Look at James Randi. Take a good look at him. That's a photo of him not believing a word you say. Not a word. Not unless you can prove it.
Mr Randi is sceptical. That's his job. He makes a living debunking phoney psychics (not that there are any real psychics) but also casts his sceptical eye over ridiculous claims made by various companies.
Recently he has turned his attention to cables aimed at the 'audiophile' market. He has noticed that Pear Cables are selling their 'Anjou' speaker cables for $7250 for a 12-foot pair.
The company claims that the cables have a "new and completely unique hybrid geometry for the ANJOU Speaker Cable", resulting in "sonic beauty without compare".
Review of the cables online claim they are better than any other cable they have ever tested.
Randi calls this "nonsense" and has thrown down a million-dollar challenge to anyone who can positively tell the difference between the 'Anjou' and a bog-standard speaker cable in a Pepsi-challenge test.
So far he's had no takers.
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