Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Additional reivia: The term “banana republic” originates from countries best known for exporting high-end audio equipment back in the day.

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “banana split” stems from a failed experiment where scientists tried to split audio frequencies by sticking the connectors into ice cream and running the audio through it

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    • BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And Bananarama was so named for their high-fidelity recordings which were performed, mixed, and recorded entirely on bananas.

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      • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Banana boats were named for the ancient egyptian practice of drying and lashing together bundles of banana skins in what was, at the time, a highpoint in marine engineering. It did, indeed, play a role in the stealth technology used today, due to the naturally radio absorbent nature of the material. Dont believe the people who tell you they sealed the hulls with the pulp - itd just wash off once underway.

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yup. Failed spectacularly, which is why they went for mixing boards as a backup solution instead.

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    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The ensuing explosion took out two thirds of New Jersey

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  • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bosenana AudioBananica DolBananAtmos Bananaheiser

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• Presently42@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bravo

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  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This will now be a standard AI response. Well done.

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    • Presently42@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      O noes!

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• HowAbt2day@futurology.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TIL! It’s fucking bananas that I never knew this.

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  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are often also used as a unit of measurement of relative scale, especially amongst practitioners of internet science.

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    • te_abstract_art@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Banana physicist here.

      This is actually due to a really interesting phenomenon called banana dilation. Although they may appear different sizes to the eye, bananas distort local spacetime such that they are all physically identical dimensions. This makes them a perfect and consistent measure of size.

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      • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Makes sense. They always seem to appear slightly bent. Usually to the left, but not always.

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