Ribbon cable inside amplifiers

@audphile1 

i was just talking about replacing ribbon connectors with chips. For your imagination, no separate electronic boxes at all only speakers, yes you will have to plug in your speakers but by then people will realize that AC is changed to DC and that very simple circuit is easy to design and doesn’t take an expensive AC cable. All controls will be on apps and the generic speakers will be controlled by signal and powered chips If you want to get better sound than everyone else you just pay for a more expensive app and better DSP. The future of the audiophile equipment lover is not so exciting. In the pro world already it’s not the hardware you have it’s the plugins.

@waytoomuchstuff

you were talking to someone who knew what they were doing , ribbon connectors are the flag that says this box shouldn’t sell for audiophile prices.

Also my new Boulder Preamp has ribbon connectors all over it but it does sound good and It's great to get away from tubes.

I see. Streaming speakers then. Something like the wireless KEF LS50 or LS60. There are still amplifiers inside those speakers and they need to be plugged in, like you said. And that ties you up to the built in amplifier. The power delivered to those speakers still matters though. But what you’re saying is we’ll be able to make an in-app purchase, i.e. Nordost Valhalla 2, and the speakers will sound, when that mode is activated, like they are connected with a full loom of the Valhalla 2 cables, correct? Is my understanding of what you’re envisioning correct?

I’m lost though….cause I thought you are of the opinion that the expensive cables are a scam and they’re not needed. But paying for the app, instead of the cables, to replicate what those cables do is OK? That isn’t a scam? I suppose there’s also going to be a “vinyl” mode where the processor will add an occasional pop and tick here and there and alt the frequencies so it resembles listening to a record…oh wait don’t Weiss DACs already have that?

I can totally see myself listening to something like that while enjoying the complex flavors of a 3d printed steak, washing it down with a glass of bio engineered1869 Château Lafite Rothschild that costs as much as a two buck chuck.
…the future looks bright…

@audphile1 

Exactly right brother.