I Gave Money to Criminals - feat. Dankpods

I Gave Money to Criminals - feat. Dankpods - Cringe Audio Scams

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Around every corner, it feels like people are trying to scam you out of your money. But no one tries harder than audio companies. No I'm not talking about, Apple, Sony, Sennheiser or Samsung. I'm not even talking about hi-fi audio companies like Marantz, Bang and Olafson or Adam Audio. I'm talking about the shady companies that exist in the world of audiophile tweaks. The companies that use science-y sounding words to rip you off. So we got our audio aficionado friend Dankpods to come over and join us while we take a look at some of the craziest BS we've ever seen on this channel.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:57 650 Dollar Cable Lifters
5:00 USB Audio Improveners
8:51 Fixing the Wall Power
13:01 A Different Type of Plug
15:42 Illegal Chemical
17:56 A Fool's Earrings
20:35 The Final Thing
25:12 Outro

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@0neScreen 7 ай бұрын

Not using Scarlet Fire for the testing is an absolute tragedy.

@drake005 6 ай бұрын

I kept waiting to hear it and was so disappointed.

@chrisriku797 6 ай бұрын

So I'm not the only one

@hazymelodii 6 ай бұрын

It’s not even copyright, it’s in the KZfaq audio library

@ToastyMozart 5 ай бұрын

Or at the very least Walk Through the Park.

@Xmetalfanx 5 ай бұрын

I am sad i didn't get to see Frank :(

@bigclivedotcom 7 ай бұрын

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.)

@BocaBola_ 7 ай бұрын

So I shouldnt have eaten them????

@gerardsitja 7 ай бұрын

It will be cool if they send you the products for further analysis and to re-affirm they are product scams.

@els236 7 ай бұрын

of course BigClive shows up on a video like this :D

@georgemariatos-metaxas7780 7 ай бұрын

You know its serious when Bigclive is here

@Skiptrac3 7 ай бұрын

It sounds like they should have gotten you for the product analysis of why it’s so BS.

@TheDavidskinner 7 ай бұрын

Watching Wade sit there like the drunk friend you met at a party is so wholesome. He seems like a genuinely nice guy.

@eugiblisscast 7 ай бұрын

He really is a nice guy 😊

@N.Nocturne 7 ай бұрын

Best description of this vid

@user-tz4eh3rc4j 6 ай бұрын

he is very chill and funny

@coastaku1954 6 ай бұрын

But he likes linux and hates Windows

@steveskeletonneii6336 6 ай бұрын

@@coastaku1954 oh NO

@theforogoten1 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see dankpods making it in life. I found him when he only had 100k, what a great guy

@C4DeadCharge 6 ай бұрын

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

@TheParadoxGamer1 6 ай бұрын

Sameee he got me through 2020 along with Unus Annus

@LoneWanderer905 6 ай бұрын

@@C4DeadCharge he just recently released new dankmus stuff! it's freaking great!

@DL_Burga 6 ай бұрын

Same here man, he’s always super entertaining to watch here and there

@luisbastidas248 6 ай бұрын

Sameeee

@AgencyNighthawk 7 ай бұрын

Just watching Dan's reactions to these bullshit products fills me with joy.

@uzogsi 7 ай бұрын

the others laugh, he seems in real agony

@KinxBreadsworth 7 ай бұрын

i was thinking the same.

@redjules1215 7 ай бұрын

Someone get the poor man a Xanax.

@Woodie-xq1ew 7 ай бұрын

its almost painful for him to hear those bullshit explanations about how those products "work"

@Tophatguy_vr 7 ай бұрын

Yes

@LordBraim 7 ай бұрын

“Would you easily pay 50…..TIMES the amount of a normal wall outlet?” was fantastic delivery 😂

@m-rtin 7 ай бұрын

Adam is hilarious. His quick wit gets me every time “.. so the sound don’t leak” 😆

@marklong6437 7 ай бұрын

You could buy the same wall outlet for less then 15$ it just a hospital grade outlet.

