News Dubious $4,349 audiophile network switch runs at slow 100 Mbps for 'lower operating noise' — Innuos Phoenix switch ignores reality

[Admin]

Innuos has released the PhoenixNET audiophile 3-port network switch, which runs at just 100 Mbps for 'lower operating noise' but is priced at $4,349.

Dubious $4,349 audiophile network switch runs at slow 100 Mbps for 'lower operating noise' — Innuos Phoenix switch ignores reality : Read more

 

[Neilbob]

My head shakes with such exasperation that it could almost go flying off my neck to crash in to a nearby wall.

 

[helper800]

Just so we are clear, this is a scam. That is a fact. Anyone who claims this is anything other than an overpriced internet box with the speed of one from the mid 2000s is either a troll, monetarily benefiting from its sales, or lacks the basic information technology education to know better...

 

[Order 66]

Why, just why? I don't understand at that price why they wouldn't make an effort to reduce the operating noise of an existing high-end network switch. (I am aware it is a scam, but still.)

 

[Order 66]

I also wonder how much profit they are making on each of these.

 

[DougMcC]

Imagine you're a company, and find yourself with a huge backlog of unsellable 4 port 100mbps switches from a decade or so ago. What else can you do with them? Throw them away?

 

[helper800]

I also wonder how much profit they are making on each of these.

Probably around 4300 dollars from the BoM.

 

[atomicWAR]

Wow this are an AMAZING way to set you a part from the pack. Buy one of these and just watch you shed your IQ points like unwanted pounds while easily but foolishly parting with your money. Everyone in your family will know you're so tech illiterate they won't bother you with their PC questions. What a huge time saver, for them...lol. SMH

 

[HideOut]

Just so we are clear, this is a scam. That is a fact. Anyone who claims this is anything other than an overpriced internet box with the speed of one from the mid 2000s is either a troll, monetarily benefiting from its sales, or lacks the basic information technology education to know better...

And yet Tom's has links to sales with kickbacks. Any questions?

 

[atomicWAR]

And yet Tom's has links to sales with kickbacks. Any questions?

Common let's be real...they call that thing out ten ways til Tuesday for being an overpriced scam product. If someone is that convinced this purchase would be worthwhile (which would make them dumber than rocks), they deserve what they get and Tom's deserves a kick back.

 

[helper800]

And yet Tom's has links to sales with kickbacks. Any questions?

Yeah and I seriously doubt they are getting kickbacks from such a scam item, that they wrote an article about it being a scam.

 

[umeng2002_2]

So that's how they launder drug money...

 

[ivan_vy]

So that's how they launder drug money...

this, the only plausible explanation

 

[stonecarver]

I have a lot of beer budget bought audio toys but nope what a crock. Crap like this is why I have nothing newer than 1998. Build a pretty box and slap a huge price on it and it must be better . No no no !

 

[gg83]

I really gotta build an audiophile bottled air. You open it and it allows the air in the room to accommodate sound waves more effectively.

 

[helper800]

I really gotta build an audiophile bottled air. You open it and it allows the air in the room to accommodate sound waves more effectively.

"Pure Sound: Bottled" will be the branding and each bottle will be 100% filtered air. 99.99$ per Cubic foot.

 

[Order 66]

"Pure Sound: Bottled" will be the branding and each bottle will be 100% filtered air. 99.99$ per Cubic foot.

The sad thing is, people will probably still buy it.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Pair this up with those pure copper, oxygen free, flat, 3" wide braided speaker cables from the 70's/80's ($1,000 a set) and live in pure audio heaven 🙄😛

 

[Order 66]

Pair this up with those pure copper, oxygen free, flat, 3" wide braided speaker cables from the 70's/80's ($1,000 a set) and live in pure audio heaven 🙄😛

sorry, did I read that correctly 3 inch cables?! how would anyone use them, but I guess that is the point since they are scams.

 

[julianshapiro]

I'd love to know how they arrived at that price point. Actual price x100?

 

[vanadiel007]

But what good is a pristine switch when your ethernet card is a potato? Clearly pristine network cards have to be next, then pristine motherboards, pristine power supply's, pristine memory modules. A deal at $40,000 for the lot. I take 5!

 

[gg83]

I have a lot of beer budget bought audio toys but nope what a crock. Crap like this is why I have nothing newer than 1998. Build a pretty box and slap a huge price on it and it must be better . No no no !

That's why I like equipment from schiit audio (Mod note: Yes, that's a real name). They make great amps and stuff at reasonable prices.

 

[gg83]

"Pure Sound: Bottled" will be the branding and each bottle will be 100% filtered air. 99.99$ per Cubic foot.

If you make it ill take 10%.

 

[helper800]

If you make it ill take 10%.

I'll take 10% as well, the other 80% will go to a charity set up for the funding of IT education.

 

[julianshapiro]

What's another $4k when you have spent $80k on your amplifier?

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