oil injected cables

[JimBRICK]

Are these just a gimmick? Or is there validity in this

http://cgi.ebay.ca/OIL-INJECTED-AUDIO-RCA-CD-Tube-Amps-Sound-12mm-CABLE_W0QQitemZ330160996749QQihZ014QQcategoryZ6459 1QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.ca/GOLD-OIL-INJECTED-TUBE-AMPS-SOUNDING-CD-CABLE-FOR-LINN_W0QQitemZ300147091737QQihZ020QQcategoryZ64591 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

two examples I found

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Would definitely suck if someone cat bit into those things, hahahha

or

If the connector wore out, I'd be afraid they would break and leak all over my components.

This is assuming oil is actually injected in there.

Looks cool though

[PolkThug]

At least they are admitting it has snake oil in it.

[Early B.]

At least they are admitting it has snake oil in it.

Ha ha. Definitely.

[I-SIG]

If you had an efficient manner of keeping all the individual strands separated and not touching while one bends it around the back of the gear and/or to the speakers this makes sense electrically. Medium voltage and higher (greater than 69kV) underground transmission cables use oil to insulate the cable due to the high potential.

For speaker cables and IC's, I'm gonna go with mostly snake oil on this one.

Wes

[janmike]

They are made from dead anchovies.

[hypertone]

I wonder if you have to change it after 3000 miles?

[blakeh]

I wonder if you have to change it after 3000 miles?

I can already hear the debate now...

"Yeah, I use Mobil-1 synthetic in my cables. Synthetic oil just sounds cleaner than natural oil. I use 0W20 in the winter, but then swap in 5W20 in the summer..." :D

[woofiepaws]

Maybe there will be a "green" version made from biofuel sources.

[JimBRICK]

what about a k-y version for the kinky people