@victorcoss2600 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@hikkamorii 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@handlemonium 7 ай бұрын

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.

@aeches 6 ай бұрын

seeing wade make the wade noises is both cursed and absolutely blessed

@aeches 6 ай бұрын

also how does wade sound like wade in the studio in the LTT set?? its like he brought his mic with him baha

@some_random_rando 5 ай бұрын

@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.

@arcticfloof3122 5 ай бұрын

its blursed

@thatgraysuburban 6 ай бұрын

It’s so trippy matching a face to the DankPods voice

@DavidRYates-tk2tq Ай бұрын

Yeah I'm still trying to adjust to it.

@sabiti5428 Ай бұрын

'look at this absolute nugget mate'

@yannick7049 7 ай бұрын

Dan just sitting there waiting until he's allowed to destroy things is a vibe I'm here for.

@spookyghost7524 7 ай бұрын

wtf?

@shortyipper 7 ай бұрын

@@spookyghost7524 I mean, breaking things (especially shitty things) is fun. I did that as a kid and still do at times.

@Tophatguy_vr 7 ай бұрын

Pop

@harbl99 7 ай бұрын

"I'm only here for the destruction." -- Chaos Dan

@Deja117 7 ай бұрын

@@spookyghost7524 My question to why these products exist.

@arunps7719 7 ай бұрын

Dan's the "I like working for you" part. Hilarious. 😂

@ryanA133 7 ай бұрын

We didn’t even get to try it….

@Tophatguy_vr 7 ай бұрын

@h1Lu 7 ай бұрын

rizz

@szilardladocki5863 7 ай бұрын

Coworker rizz

@Nick-shmanced 7 ай бұрын

He stole the show with that line, and I was here for Dankpods lol

@thedorsetflyer9113 7 ай бұрын

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 👏👏👏

@mousetrap7005 4 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

@@mousetrap7005 it's all digital. Everything they used was on the digital side. (Except the cable lifters). It's all a scam 😂

@mousetrap7005 3 ай бұрын

@@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!

@super9mega 3 ай бұрын

@@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)

@mousetrap7005 3 ай бұрын

@@super9mega Of course it didnt make a difference they were using a costco powerboard with default $1 power leads?

@ShaneFernandes-dt6ft 6 ай бұрын

Seeing wade pop out from that box made my day

@Fluteboy 5 ай бұрын

_Strewth mate, I'm in the land of Craig products! Time for a Craigathon!_

@Overloarde 7 ай бұрын

i'm blown away that dankpods manages to be even funnier when he's in front of the camera

@AbiRizky 7 ай бұрын

Yea but it's so weird seeing a face to the voice. I prefer just hands and an ipad

@dharanidharrsriram 7 ай бұрын

No but actually, it's way better with dankpods with camera. He's way funnier, and a way immersive experience

@ethanoverwatch407 7 ай бұрын

Agreed @@dharanidharrsriram

@Tamay. 7 ай бұрын

DankPods is such an awkward and uncomfortable dude when hes around people

@rbae 7 ай бұрын

@@AbiRizkythat means you don't catch him enough on Floatplane :(

@ThisIsTechToday 7 ай бұрын

I saw Linus’ soul leave his body multiple times during this video 😂😂😂

@Pileot 7 ай бұрын

Forget about Linus, poor Dan was struggling so hard to keep it together.

@nifela 7 ай бұрын

The best audio enhancement accessory is still a bottle of wine

@BulllRush 6 ай бұрын

Dan and Linus are perfectly in (reverse) sync. Each alternating between being amused and dying inside

@mikefize2279 7 ай бұрын

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?!

@GlorifiedGremlin 7 ай бұрын

Dan has to have the LTT record for fastest establishment of parasocial relationships 😂

@evangelion6413 7 ай бұрын

Yes i love Dan !!

@pwykersotz 7 ай бұрын

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.

@EikottXD 7 ай бұрын

But he said and did things...

@Mechjoc 7 ай бұрын

It's just his wild Aussie energy. It's why I watch his car channel.

