera-hunting needs, this would be the cable. No other cable has the tensile strength to properly and efficiently garrote a lycanthrope, asphyxiate an Esquilax or even gag a mermaid. Last week, using my trusty AudioQuest K2 (retrofitted with lead weights, bright orange latex paint and a generous coating of crushed glass stolen from the window of an abandoned church at midnight), I managed to snuff 3 golden unicorns in swift succession! Pros: Quickly tears through scales, fur, bone, and adamantium with ease Coils and uncoils from hip holster (optional) quickly and quietly For a product fabricated from 1,000 Onyx Dragon fetuses, the price is unbelievably reasonable! Cons: Shipping from the R'lyeh took far too long Doesn't come in 10' lengths (which would be perfect for hydra, cerberii and other multi-headed creatures) After every use, I can feel 6 ounces of my soul slipping from my core into the ether. But this may be due to the fact that I prefer to work without gloves. YMMV. Overall, I would recommend that any hunter buy one, nay, two, of these immediately, and experience the difference that upgrading to the K2 will make in your next quest! Amazon Reviewer wrote: I have only a little time... We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives. PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link for long... I will type as fast as I can. DO NOT USE THE CABLES! We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this... accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the... whispers... began. Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean? Some even more ancient tongue, first spoken by elder races under the red light of dying suns far from here? We do not know, but somehow, slowly... we began to UNDERSTAND. No, no, please! I don't want to remember! YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME REMEMBER! I saw brave men claw their own eyes out... oh, god, the screaming... the mobs of feral children feasting on corpses, the shadows MOVING, the fires burning in the air! The CHANTING! WHY CAN'T I FORGET THE WORDS??? We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives. Do not use the cables!

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Author:	Darkroland [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:44 pm ]
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Quote: My cats chewed on this cable and now they can both speak. One of them is gay and the other wants to kill me. I would have rather not known.

Author:	Rorinthas [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:49 pm ]
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I. I. I. I. head explodes

Author:	Micheal [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:08 am ]
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Is this even real?

Author:	Jeryn [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:34 am ]
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Quote: Like many people, I first learned of AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cables when Tom Wopat appeared in the sky to do that infomercial. I admit, I was skeptical at first--the production values seemed pretty mediocre for such an expensive terminated cable, and I was unimpressed that Wopat's polo shirt matched the one worn by the AudioQuest spokeswoman. Still, I felt like, okay, the wife and I live in a pretty affluent neighborhood. There's a lot of one-upsmanship at dinner parties here. Have you ever read Robert Musil? No? You should. I was a little worried that I'm not enough of an audiophile to truly make full use of these cables. Quite the opposite, really. My suspicion was well-founded--when I got them home I immediately attached them to the Bose product I bought from the Sharper Image catalog a few years ago. Not a chance. Then I tried running them through my son's Nintendo Wii. I found that I could now score points by bashing oversized tennis balls and causing major damage to what appeared to be real African cities at some point in the distant future. That was neat, but not really why you pay more than $6K for terminated speaker cables. The function that really sold me on this product in the first place was the "Cone of Silence" feature, and once I rigged my AudioQuests to the sump pump in the basement I knew they'd be worth every penny. You may remember Herodotus writing about a tribe in the Macedonian hinterlands that had exceptionally short ear canals? I'm descended from those people on my mother's side. I can't even begin to describe to you how I experience things you take for granted, like air travel, or rap interludes at a Denver Nuggets game. How about a thousand goats bleating on the sacrificial altar? I dunno...I haven't experienced that first-hand. But it seems about right. Anyway, "Cone of Silence" is great. The minute I hear the neighbor's leaf blower revving up, I just head down to the basement and it's like Calgon-take-me-awayyy. I turn it on during our dinner parties and all I can hear is the sound of my own chewing, which to me sounds like a D5 bulldozer emptying several tons of gravel in an echo chamber. Guests just keep going on like they were before--they don't even know the difference. My son calls it "STFU Mode." We've bonded over that. Only drawback I've noticed is that Cone of Silence mode might interfere with small aircraft navigational systems. I've been seeing some weird stories on the news lately that I wonder about. Still, great product. 5 Stars!

Author:	Midgen [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:48 am ]
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Micheal wrote: Is this even real? absolutely... Search audioquest on amazon. They have several products that sell for similar prices... Whether or not they actually sell them...that's a different story....

Author:	Shelgeyr [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:51 am ]
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Micheal wrote: Is this even real? See for yourself (PDF of AudioQuest's Retail Price Book - May 2010)

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:23 pm ]
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Hey, awesome. You can get a refurbished pair at almost a $3,500 savings!

Author:	Corolinth [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:38 pm ]
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I think it just clicked why they're $8,000. When they say solid silver, I think they literally mean they're using eight feet of silver wire to send the current down. That is absolutely **** retarded.

Author:	Midgen [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:59 pm ]
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Not just silver, but PSS ("Perfect Surface Silver" whatever the heck that means). They also have PSC (Copper), and presumably some other precious metals.

Author:	Corolinth [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:26 pm ]
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A cursory search on Google suggests that perfect surface refers to the structure of the atomic bonds in the material. It sounds like this opens up more pathways for electrons to move through material and increases conductivity by raising the drift current. At least, that's the only importance I can really ascribe to "solid" perfect surface silver. Well, apart from the obvious - that it's solid, and not liquid or gaseous. What I suspect happened is that enough people made fun of them for making such a big deal out of gold-plated connectors, as if that made a huge difference. So, they turned around and made an entire wire out of silver or gold. At which point, being perfect surface is probably less of an increase in conductivity than being made out of a better material to begin with. The thing is, that's not really a big deal. Once a signal is on a wire and moving, the resistance of the wire isn't that big a factor in determining data loss. Most of that happens at connections and switches. The reason gold-played connectors were so highly used wasn't because they protected the integrity of your signal, or because they improved the overall sound quality, but because gold is more resistant to corrosion than the copper that it encases. The gold-plating is there to protect the copper ends from exposure to air. It's more about increasing the lifespan of the wire than protecting the integrity of the signal.

Author:	TheRiov [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:45 pm ]
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Gold doesn't oxidize like copper or tarnish like silver so the conductivity of the surface is more reliable long term. thats about it. Any time you have two metals though, you'll have a minor current between them. In a digital system it shouldn't make a difference. In analogue I suppose it could, but I'm not an audiophile or engineer.

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Author:	Vindicarre [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:40 pm ]
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Amazon wrote: Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Author:	Hopwin [ Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:44 pm ]
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Quote: Do not buy these cables, December 3, 2010 By Bandin - They're TOO good. I plugged these things into my 50W Magnavox 2.1 surround receiver and they impregnated my daughter. And I don't even have a daughter. I had to return them so I can afford the pregnant daughter that my future wife is going to give birth to.

Author:	Hopwin [ Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:45 pm ]
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Quote: AudioQuest K2 Terminated Speaker Cable Requires Engineering (525) Item Level 333 Use: K2 Terminated Speaker Cable can shock a dead ally back to life. Cannot be used when in combat. (30 Min Cooldown) Sell Price: 4g