Relevant xkcd alt-text 841.
For years, I took the wrong lesson from that Monster Cable experiment and only listened to my music through alligator-clipped coat hangers.
Here’s the comic
I have a feeling that would pick up noise
Nah stop with that audiophile snake oil non-sense
Especially with that makeshift antenna hanging 💀
The antenna looking piece of wire is the ground so it doesn’t matter if it picks up anything.
I think noise coupling into ground could actually be a big issue. Depends if that ground is earth or just a local reference. The other wires still have “antenna” features though, so that’s the obvious worry.
That’s the ground. It’s probably not an issue.
If the connections are solid it wouldn’t pick up any more noise than a 6.5mm to RCA adaptor would have. Any jiggle to the cable would result in popping or cracking though, depending on the configuration could be quite jarring.
I think it does act like an antenna a little, so some noise is to be expected. Might be easy to attenuate that band though.
Well every conductor is an antenna in theory, in practice it’s the signal to noise ratio that matters, and I really don’t think this would add anything noticeable. The sticky uppy bit on the OP is connected to ground though so that’s negated.
Insulating tape on the signal wires, then foil tucked around that ground wire.
You can order an adapter for like a dollar on multiple websites. I mean yeah, there’s no Radio Shack anymore, but this seems unnecessary.
I think this is more for that time you’re at a gig and realise you’re missing the adapter.
That does make sense, although it would be weird to go to a gig and not have a 1/4" to RCA adapter but happen to have large-gauge copper wire.
They just leave that shit in the walls in almost every building
Proprietors generally don’t care for big holes in their drywall.
Search for access panels such as water shutoff valves.
They’re also assuming American houses because nowhere else exists.
I am? Is drywall a uniquely American thing and everywhere else has copper wires exposed? Because that’s certainly not what I observed in my travels.
That’s true…
Might be an electrician.
Much easier to procure at a random hardware store than the adapter though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Exactly what I just said before I saw your comment. Who carries thick copper wire with them regularly?
Overnight? Do you deliver overminute?
… And you just happen to have a piece of like 12 or 14 AWG copper wire on hand?
… Do you not?
I thought it was TIG filler wire, which is copper plated
You don’t always have the luxury of time though. I work in entertainment, and I’ve definitely scrapped adapters together in a pinch. When you have a show starting in 15 minutes and a musician rolls up with some bespoke gear with weird connections, your only real choice is to bodge something together and make it work.
Nothing quite like seeing five adapters chained together, to go from stereo RCA to TRS 1/8” to TRS 1/4” to dual TS 1/4”, to XLR… All because you didn’t have a direct box that went straight from RCA to XLR, because another musician walked off with it after their show wrapped up at 2AM last night.
because another musician walked off with it after their show wrapped up at 2AM last night.
Rude.
Apparently there is at least one RadioShack open. I saw a dude post a video on YouTube about one he found in Wyoming.
And how much is the delivery fee?
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Ah skanks.
It’s not stupid if it works. I can even see some artistry in that.
Depends on your definition of “works”. Do you want stabilityin your sound?
Depends on what we’re playing.There are genres where nobody notices, nor gives a shit.
Fair point.
A body with one kidney works. I still want to keep my second kidney.
Just because something works doesn’t mean it isn’t stupid.
i choose to interpret this as you thinking kidneys are stupid.
I’m not even mad, that’s clean!
it’s complicated