@WokeUpScreaming 7 ай бұрын

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!

@CamOpKyle 7 ай бұрын

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?

@WokeUpScreaming 7 ай бұрын

@CamOpKyle oooooh I didn't realise that! I'm just mad they didn't play Scarlett Fire for the audio tests haha

@matthewversfeld4674 7 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more!!😄I hop there are a lot more to come!!!

@HrLBolle 7 ай бұрын

nah somebody is missing and his name is Styropyro

@WokeUpScreaming 7 ай бұрын

@@HrLBolle that would be pretty cool, right?

@lazality 6 ай бұрын

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.

@dragonking322 7 ай бұрын

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

@JustJayme 7 ай бұрын

More Dankpods of course but definitely more chaotic Dan!

@DanielAWhite27 7 ай бұрын

He totally fits in with the rest of the gang

@cdarrigo 7 ай бұрын

and less Adam (much less)

@cjwrench07 7 ай бұрын

Dan is anti-Bullshit personified. We need more.

@shanesheffer74 7 ай бұрын

YES!

@Nitidus 7 ай бұрын

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.

@Yama_1291 7 ай бұрын

Dan slowly descending into madness never ceases to be entertaining.

@nilsklowait7191 7 ай бұрын

It's the worms.

@catfish552 6 ай бұрын

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!

@Bearbytez 7 ай бұрын

Can't get enough Dan content. Love watching his mounting level of stress with each new introduction of a product that could potentially be full of worms.

@Artista_Frustrado 7 ай бұрын

Wade having to remind Dan that LTT sells screwdrivers made my day

@aiconstruct 7 ай бұрын

Wade just being there made my day

@stevedotwav 7 ай бұрын

Audiophile culture is like being more concerned with a book's font than its plot

@jddsmith 7 ай бұрын

I’m stealing that! I know a few…

@Edgemaster72 7 ай бұрын

But also you've only convinced yourself there's a difference in the font, when there actually isn't

@AutomatedUser 7 ай бұрын

.... i WOULD be annoyed if a book were printed in comic sans though. Not joking.

@jackieburkhart3268 7 ай бұрын

@@AutomatedUseror in cursive

@Lizlodude 7 ай бұрын

@@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 😅

@TheRealEDK 7 ай бұрын

This reminds me of walking into a Snap-On truck.

@bsheaves 3 ай бұрын

Well, compared the the literal e-waste in this video, the stuff in the snap-on truck at least functions as advertised

@jayadeepshanmugam3649 6 ай бұрын

I love the finger snapping. It's just so Dankpods. (Catchy name Sony!!)

@CoolJosh3k 7 ай бұрын

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.

@jessebrook1688 7 ай бұрын

Uh-oh, some muppet's guessed it. Time to change the lingo.

@noalear 7 ай бұрын

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.

@timothycuff605 7 ай бұрын

If burn in was that necessary to make headphones sound good, why don’t manufacturers do so in the factories before shipping them out?

@macD723 7 ай бұрын

@@timothycuff605 because burn in time also shortens the life span. Lol.

@BrilliantDesignOnline 7 ай бұрын

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.

@AFireBurns22 7 ай бұрын

Dan’s quiet rage is everything 😂😂😂

@Deathrape2001 7 ай бұрын

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

@nikkiofthevalley 2 ай бұрын

@@Deathrape2001This is one of the most confusing comments I've ever read. I have absolutely no idea what your point is.

@toonistiny 7 ай бұрын

Nothing better than actually being able to see Dan eat the little silica snacks.

@volkswagenginetta 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad that you made a video about this garbage. i got into the audio scene about 10 years ago now (my first bit of kit was a Lepai A6 USB/FM Hi-Fi stereo amplifier with some Philips bookshelf speakers i got from goodwill) the only thing i can verify to "clean up signal" is a ground loop isolator if you are getting buzzing, humming or high pitched squealing. they are 10-20 dollars. if that don't fix your setup you doing something wrong. what these companies pray on is if someone has buzzing or has a fear of buzzing and they say "well technically this does help" and in theory it does, just like pissing on a campfire can put the fire out.

