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1 In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 02/14/2026 06:40 EDT

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator

An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.

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