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Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable by Denon

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Grand Funk Denon!!!, June 23, 2008
Grand Funk Railroad has never sounded this good. Ever. Denon, you folks really know what you are doing!!

I even downloaded some Captain and Tennille as an experiment and within three measures of "Do that too me one more time" I had to change my pants from the sheer orgasmic experience.

Then, feeling saucy, I downloaded some Englebert Humperdink. "After the Lovin" cannot begin to describe how thoroughly drained my body felt when the last note struck. It reverberated my entire soul and even made my neighbor Fred's dog Buster wet himself. I thought to myself, "Self, Denon lights up my life"... so you know what I downloaded next.

After a night of downloading what I thought were the worse songs in the world, devouring three boxes of protein bars, six gallons of Gatorade and two Yoohoos, I am going to build a shrine to your company.

This cable is revolutionary. The only downside is that I have to wash all my clothes, get the couch upholstered, find out where the cat is hiding, and get that operation I have been putting off for so long.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Music sounds better when using this cable, June 23, 2008
I recently bought a few of these cables and began using them. The first thing I noticed was how much fluffier and better the cable was than normal cables. Upon breaking a piece off and loading it into my pipe, the cable had a strong skunky smell. When I finally lit the cable, It hit me with an intense wave, which immediately affected my auditory senses... Everything sounded much fuller and much more interesting. I would recommend this cable for smokers everywhere....

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147 of 147 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great cable, but too fast., June 23, 2008
By Matthew Sidor "seadour" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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Transmission of music data at rates faster than the speed of light seemed convenient, until I realized I was hearing the music before I actually wanted to play it. Apparently Denon forgot how accustomed most of us are to unidirectional time and the general laws of physics. I tried to get used to this effect but hearing songs play before I even realized I was in the mood for them just really screwed up my preconceptions of choice and free will. I'm still having a major existential hangover.

Would not purchase again.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars COST ME A NETWORK OF COMPUTERS (and my car), June 23, 2008
By Floyd Oathout (Illinois usa) - See all my reviews
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I will never use a denon adkl1 ever again! Upon plugging this cable into my computer/router my computer refused to work with my router. After hooking up my oscilloscope to the end of the adkl1 I realized that the adkl1 had caused the circitry to evolve past purely binary signals! My computer/router were talking in hexidecimal (base 16)!! Right before my scope exploded (it's tube based and thus couldn't handle the supreme signal trying to uplift the hardware) I think it tried to talk to me. I am sitting at the library typeing this because the adkl1 "liberated" all the computers/electronics in the house. It even tried to upgrade my car but it's all analog (old diesel vw) but couldn't so it KILLED it! The power company has cut power off from my home cause it was trying to modulate a signal over the powerlines. Unless you live in the country without a computer/power etc I would not recomend this cable to you! STAY AWAY
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than platinum, June 23, 2008
By Ken (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
When I saw this cable for sale, I thought the price was a misprint. At only $3.33 per centimeter I don't see how they can make a profit -- and with the $1 kickback, that's almost a penny less. It just doesn't add up. Denon must be losing they're shirts on this promo. Grab these before they come to their senses!
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Well worth $500, June 23, 2008
When I first used this cable, I thought something was wrong as I could hear multiple song portions playing at once. Then I realized that all this time I had been playing music through my crappy cables, I was losing bits of data. As soon as I hooked up the new the AKDL1 all the lost bits came through at once. I had to let the lost bits flow for a few hours before they all cleared out. Then it was blissful listening from here on out, without the "nuances of digital signals" messing things up.

Also since I live in California, I've noticed that we cannot feel earthquake tremors any longer. My girlfriend pointed out that the cable is designed to "thoroughly eliminate adverse effects from vibration".

We both feel younger than ever too, thanks to the fluoropolymer material's "anti-aging" properties! Be careful when using the direction marks. If you plug the cable in backwards it reverses the "anti-aging" properties and will begin to suck the life out of you! Only 4 stars because they should put a warning on the packaging material.
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3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars *this* is the walrus, June 23, 2008
By J. C. Overgaard (South Bend, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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The Beatles were hacks by comparison. This is the walrus. This is the egg man. Koo koo... dare I say... kachoo?
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7 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Oh Dear Lord, June 23, 2008
By M.G. (Mid West) - See all my reviews
Did Monster buy out Denon, because this product is simply praying on those people who have far too much money and far too little grey matter. It's sad that Amazon even offers a product that is so blatantly dishonest that it would claim to be worth $499.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars KNIFE-PROOF???, June 23, 2008
I bought 4 of these cables to test their durability. $2000 later I have determined that all four cables failed when cut in half with a common kitchen knife or household scissors! What gives? 4 out of 5 stars for that.

These cables are perfect for governent work though. I expect to see them on itemized federal and state budgets any day now.

Who could refuse the $1 in savings???
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Unreal performance! Seriously. It's not real., June 23, 2008
By Michael S. Toot (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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The Belkin -- I mean, Denon -- AKDL1 cable piqued my interest. As a modestly knowledgeable consumer, I figured I could measure its claimed abilities and settle the Great Audiophile Debate once and for all.

I hooked the Belkin -- I mean, Denon -- AKDL1 cable to my lab bench laptop, using the cable as a loopback device. This would let me test its responsiveness to signal impedance and audio cavitation. I generated a 1KHz sine wave using Audacity on Linux and sent it over the cable.

...and then I noticed that THE SIGNAL ARRIVED BEFORE I SENT IT!

This was remarkable, and immediately suggested some practical applications besides mere audio enhancement. Sending some harmonic refractions and a YouTube video of Creed over the cable, I was able to see tomorrow's winning PowerBall numbers. I am now fantastically wealthy and can forever satisfy my material needs. Thanks, Belkin -- I mean, Denon!

(Docked one star because I never could get it to find the whereabouts of D.B. Cooper.)
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