@ZenakuShinobi 7 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw the ipad cover at 0:30 I heard scarlet fire playing in the background.

@sunny-sq6ci 3 ай бұрын

O MEEE PUGCELLS!!!!

@asahi7407 3 ай бұрын

I got an old mate named Craiiiiiig

@ThreeIrishMen 2 ай бұрын

oh mate (insert low quality mic rambling here

@zorrovulpa 2 ай бұрын

Mate, it’s the huh duh six hungeos from old mate sennie

@latzelsperger 7 ай бұрын

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!

@shartbimpson 7 ай бұрын

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

@matejgrim 6 ай бұрын

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 😆

@Flares_rpr 7 ай бұрын

Chaos Dan is legendary wanting to rip apart anything to see whats going on inside lmao

@Tophatguy_vr 7 ай бұрын

First

@philb5593 7 ай бұрын

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

@shekharpratap9294 3 ай бұрын

“what do they think this is, camera equipment?” 😂😂😂

@adamgreenhill110 7 ай бұрын

"The powder probably energises the Americans who made them" - That was a VERY subtle joke

@daggern15 7 ай бұрын

I'm not sure I'd say "subtle" but it was certainly effective

@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 7 ай бұрын

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".

@armchairgeneralissimo 7 ай бұрын

@@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 The final 1% of assembly was finished in America.

@adamgreenhill110 7 ай бұрын

@@daggern15 Just the way Linus said it. Took me a few seconds to realise haha

@adamgreenhill110 7 ай бұрын

@@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 Or it's a bunch of Chinese parts, mostly assembled, and they do the last step. Made in USA now 😎

@patton3338 7 ай бұрын

That sad Linus "Did they send samples?" was too good. He knew in his heart what the answer would be. 🤣

@stephenbaretich7166 7 ай бұрын

That was absolutely hilarious! Amazing work from the whole team!

@imfirinmilazar 7 ай бұрын

Best multiuniverse crossover

@WingedDorito 7 ай бұрын

I love Dan and Dank being in the same couch, just there, waiting to rip apart those "audiophile products"

@MoldyStir-Fry 7 ай бұрын

I love Dan's "kinda weird but cool uncle" vibes when he's getting all excited to tear stuff apart and expose the BS 😂

@audiovision2818 6 ай бұрын

Wade canonically doesn't leave the house without his green iPad

@pul53gh 7 ай бұрын

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.

@boam2943 7 ай бұрын

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 :|

@devnol 7 ай бұрын

_Sad Electroboom Noises_

@Zbenesch 7 ай бұрын

@@devnol*happy* Electroboom noises

@chromesucks5299 7 ай бұрын

@@Zbenesch *painful electrob00m noises*

@Arctic_silverstreak 7 ай бұрын

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

@boam2943 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@RichardCalder67 7 ай бұрын

Dan, the actual audio guy, losing his mind is killing me. I am actually laughing out loud at his reactions.

@drew4me 7 ай бұрын

Noice and deserved roasting! There is a typo in your notes though. Not that I own and use any *ANY* of the brands listed, but one does not exist! "Olafson" is a legit name, but B&O is "Bang & Olufsen" Drew Down Under :D

@modemdog3649 6 ай бұрын

Dank getting an increasingly more suspicious expression as the video goes on is so great

@BladeScraper 7 ай бұрын

"Please don't dismantle it yourself. Dan?" Killed me

@dillibrimbor 7 ай бұрын

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.

@lolbotomy 6 ай бұрын

heh, deaf ears

@y.m.6988 6 ай бұрын

11k sounds ridiculous, but power cables do sometimes make a difference. The bs in the video do not.

@Gio98art 6 ай бұрын

@@y.m.6988 11k falls not only squarely, but cubicly in the "diminishing returns" category

@RealMephres 6 ай бұрын

@@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.

@kain0m 6 ай бұрын

@@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.

