Four years ago I moved my now 15-year old stereo (naturally, home decorator ignored me when I told him stereo's location was paramount, why listen to what people tell you), and since then I've been struggling to solve a seemingly simple problem: How do I connect my stereo to my PC when it's 3 metres away, and the stereo's cable is only 2 metres long.
So far, I've tried the following solution:
1. Buy three extender cables.
2. Bin the two of them that don't work, use the third.
2. Whenever the sound goes missing again, crawl under the desk and fiddle with the connector of the third cable until the sound comes back in all speakers.
3. Repeat until third cable breaks completely, then bin it, and GOTO 1.
Cable broke again just now, and there's no shop open to replace it at the moment. I'm starting to believe that audio cables that work are as rare as locks that work and unicorns.
I need an expensive cable that is guaranteed to work FOREVER!! (at least a year). Basically, something known not to be crap. Main requirement that's absolutely non-negotiable: Sound comes in, sound comes out.
Even Monster cables listed on their website are cheaper than what I've wasted so far on cables and public transport, but ha, that makes me doubt they'll work. Something tells me I will buy one and I will have sound only in left speaker, half of the time – though I could always order three.
Soldering does work – the last cable I done that way lived for 10 years before I forcefully broke it – I seem to make better cables than everyone. But this is an absolute lost resort – I still have tin scars on my feet from that last time (don't ask how I got them there).
USB sound adapters and Bluetooth speakers are now a thing I am hearing, and seem to solve the same problem I am trying to solve. It's a bit an unorthodox approach, but I am willing to do anything.
Any recommendations on what's the least insane thing I should do? Someone needs to restrain me and put me in a strait jacket before I've done something really stupid, because the situation is totally out of control. I am looking at Anjou cables, and *gasp* I even considering starting a thread on TrekBBS...
So far, I've tried the following solution:
1. Buy three extender cables.
2. Bin the two of them that don't work, use the third.
2. Whenever the sound goes missing again, crawl under the desk and fiddle with the connector of the third cable until the sound comes back in all speakers.
3. Repeat until third cable breaks completely, then bin it, and GOTO 1.
Cable broke again just now, and there's no shop open to replace it at the moment. I'm starting to believe that audio cables that work are as rare as locks that work and unicorns.
I need an expensive cable that is guaranteed to work FOREVER!! (at least a year). Basically, something known not to be crap. Main requirement that's absolutely non-negotiable: Sound comes in, sound comes out.
Even Monster cables listed on their website are cheaper than what I've wasted so far on cables and public transport, but ha, that makes me doubt they'll work. Something tells me I will buy one and I will have sound only in left speaker, half of the time – though I could always order three.
Soldering does work – the last cable I done that way lived for 10 years before I forcefully broke it – I seem to make better cables than everyone. But this is an absolute lost resort – I still have tin scars on my feet from that last time (don't ask how I got them there).
USB sound adapters and Bluetooth speakers are now a thing I am hearing, and seem to solve the same problem I am trying to solve. It's a bit an unorthodox approach, but I am willing to do anything.
Any recommendations on what's the least insane thing I should do? Someone needs to restrain me and put me in a strait jacket before I've done something really stupid, because the situation is totally out of control. I am looking at Anjou cables, and *gasp* I even considering starting a thread on TrekBBS...
