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Speaker 1: Jonathan Strickland. Hey there, except today you're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: picture this in your head because we're talking about pictures again.

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Speaker 1: We just did this with the megapixels. I was even

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Speaker 1: another one. He's got two down. No, no no, no, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: digital camera tricks and tips. Yes, So when we when

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Speaker 1: And so away we go. You want me to start,

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Speaker 1: go right ahead, Okay. So one of the the big

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Speaker 1: distorts the light and makes It's sort of like using gels.

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Speaker 1: They're different colored, like a green or red gel, and

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Speaker 1: and one wonders if fruit roll ups would work just

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Speaker 1: the size of the flash. I was just thinking, like

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Speaker 1: a fruit roll up you could cut to the right side.

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Speaker 1: That's true. That's true, you know, will be thinner than

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Speaker 1: a gummy bear. We might need to do some research

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Speaker 1: and get back to you on if nothing else that

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Speaker 1: will help, I know, And I could use one of

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Speaker 1: those right now. So so you're you're all tipped out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah those are my my weird tips. Yeah, excellent. Well,

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Speaker 1: well you hope that you found these tips helpful. Um,

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Speaker 1: I guess that just brings us to Listener made serious

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Speaker 1: the dude. Okay, so today's listener mail comes from Jose

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Speaker 1: and Jose has to say, Chris and Jonathan, I love

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Speaker 1: your podcast and have heard all of them. There are

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Speaker 1: a lot of myths when it comes to cables, and

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Speaker 1: I'm glad that for the most part, you did a

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Speaker 1: lot to dispel those myths. The fact that you brought

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Speaker 1: up James Randy, which is one of my favorite people,

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Speaker 1: was cool too, And I happen to like Randy as well,

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Speaker 1: so that was that was a no brainer. But he

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Speaker 1: goes on to say, one thing that you need to

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Speaker 1: consider about audio and video paraphernalia is that you set

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Speaker 1: your setup is only as good as your weakest link.

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Speaker 1: Strictly from a sound quality standpoint, it doesn't do you

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Speaker 1: any good if to buy a cable aside from the

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Speaker 1: one that comes with your stereo, because if you open

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Speaker 1: up your shiny new speaker, avoiding the warranty, in most cases,

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Speaker 1: you'll notice that the cable between the connection terminal and

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Speaker 1: the actual speaker is the same chief cable that came

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Speaker 1: with the stereo. Even if you bought a one thousand

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Speaker 1: dollar cable, your weakest link is still in the speaker

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Speaker 1: and it cancels out any advantage of better cable could

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Speaker 1: have offered. Keep up the great work, guys, Jose. Thanks

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Speaker 1: a lot, Jose. That's a really good point. Just like

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Speaker 1: any system, it's only as strong as its weakest link. Now,

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Speaker 1: if it happens to be really well made speakers and

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Speaker 1: that link is fine, then sure your cable may end

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Speaker 1: up being your weakest link. Or if it's something about

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Speaker 1: the connectors themselves, that could be it. But you make

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Speaker 1: a very good point. Uh, there's some things that are

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Speaker 1: beyond your control. And no matter how expensive a cable

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Speaker 1: you buy, it's not gonna make it sound any better.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of sorry to think about, you know, trying

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Speaker 1: to imagine that you'd spent all this money on fancy

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Speaker 1: equipment and the the people who made the fancy equipment

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Speaker 1: skimped on the inside. Yes, so I will be handing

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