@BigRedsCrib 7 ай бұрын

You do realise that now that you have reviewed these products, the company will rebrand to say their products are recommended by Linus Tech.

@verylongchannelhandle 7 ай бұрын

9:00 Why is my boy Danky such a cute patootie sitting like that? 😅

@mcch1n 7 ай бұрын

lmao

@Blue-bf8lv 7 ай бұрын

Dankpods has amazing chemistry with these dudes, would love to see him more

@ALXMARTIN 7 ай бұрын

Linus should buy him out

@zdanee 7 ай бұрын

@@ALXMARTINNah, he just bought a lab, he cannot afford all of Wades channels, and if he does, Wade will just make more!

@cornlourd 7 ай бұрын

I honestly thought he's part of LMG

@KirkNorthrop 7 ай бұрын

He’s a floatplane creator

@TylerFurrison 7 ай бұрын

@@cornlourdHe's an honorary member

@ljessecusterl 7 ай бұрын

We need more Dan. His lack of filter is something to be treasured.

@Tophatguy_vr 7 ай бұрын

First

@astropebble 7 ай бұрын

I never expected to see these two people in the same video, literal shock

@johnstockman2026 18 күн бұрын

I worked in a local old-school stereo store for almost 20 years. Owned by a great man, conscientious and customer-service oriented. He built an anechoic room in one of our locations, outfitted with the then-current measurement gear so we could perform our own measurements. Just that alone was an eye-opener compared to what the manufacturers were claiming. We carried many brands from 3 figure price tags to 6 figures. I also worked with an equally amazing service tech. The BS from OEMs was off the chart back then too. I was there when we got our first retail CD player. Thanks for showing how much hype and nonsense is still going on with these a-holes selling this garbage. When it comes to stereo/audio equipment, it doesn't stop with these doo-dads either...great work guys!

@MarkDe94 7 ай бұрын

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.

@DigitalJedi 7 ай бұрын

Wade and Dan are such a great duo. They both have this desire to rip things open and I love it.

@AbiRizky 7 ай бұрын

Too bad 1 grit wasn't there

@scout8145 7 ай бұрын

17:58 I’ve used other earplug-like products from Flare, their Calmer line, and they’re actually very helpful for my sensory processing disorder! A subtler earplug is a godsend when your brain processes everyday environments as too loud, but you can’t use traditional earplugs, because you still need to hear other people well enough to talk to them. Going to the grocery store is so much more tolerable with these (or similar products, like Loop). That being said, you guys are right, these are complete nonsense for audio. I’ve tried them with my decent-quality headphones, and they just make me hear less of the music. It sucks. I get a better listening experience by taking them out and just turning the volume down. Music/audio is the only part of life where I get to control the volume (even at concerts, I can just wear normal earplugs), so I only find these useful for situations that are completely unrelated to audio listening. I would put Flare’s products in the same category as many As Seen On TV things - a useful accessibility tool for some people, and nonsense for everyone else.

@tuckerhaven4357 6 ай бұрын

The collaboration I needed, but didn’t know I needed it. Best collab ever!

@tptcx 7 ай бұрын

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

@neruneri 7 ай бұрын

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.

@mayavril1 7 ай бұрын

Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣

@bakutie 7 ай бұрын

lol

@pwn3ronetwothree 6 ай бұрын

Linus, we can't call Australians Criminals anymore, they haven't been a prison colony in years

@SirSaizo 7 ай бұрын

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

@Efreeti 7 ай бұрын

At this point I have seen more of Wade's face on this channel than I have on any of his own. XD

@BushTurkeyProduction 7 ай бұрын

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.

@LoveXKnife 6 ай бұрын

I'm so used to just seeing his hands lol, but that laugh is precious.

@michal_king478 6 ай бұрын

Man I was so stoked when I noticed this vid in my recomended. What a collab

@bluegizmo1983 7 ай бұрын

🤣 watching Dan squirming in his chair constantly about to lose his f**king mind is the best part and it's hilarious

@mattsnyder4754 7 ай бұрын

Dan slowly descending into genuine physical pain is hilarious to me.

