Nice to see Denon is trying to get in the same game that Monster Cable is in

Somebody posted that a while back. Snake oil.

"and woven jacketing to reduce vibration and to add durability. Additionally, signal directional markings are provided for optimum signal transfer."

Yeah, because vibration will affect the digital signal path...and um, what vibration?! It's a domestic hi-fi. If you are listening at levels so loud things are vibrating the chances are there are a whole lot more things causing distortion than any possible vibration is going to introduce.

And directional arrows somehow provide optimum signal transfer? How?!? They point both ways, and unless I'm much mistaken, Ethernet cables are bi-directional, so you couldn't possibly plug them in the wrong way! What a load of horse shit.

Oh, hey, do you still have contact info for d.compose?
His web presence is minimal. =/

you could possibly get another few meters on the end of the ethernet specification with those.

but yah,

why the fuck do you need high quality ables for digital signals?

The comments are the best. Hilarious!

this totally rules. I TOTALLY NEED ONE.

For $500, it should include the porn I was going to download with it! :)

Seen it before, but kudos to Denon for turning stupidity into cash without involving religion.

I love the tags too.
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/tags-on-product/B000I1X6PM/

Some of my favorites:

* throwing your money away
* astronomically dumb
* as effective as using dog hair
* harry potter
* tax on the stupid
* genital enlargement device
* wizards_made_this
* giraffe food
* intvestigative report catalyst
* iq test
* makes drugs look economical
* one born every minute
* how do they get through the door with balls that big

The only thing worth the $500 is comments on Amazon.

This has to be a joke. No one could be dumb enough to buy into this, let alone actually buy it.

If it is for real, then that cable seriously is about as useless as tits on a bull. We use Cat6 cable at work that probably does better, and it was way cheaper, I assure you.

i think i just about pee'd through my nose reading the reviews. i LOVE it.

this and HDMI cables are the biggest ripoff scams on the consumer by resellers and manufacturers.

They are trying to sucker those stupid analog folk who did need quality cables, but for digital as long as a digital signal is sent and works there is no need for a better cable, either a digital cable works or it does not work. No if they got in to shielding that might be another story.

These might be cables for the Military to buy with their $1000 toilet seats.