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$350/m HDMI cables... so, Monster?


Far from me the idea to defend them, but $350/m is about 3 times higher than Monster's most bullshitty bullshit cable. Even their "2000HD HyperSpeed HDMI cable" only had a $115/m MSRP in 5ft, falling to $32/m in 35ft: http://www.monsterproducts.com/Monster_Video_ISF_2000HD_Hype...


My great business idea was to produce a line of "organic" cables.

Our company would go to the remote places of the earth to hunt down copper dragons (as in DnD) and harvest their veins to make audio cables.

The "natural", "organic" copper has a warmth to the audio signals flowing through it that artificially produces cables just can't provide (they have harsher undertones).

Then we'd also have silver and gold cables, harvested from, you guessed it, silver and gold dragons.

These would truly be "monster" cables.


I plan to disrupt the audiophile business (and crush you in passing) with my homeopathic cables.

As we melt the gold we mix in a few atoms of "rare earth" elements (rare == expensive == so good "they" don't want you to have access) which is then diluted by adding more melted gold until only the imprint of the rare earth atom remains.

The gold will the be hand drawn by virgins (in truth these will be strong, hairy, 50-yo virgins with dreadful hygiene and B.O. though strong enough to pull, but we need not add all that confusing stuff, we'll just say "virgins"). The wire will be lovingly laid into hand-made insulation made from organic pinniped leather.

I see a variety of future applications both in the home (connect your cable modem to your WiFi access point) and business (data centers). To quote Rony Abovitz, we'll soon be "the size of Apple".

Invest now, while you still can!


dragoncopper, have the website default to some non-existent northern european language/font with a translation button (british flag). Burled wood with reds and yellows. will buy.


PETA's going to bust your ass.




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