@I_enjoy_some_things 7 ай бұрын

That's how I feel when I'm doomscrolling Tech Support subreddits.

@I_enjoy_some_things 7 ай бұрын

The Australian KZfaq/Streaming scene is like none other. So many great creators.

@Zerocool-kb4ej 7 ай бұрын

with the "ear HD" i heared "Ear aids D"..kinda accurate 🤣🤣

@WanderingLostMC 7 ай бұрын

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...

@IntegerOfDoom 7 ай бұрын

Wow... so trash tier oil for a premium. I wouldn't even.... touch that garbage.

@SirFreak 7 ай бұрын

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.

@Peron1-MC 7 ай бұрын

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.

@tchernob 7 ай бұрын

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?

@oienu 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@x35gaming 7 ай бұрын

Ironically spdif will work through wet spaghetti. You have to make a real mess of a cable to make it quit working.

@rherydrevins 7 ай бұрын

@@Peron1-MC bUt JiTtEr, how can I be 1000% sure that the bits are arriving in lockstep precision at my DAC???

@nullvoidpointer 29 күн бұрын

The funny thing about those cable lifters, is that the best cables available are coaxial cables, which surround the conductor with a grounded sheath to completely stop any electromagnetic fields from getting in or out. This gives coax near ideal properties from DC all the way up to the microwave range, and they get used in everything from WiFi cards to state-of-the art scientific equipment. When coax is not possible, the next best thing is to place the two conductor as close to each other as possible, ideally twisting them like with Ethernet cables. Having the two conductors far apart like the expensive "flat cable" is the worst thing you could possibly do, that's you build an antenna.

@transgrl 7 ай бұрын

I remember not so long ago seeing hi-fi power cables that you made at home, never seen an easier way to not only burn your house down but have your home insurance cancelled

@user-zq3wt4qq9b 7 ай бұрын

"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.

@o00Starman00o 7 ай бұрын

This was so entertaining, I could definitely watch a 2 hours version of it.

@sonoda944 6 ай бұрын

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.

@selairium 7 ай бұрын

just want to let you know man, i appreciate that your still here linus and still releasing videos, i enjoy everything you guys make

@disturbedawsome 7 ай бұрын

My boomer brain needs to hear the audio interference through my head set with every whiny mouse movement to know my computer is computering

@syin111 7 ай бұрын

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"... 💀

@sudofox 7 ай бұрын

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..

@kendrakirai 7 ай бұрын

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.

@syin111 7 ай бұрын

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.

@otakudjr 7 ай бұрын

Broken/Damaged power and usb cables make a difference 😂

@kendrakirai 7 ай бұрын

@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.

@fitybux4664 7 ай бұрын

15:20 Shhhhh! You'll spoil the surprise! 😆 This is INDUSTRY STANDARD.

@SirSaizo 7 ай бұрын

This was a crossover I would of NEVER known I needed until it happened.

@nelsondisalvatore9812 7 ай бұрын

23:10 "hey Luis, remember when I sold those scam products to some Canadian tech youtubers?"

@_mnejing 7 ай бұрын

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"

@MaximusPrimusKay 7 ай бұрын

Poor Wade. The man owns a Shrek watch. He shouldn't have to deal with this.

@bauldy5138 6 ай бұрын

This is the collab I didn't know I needed

@murderyoutubeworkersandceos 7 ай бұрын

Dan hanging out with linus churn-out group is a suboptimal optic

@cbrngrz6966 7 ай бұрын

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.

@StubbyPhillips 7 ай бұрын

You've stepped into an incredibly fertile field here boys. *Keep digging!*

@jayrosgameboymodz5438 7 ай бұрын

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.

@caodesignworks2407 7 ай бұрын

@@jayrosgameboymodz5438 This isn't their first audiophile rodeo, there's a few older vids

@jamescruz8678 7 ай бұрын

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.

@StubbyPhillips 7 ай бұрын

"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.

@StubbyPhillips 7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@kilodeltaeight 7 ай бұрын

“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.