[OT] goofy-expensive Denon cables - spoof?

[kenta]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Michael ODonnell
> <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Greg, it's obviously your Ethernet cables.  I bet
>>> they're no name.  I suggest you give the Denon AK-DL1's
>>> (http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3429.asp) a try.
>>
>>  "[...]  Additionally, signal directional markings are
>>     provided for optimum signal transfer."
>> I really want to believe that's a spoof site but, if so, their
>> deadpan is very good.  OMFG, do people actually order that stuff?
>
>  Sad as it is, those are *real* cables.  I recall slashdot going
> ballistic over them.

Like the Three Wolves t-shirt this one gets creative comments on
Amazon's customer reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/product-reviews/B000I1X6PM/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending