Review: Mad Scientist White Magic Interconnects

@devinplombier Not at all, his assertion was based on non factual information and assumptions as to why MS is not selling their PC in NZ, UK or EU. That was content of my post pointing out his false claims with the regulatory facts.  

@foggyus91 

his false claims with the regulatory facts

There's regulatory facts to do with wiring standards, and completely separately there's the operation of Consumer Law which is similar in Australia and New Zealand.

I make fair use of the Australian Consumer Law and just had a quick look at New Zealand's equivalent.

What is “acceptable quality”?

Acceptable quality means goods:

• Do what they are made to do.
• Are acceptable in appearance and finish.
• Are free from minor defects.
• Are safe and durable (i.e. last a reasonable amount of time).

It might come as a surprise, but the Australian Consumer Law is not normally fought between expensive lawyers through the Court System.  Instead, each state operates a Fair Trading department which can mediate in disputes.  If that does not work out, each state has a Tribunal which can make legally binding decisions.  No lawyers are required for a Tribunal appearance, and the cost is notional.

As an example, I had an expensive OLED TV which had a two year manufacturer's warranty.  After 6 years, it developed a vertical yellow line down the middle. Without even going to Fair Trading or the Tribunal, I was able to convince the manufacturer that a reasonable consumer would expect a TV that expensive to last more than 6 years.  In the end, I got the full purchase price back, bought the replacement model for about half the original cost and pocketed the change.

The Australian Consumer Law has provisions about deceptive and misleading conduct.

Often in a retail dispute, I find the words "well, actually, under the Australian Consumer Law you must ..." work wonders!

@richardbrand  Your post is very interesting and I wish we had similar in the USA, but we are the Land Of The Free and the Home Of The Lawyer!

UPDATE: Many several days later...according to the inclosed instructions, there would be a dull period after 12 to 24 hours. And there indeed was, but this afternoon the magic began to return. And now, 5 hours later yet, the amazing transparency and almost spooky realism is beginning again. I wondered if and when that first impression would ever return. Well, indeed it does. (I was wondering if this cable was designed to be magical for only the first day, but no, it does return and how! Beautiful, but terribly addictive. One more thing, well known CD's have stunned me at times with their abrupt "reach out and grab you" differences. Several times I've turned down the music to figure out what sound was coming from the other room only to replay to discover it was an audio illusion throwing a sound beyond the speakers seemingly so far off my ears thought that....well, you got the idea. Lets see what happens in a month? I'll check back later....

So, maybe a more effective way to describe what you hear would be to compare its sound to other cables you have.