einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months ago"i can hear the difference"sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1803arrow-down110
arrow-up1793arrow-down1image"i can hear the difference"sh.itjust.workseinfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareMimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 months agoThe cable is fiber optic, which is to say light. Light don’t care about gold and silver. The highly polished lens bit is probably also bullshit, but at least light cares about lenses.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe gold isn’t there to conduct anything, it’s there to prevent corrosion, gold doesn’t rust or tarnish.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoNeither does the plastic that these cables normally are made of.
The cable is fiber optic, which is to say light. Light don’t care about gold and silver. The highly polished lens bit is probably also bullshit, but at least light cares about lenses.
The gold isn’t there to conduct anything, it’s there to prevent corrosion, gold doesn’t rust or tarnish.
Neither does the plastic that these cables normally are made of.